Students Pen Winning Essays For Veterans

Hicksville Middle School students Jeevan George, Rafeed Hossain and Lovepreet Kaur have been declared winners in the Veterans of Foreign Wars’ Patriot’s Pen essay contest. Kaur took first prize, after finishing second last year, followed by George and Hossain. Twenty Hicksville Middle School students submitted essays for consideration.

The VFW-sponsored competition required students to compose essays around a central theme. This year’s was “What Patriotism Means to Me.”