Briarcliff 8th grader wins prestigious national writing award
Avni Chandra is one of 12 National PTA New York State students to have earned national recognition in the 2021 PTA Reflections contest.
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Oct 13, 2022, 11:46 AM
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An eighth grader from Briarcliff Middle School has won a
prestigious national writing award.
Avni Chandra is one of 12 National PTA New York State students
to have earned national recognition in the 2021 PTA Reflections contest.
With her entry “Our President,” Avni won
the National PTA Award of Merit in the literature category, after first winning
the Award of Excellence at the New York level, which made her eligible to
participate in the national contest.
She is one of 200 winners nationally and
12 winners from New York State for the overall program.
To read her entry, click here.
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