American Freedom Essay Contest
Student Winners

Every Fall, in honor of Constitution Day & Citizenship Day, The Constitutional Walking Tour of Philadelphia sponsors its annual American Freedom Essay Contest. The American Freedom Essay Contest challenges educators to have their students write a 100-300 word essay on the importance of freedom in their lives. Entries are judged in Elementary School, Middle School and High School categories with the winner in each category earning a free field trip with The Constitutional Walking Tour for his/her class. The contest generally runs from September through mid-October each year. Check back in September for more details on the next contest.

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2012 American Freedom Essay Contest Winners

The Constitutional Walking Tour of Philadelphia is pleased to announce the student winners of its 2012 American Freedom Essay Contest. Congratulations!

Elementary School (Grades 1-5)	Middle School (Grades 6-8)	High School (Grades 9-12)
Alexa Shih Lucy Holman School Jackson, NJ (Ocean County) Essay: "American Freedom Essay" Teacher: Donna Carleton Read the Essay »	Nathan Oalican Boston Latin School Boston, MA (Suffolk County) Essay: "The Freedom of Expression" Teacher: Cate Arnold Read the Essay »	Asia Johnson Williamstown High School Williamstown, NJ (Gloucester County) Essay: "How a Particular Freedom Makes People's Lives Better" Teacher: Dan Torcasio Read the Essay »

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2011 American Freedom Essay Contest Winners

The Constitutional Walking Tour of Philadelphia is pleased to announce the student winners of its 2011 American Freedom Essay Contest. Congratulations!

Elementary School (Grades 1-5)	Middle School (Grades 6-8)	High School (Grades 9-12)
Abigail Miller Fruitland Intermediate School Fruitland, MD (Wicomico County) Essay: "The Freedom to Speech" Teacher: Christy Briggs Read the Essay »	McCall Johnson St. Anne's School of Annapolis Annapolis, MD (Anne Arundel County) Essay: "Freedom of Speech" Teacher: Yasmin Mesiya Read the Essay »	Madeline Wolf Greenwich High School Greenwich, CT (Fairfield County) Essay: "Development of Freedom" Teacher: Aaron Hull Read the Essay »

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2010 American Freedom Essay Contest Winners

The Constitutional Walking Tour of Philadelphia is pleased to announce the student winners of its 2010 American Freedom Essay Contest. Congratulations!

Elementary School (Grades 1-5)	Middle School (Grades 6-8)	High School (Grades 9-12)
Sabrina Traktorchuk Rydal East Elementary School Huntingdon Valley, PA (Montgomery County) Essay: "Liberty for All" Teacher: Ashley Garrett Read the Essay »	Alexa Carter Lewis F. Cole Middle School Fort Lee, NJ (Bergen County) Essay: "I Can Speak Up, Hence I am Free" Teacher: Marianne Nugent Read the Essay »	Laura Wojcik Bishop Eustace Preparatory School Pennsauken, NJ (Camden County) Essay: "Freedom of Speech" Teacher: Kathleen Burke-Esposito Read the Essay »

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2009 American Freedom Essay Contest Winners

The Constitutional Walking Tour of Philadelphia is pleased to announce the student winners of its 2009 American Freedom Essay Contest. Congratulations!

Elementary School (Grades 1-5)	Middle School (Grades 6-8)	High School (Grades 9-12)
Dylan Bresnan Trevor Day School New York, NY (New York County) Essay: "Why Freedom Matters in My Life" Teacher: Liz Fishman Read the Essay »	Hunter James Reed Intermediate School Newtown, CT (Fairfield County) Essay: "Speaking Out and Speaking Freely" Teacher: Valerie Pagano-Hepburn Read the Essay »	Andrew Fixler Weston High School Weston, MA (Middlesex County) Essay: "Freedom of the Press" Teacher: Don Benson Read the Essay »

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2008 American Freedom Essay Contest Winners

The Constitutional Walking Tour of Philadelphia is pleased to announce the student winners of its 2008 American Freedom Essay Contest. Congratulations!

Elementary School (Grades 1-5)	Middle School (Grades 6-8)	High School (Grades 9-12)
Samantha Chong Theodore Roosevelt School #5 Weehawken, New Jersey (Hudson County) Essay “Freedom” Teacher: Patricia Allegretta Read the Essay »	Duncan Reehl Holland Township Milford, New Jersey (Hunterdon County) Essay “Basic Freedom, Big Impact” Teacher: Sandra Ozgar Read the Essay »	Gia Montemuro Cinnaminson High School Cinnaminson, New Jersey (Burlington County) Essay: “Freedom Is…” Teacher: Daniel Matz Read the Essay »

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2007 American Freedom Essay Contest Winners

The Constitutional Walking Tour of Philadelphia is pleased to announce the student winners of its 2007 American Freedom Essay Contest. Congratulations!

Elementary School (Grades 1-5)	Middle School (Grades 6-8)	High School (Grades 9-12)
Leah Huebner William H. Loesche School Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia County) Essay: "This is what FREEDOM means to me" Teacher: Merle Fine Read the Essay »	Santina Pescatore Waldron Mercy Academy Merion Station, Pennsylvania (Montgomery County) Essay: "Freedom Must Carry On" Teacher: Eileen Flanagan Read the Essay »	Alexander Sliwecki Cinnaminson High School Cinnaminson, New Jersey (Burlington County) Essay: "Freedom of Speech" Teacher: Megan Schweitzer Read the Essay »

To read the rules and entry requirements, click here.

Any views, opinions or commentary expressed by the authors of the winning essays in the American Freedom Essay Contest are those of the individual authors and do not necessarily reflect the views or opinions of The Constitutional Walking Tour of Philadelphia, its affiliates, its officers, its directors, its employees, its Sponsors, and/or its agents in any manner whatsoever. The Constitutional Walking Tour does not make any guarantees, express or implied, as to the accuracy, reliability or completeness of the information contained or quoted in the reprinted essays.