Monroe 7th grader wins national patriotism essay contest
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Monroe Schools’ 7th grader Jack Nerenberg’s essay just won national first place in the Daughters of the American Revolution contest.
Judges with the national writing competition, which is open to entries from both girls and boys, picked Nerenberg’s writings on the patriotic music of famed American composer John Philip Sousa as the best in America among his grade-level peers.
The Monroe Junior High School band member, who will be starting the 8th grade in August, last month learned he had initially won Ohio’s top honor and then later discovered his work had further been judged as the grand prize winner.
Nerenberg now pockets $2,500 from the Daughters of the American Revolution organization and will soon travel to Washington, D.C., to the group’s national convention this summer to read a portion of his award-winning essay.
