Jaeda Vega, a fourth grade student at the Kapa‘a Elementary School, was announced the top winner of the Kaua‘i Association for Family and Community Education essay and artwork contest. Vega, with her first-place win on the theme of “Caring,” also
Jaeda Vega, a fourth grade student at the Kapa‘a Elementary School, was announced the top winner of the Kaua‘i Association for Family and Community Education essay and artwork contest.
Vega, with her first-place win on the theme of “Caring,” also finished second in the statewide competition after her entry was sent to the state competition.
KAFCE honored the Kaua‘i winners with certificates and cash awards for their essays and artwork, states a KAFCE release.
Joining Vega, Kaylynne Drake was honored as the second-place Kaua‘i winner, Sydney Balai, the third-place winner, and Brianne Sunada finishing with an Honorable Mention.
The honored fourth-grade students were hosted to a luncheon prepared by the KAFCE members, host of the annual homemakers show at the Kaua‘i County Farm Bureau Fair.
Lenore Klass of KAFCE said the organization hosts the Character Counts contest each year with a different ethical theme, this year’s theme being “Caring.”
Responsibility, Fairness, Caring, Citizenship, Trustworthiness and Respect are the six core ethical values which rotate through each year’s contest designed to help young people learn about these values.
Fourth grade students attending a public, private, or home school are eligible to participate in the essay and artwork contest which starts Sept. 1 and runs through March 1.
Klass said the contest theme for 2012 is Citizenship and encourages all students entering the fourth grade in the fall to participate.
For more information, call Klass at 742-9358, or stop by the home show at the Kaua‘i County Farm Bureau Fair in the fall.
