Congresswoman Jennifer McClellan announced the launch of the 2025 Black History Month Essay Contest for middle and high school students in Virginia’s Fourth Congressional District.

Jaylan Hill, an 8th grader at Onondaga Hill Middle School in the Westhill Central School District, won the essay contest. Jaylan’s favorite subject is social studies.

Horizon Middle School seventh grader, Maxim Rogoff, second from left, recently received third place nationally for his submission in the Elks Americanism Essay Contest.

Three students from Centennial Middle School won first through third place in the third annual Boulder Valley School District and Historic Boulder Essay Contest. This year’s essay prompt was ...

Columbia Middle School sixth-grader Ayisha Beausejour won a statewide essay contest for Black History Month. Ayisha’s essay highlighting the legacy of Black leaders such as Ruby Bridges and ...

St. Clare Walker Middle School six grader Richard Spurlock won first place honors in the Friends of Urbanna John Mitchell ...

Twelve Rochester middle school students were honored Wednesday at the Hall of Justice for their winning essays in the seventh ...

Jaylan Hill, an 8th grader at Onondaga Hill Middle School in the Westhill Central School District, won the essay contest. Jaylan’s favorite subject is social studies.