Essay contest winners announced
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Essay Contest winner Jenna Kolaczynski, second from left, poses for a photo with, from left, Canon-McMillan High School Assistant Principal Jenna Handra, DVSSP Director of Prevention Alexandra Brooks and DVSSP Communications Specialist Leslie Orbin.
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DVSSP prevention education specialist Shelena Rauscher, left, and communications specialist Leslie Orbin present Tylie Perok, of Coal Center, the third-place essay contest award. Perok is a junior at Charleroi Area High School.
The Domestic Violence Services of Southwestern Pennsylvania announced the winners of its first essay contest, held during Domestic Violence Awareness Month in October. More than 20 students from school districts in Washington, Greene and Fayette counties submitted 250-word essays during the contest. The three winners – Jenna Kolaczynski and Nikki Zhang, juniors at Canon-McMillan High School, and Tylie Perok, a junior at Charleroi Area High School – were awarded cash prizes and certificates of recognition.