Middle School Essay Contest

The 22nd annual Metropolitan North Georgia Water Planning District Middle School Essay Contest will open in fall 2023. Sixth, seventh, and eighth graders in Bartow, Cherokee, Clayton, Cobb, Coweta, DeKalb, Douglas, Fayette, Forsyth, Fulton, Gwinnett, Hall, Henry, Paulding and Rockdale counties are invited to participate in the annual essay contest.

2022 Essay Contest Winners

The 21st annual Metropolitan North Georgia Water Planning District Middle School Essay Contest had over 600 student participants whose essays focused on impacts to water quality and quantity in the metro Atlanta region in the face of more intense cycles of droughts and floods.

The District-wide winner was Riley Bowman of Paulding County, and the runner-up was Ahaan Dev of Fulton County. Use the links below to read each student’s essay. 

Thank you to all the students, teachers, parents, and school administrators who help make this contest so successful. Congratulations to our 2022 winners.


Jurisdiction

Student
Name
School

City of
Atlanta

Stella Gruel The Galloway School

Bartow

Oliver Kuykendall Woodland Middle School

Cherokee

Cynthia Higginbotham Woodstock Middle School

Clayton

David Thai Babb Middle School

Cobb

Katelynn Silverio Simpson Middle School

Coweta

Raina Patel Carolyn Barron Montessori School

DeKalb

River Sawyer Chamblee Middle School

Douglas

Isaac Riley Mason Creek Middle School

Fayette

Andrew Cooke Crossroads Christian School

Forsyth

Aarya Thakkar Piney Grove Middle School

Fulton

Ahaan Dev Fulton Science Academy

Gwinnett

Rianne Gbologah Coleman Middle School

Hall

Sadie Wallis Lanier Christian Academy

Henry

Sidney Spencer Union Grove Middle School

Paulding

Rylie Bowman Austin Middle School

Rockdale

Myles Fowler Conyers Middle School

 

About the Contest

Sixth, seventh, and eighth graders in Bartow, Cherokee, Clayton, Cobb, Coweta, DeKalb, Douglas, Fayette, Forsyth, Fulton, Gwinnett, Hall, Henry, Paulding and Rockdale counties are invited to participate in the annual essay contest.  For more information, please contact education@northgeorgiawater.org

Want to Dive Deeper?

Teachers, are you interested in taking your students on a deeper dive into your water resources? Each year, we partner with Georgia Project WET to offer background information and an excellent Urban Watershed activity that relates to the topic. The 2021 supplemental Urban Watershed activity is What’s Your Standard? We also encourage teachers to check out the Project Wet website, Discover Water: The Role of Water in Our Lives.

Thank you, Georgia Project WET for provided excellent teaching resources for teachers in our region and state!

Metropolitan North Georgia Water Planning District