Malliotakis Announces Winners of 2021 Presidents' Day Essay Contest
(STATEN ISLAND/BROOKLYN, NY) – Congresswoman Nicole Malliotakis (NY-11) today announced the winners of her 2021 Presidents' Day Essay contest. Staten Island and Brooklyn elementary school students in grades three through five were invited to participate and write essays about what they would do to improve their community if they were President of the United States.
"My office received over 250 submissions to our Presidents' Day Essay Contest, each one more than deserving of recognition for their ideas on how to make our community and country better places to live, work, and play," said Congresswoman Malliotakis. "This year's winners proposed everything from lifting mask and vaccine mandates, cleaning our streets and planting community gardens, improving public transportation to making every Friday Ice Cream Day. I'm truly excited to meet some of these future leaders and discuss their ideas - they should all be extremely proud of their work."
STATEN ISLAND WINNERS:
3RD GRADE:
- 1st place: Juliana Melisi - Our Lady Queen of Peace
- 2nd place: Charles De Luca - P.S. 42
4TH GRADE:
- 1st place: Violet Auer - Petrides School
- 2nd place: Anthony Taormina - Our Lady Star of the Sea
5TH GRADE:
- 1st place: Lauren Hachemeister - P.S. 29
- 2nd place: Andrew Jichetti - Our Lady Star of the Sea
BROOKLYN WINNERS:
3RD GRADE:
- 1st place: Abigal Chan - P.S. 102
- 2nd place: Dinah Slepovitch - Big Apple Academy
4TH GRADE:
- 1st place: Jason Song - P.S. 229
- 2nd place: Layla Abuelkhir - P.S. 264
5TH GRADE:
- 1st place: Luca Padormo - St. Bernadette's Catholic Academy
- 2nd place: Peter Ciaccia - St. Bernadette's Catholic Academy
Contest winners received gift cards to Barnes & Noble and will be invited to participate in a reception to meet the Congresswoman at her Staten Island and Brooklyn District Offices.