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!