Huntington Park : Youth Wins $1,000 for His Essay on Values
Huntington Park High School junior Joel G. Aldape has won one of two grand prizes in the Skirball Essay Contest on the importance of values in American society, officials announced this week. The contest was sponsored by the American Jewish Committee’s Skirball Institute on American Values.
About 240 high school students from throughout the Los Angeles Unified School District and the Catholic Archdiocese participated in the contest.
Aldape, 17, won $1,000 with his essay, which was titled “National Cement.” Huntington Park High also received $1,000 for Aldape’s winning essay.
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