Middle School Essay Contest

The 19th annual Metropolitan North Georgia Water Planning District Middle School Essay Contest had over 600 student participants who researched essential water jobs wrote excellent essays on the importance of water during a pandemic.

On Thursday, January 21, 2021 the winners of the 2020 Middle School Essay Contest were honored at a virtual ceremony. Jack Schuman of Fulton County was awarded District-wide winner and Hannah Cooke of Fayette County was awarded District Runner-up. Read the winning essays by Jack and Hannah.

Thank you to all the students, teachers, parents, and school administrators who help make this contest so successful. Congratulations to our 2020 winners.

*Jurisdiction*	Student Name	*School*
City of Atlanta	Tessa Stuart	The Galloway School
Cherokee	Logan Nix	Lyndon Academy
Clayton	Anthony Garou	Eddie White Academy
Cobb	Ella Chesser	North Cobb Christian
Coweta	Jordin Guy	Arnall Middle School
DeKalb	Abeille Goldstein	Waldorf School of Atlanta
Douglas	Elizabeth Montcalm	Mason Creek Middle School
*Fayette*	*Hannah Cooke*	Crossroads Christian School
Forsyth	Palak Mor	South Forsyth Middle School
*Fulton*	*Jack Schuman*	High Meadows School
Gwinnett	Ranger Welch	Trickum Middle School
Hall	Daniel Whiting	Lanier Christian Academy
Henry	Brody Spann	Strong Rock Christian School
Paulding	Emma Larsen	Austin Middle School
Rockdale	Aadith Reddy	Young Americans Christian 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. The 2021 essay topic will be posted in August 2021. 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 2020 supplemental Urban Watershed activity was What’s Your Standard?

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