Deep Run HS student wins Va. War Memorial essay contest
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A high school junior from Henrico County was the first-place winner in the high school division of the Virginia War Memorial’s 2020 Veterans Day Student Essay Contest.
Matthew Miscikowski, an eleventh-grader at Deep Run High School, was honored during the 64th Annual Commonwealth’s Veterans Day Ceremony Nov. 11 at the Virginia War Memorial in Richmond. His essay profiled his grandfather, Michael Troyanoski. Andrew Heare is Miscikowski’s teacher.
The annual contest was open to middle and high school age students throughout Virginia in public or private schools or homeschooled. The essay topic was “An American Who Served in World War II Who Inspires Me.”
Miscikowski and the middle-school winner from Northern Virginia each received a $200 gift card, and each of their teachers was presented with $100 gift card to purchase classroom and educational supplies.
Virginia Governor Ralph Northam, who served as the keynote speaker at the ceremony, personally congratulated both student essay contest winners at the Virginia War Memorial.
"We are so proud of our essay contest winners and all of the students that participated this year,” said Clay Mountcastle, Virginia War Memorial’s director. “Education and preserving history for future generations are tenets of our mission here at the Virginia War Memorial. These students show us, with their inspiring words, just how important that mission can be. We look forward to always incorporating students into the Commonwealth's Veterans Day Ceremony."
The winning essays are posted online on the Virginia War Memorial Foundation website at http://www.vawarmemorial.org/learn/contests-scholarships/essays/.
