TOWN OF ABINGDON
Abingdon, Virginia
E.B.
Stanley Middle School Student Wins “If I Were Mayor” Essay Contest
Dillon McReynolds, a 7th grader at E.B.
Stanley Middle School, was selected as the
Region 1 winner of the Virginia Municipal League’s “If I Were Mayor” essay
contest. He will travel to Richmond to receive his award at Virginia
Municipal League Day, on January 25, 2017, at the Library of Virginia; at 3:00
p.m. McReynolds will be presented a certificate from Governor McAuliffe and a
$150 cash prize. He was one of the eight regional winners selected.
“This is
the first year that the Mayor's office has asked students to participate in the
VML contest and we are pleased beyond words that one of our students won VML's
statewide award,” said Mayor Cathy Lowe. “I extend our gratitude and
congratulations to Dillon McReynolds, his parents, his teacher Courtney Turman,
and E.B. Stanley Middle School. We are proud of all involved in this great
honor.”
The “If I Were Mayor” essay contest is conducted by
the Virginia Municipal League as part of promoting good local government. This
contest allows 7th grade students from all over the state of
Virginia to describe what they would do if they were Mayor of their hometown. The essay contest is a key component of the
league’s civic education programming, which seeks to teach schoolchildren
and adults how local government works and how they can become more involved in
making their communities better places to live, work and play.
Pictured: Dillon McReynolds
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Contact: Nancy
Chafin
FOR
IMMEDIATE RELEASE
(804)
523-8527; cell 804-502-8881
VML Announces Winners
of
The 2016 “If I Were
Mayor” Essay Contest
(January 19,
2017) -- Each fall, the Virginia Municipal League (VML) invites all
Virginia 7th graders to participate in its “If I Were Mayor” essay contest. The
essays describe what the students would do as mayor to make their cities and
towns great places to live.
This year,
more than 1,200 essays were submitted by students from across the Commonwealth.
Governor
Terry McAuliffe will present the awards to this year’s eight regional winners
at a special ceremony to be held January 25 at the Library of Virginia in
Richmond.
The winners
are:
Statewide winner: Jerry (Trey) N. Mitchell III of
Lawrenceville
Region 1: Dillon McReynolds of Abingdon
Region 2: Andrew Middleton of Covington
Region 3: Sadie Dryden of Buena Vista
Region 4: Skyla Rain of South Boston
Region 5: Liv Scappa of Falls Church
Region 6: Maha Laiq of Warrenton
Region 7: Jerry (Trey) N. Mitchell III of
Lawrenceville (statewide winner)
Region 8: Terrence Massenburg of Portsmouth
About
VML’s “If I Were Mayor” Essay Contest
The annual
“If I were Mayor Contest” invites seventh graders from throughout Virginia to
submit essays describing what they would do if they were mayor of their
hometown. Entries are due around December 1 each year. The essay contest
is a key component of VML’s civic education programming, which seeks to teach
schoolchildren and adults how local government works and how they can become
involved in making their communities better places to live, work and play.
About VML
The Virginia
Municipal League is a statewide, nonprofit, nonpartisan association of local
governments established in 1905 to improve and assist local governments through
legislative advocacy, research, education and other services. The
membership includes all 38 cities in the state, 160 towns and eight counties.
See www.vml.org.
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