Malliotakis Hosts Reception for Brooklyn Essay Contest Winners
(BROOKLYN, NY) – Congresswoman Nicole Malliotakis (NY-11) on Saturday hosted a reception for the Brooklyn 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. Winners received a Barnes & Noble Gift Card and were invited to attend a reception with the Congresswoman to share their ideas.
"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. "It was a pleasure to meet these students and listen to their ideas on everything from protecting wildlife and our national parks, helping the homeless, cleaning our streets and planting community gardens, improving public transportation to making every Friday Ice Cream Day. These students are our next generation of leaders and they should be extremely proud of their work."
The below students were winners of the essay contest in Brooklyn:
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
Malliotakis will welcome the Staten Island winners to her Staten Island District Office on Thursday, April 14, 2022.
For more photos from the reception, click HERE.