Writing contest | Top entries

The Jewish Community Relations Council of the Youngstown Area Jewish Federations sponsored its 23rd annual Holocaust writing contest. Winners and those earning honorable mention were recognized during Thursday’s community Holocaust commemoration at Mahoning County Courthouse. Suzy Schwebel Epstein, president of Ohio Council on Holocaust and Genocide Education, said this contest is open to eighth- through 12th-graders in schools in Mahoning, Trumbull and Columbiana counties and the Shenango Valley.

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Seventh and eighth grades: Sydney Ortenzio, winner, Austintown Middle School; Annika McCabe, Akiva Academy; Ella Mitchell, Canfield Village Middle School; and Kathryn Summerfield and Raymond Murray, both of Howland Middle School, all honorable mention.

Ninth and 10th grades: Siena Larrick, winner, Boardman High School; and Kameron Griggs and Emma Palmer, both of Beaver Local High School, both honorable mention.

Eleventh and 12th grades: Katelyn Snyder, winner, and Cassie Robbins, honorable mention, both of Boardman High.

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Seventh and eighth grades: Andrew Theophanous, winner, Boardman Center Middle School; Joseph Conroy of Canfield Village Middle School, Johnna Blystone of Austintown Middle School and Christian Sincich of Howland Middle School, all honorable mention.

Ninth and 10th grades: Emily Warhol, Boardman High, winner; Anna Deeley of Boardman High, Ryan Coldren of Boardman High, Gabrielle Hill of McKinley High School and Alexia Harding of Beaver Local High School, all honorable mention.

Eleventh and 12th grades: Linh Tu Tran, winner, Boardman High, and Faith Anderson, honorable mention, East Palestine High School.