The more than 50 Tidewater Oyster Gardeners Association (TOGA) members who attended the virtual Annual Membership Meeting on Jan. 9 were delighted by the extraordinary middle school students who won the TOGA and C&F Bank essay contest this year. Because there were exceptional essays submitted from across Virginia, the judges decided to recognize five winning essays.
Among the winners was a Middlesex County resident, Aiden Major, an eighth grade student at St. Clare Walker Middle School in Locust Hill, who won an honorable mention award.
Other winners included:
- Carina Pallo, eighth grade, home school, Richmond, first place.
- Jordan Sadeg, sixth grade, Thomas Hunter Middle School, Mathews, second place.
- Hunter Owens, sixth grade, Thomas Hunter Middle School, Mathews, third place.
- Shyanne Carlton, seventh grade, Peasley Middle School, Gloucester, honorable mention.
You can read these essays and see these young people reading their essays, at oystergardener.org.
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