MLK poetry winners
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Hoskins, with, from left, sixth grade-eighth grade honorable mention, Simone Gettinger; sixth grade-eighth grade first place, Serena Samford; high school honorable mention, Sianna Walia; third-fifth grade honorable mention, Esther Bond; high school first place, Kiana Pray; kindergarten-second grade first place, Aiden Fang; kindergarten-second grade honorable mention, Adrien Young; sixth-eighth grade honorable mention, Trevor Chien; third-fifth grade first place, Jaya Gilfoil; third-fifth grade honorable mention, Shikha Tiwari; and Maurice Goodman, San Mateo County NAACP president.
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Good job to all who submitted poems and congratulations to the winners! Hope to read those poems here on the DJ website
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