Committed to Radiant Peace

Twelfth Annual Peace Education Awards
(2002-2003 School Year)
List of Winners

National Winners

All award-winners received certificates and cash awards.
Every participant -- students, teachers, parents, staff -- received a Radiant Peace Patch or Peace Sticker

Please note:  all these awards are possible because of generous donations from individuals -- if you want to help the annual Peace Education Awards continue, please donate generously today!

Outstanding Group Project

Kindergarten (Mrs. Brady & Mrs. Fleming): Piece of Peace
Goldie Feldman Academy, Sarasota, Fla.

National Honorable Mentions (essays)
Kindergarten through Third Grades

(in alphabetical order)
Jaycee Carter, Second Grade, age 8, Nuestro Elementary School, Live Oak, Calif.
Lucas Crawford, Third Grade, age 8, Vance Elementary School, Vance, Ala.
Mercedés Gray, Second Grade, age 8, Linwood Elementary School, Oklahoma City, Okla.
Matt Hartigan, Third Grade, age 9, Nuestro Elementary School, Live Oak, Calif.
Tyler Langbauer, Third Grade, age 8, Christ Lutheran School, Cape Coral, Fla
Jonica Poe, First Grade, age 7, Vance Elementary School, Vance, Ala.
Molly Traugott, Second Grade, Lake Eola Charter School, Orlando, Fla.

National Honorable Mentions (essays)
Fourth through Eighth Grades

(In alphabetical order)
Victoria Chavarria, Fifth Grade, age 11, William B. Travis Elementary, Corpus Christi, Tex.
Raven Dunn, Fifth Grade, age 10, Woodland Forrest Elementary School, Tuscaloosa, Ala.
Orlando Garcia, Seventh Grade, age 13, St. Timothy Parish School, Miami, Fla.
Will Gieske, Sixth Grade, age 11, Highland Elementary School, Elgin, Ill.
Adessa Hubbell, Eighth Grade, age 14, Neptune Middle School, Kissimmee, Fla.
Annemarie Lucernoni, Fifth Grade, age 10, St. Mark’s Academy, Cocoa, Fla.
Natalie Mason, Sixth Grade, age 12, St. Mark’s Academy, Cocoa, Fla.
Catherine Robertson, Fourth Grade, age 10, St. Mark’s Academy, Cocoa, Fla.
Diana Sakal, Eighth Grade, age 14, All Saints Catholic School, Sunrise, Fla.
Cristina Salazar, Fifth Grade, age 11, St. Timothy Parish School, Miami, Fla.

National Honorable Mentions, Peace Artists
Kindergarten through Third Grades

(In alphabetical order)
Allyson Driggers, Second Grade, age 8, Lake Eola Charter School, Orlando, Fla.
Alexander Figueras, First Grade, age 7, St. Timothy Parish School, Miami, Fla.
Elias Hofele, Kindergarten, age 5, Walker Elementary School, Northport, Ala.
Taylor Prewitt, Third Grade, age 9, Walker Elementary School, Northport, Ala.
Natalie Stevenson, Kindergarten, age 6, All Saints Catholic School, Sunrise, Fla.
Janeya Thompson, Second Grade, age 8, Linda Lentin Elementary School, Miami, Fla.

National Honorable Mentions, Peace Artists
Fourth through Eighth Grades

(In alphabetical order)
Joshua Burt, Fifth Grade, age 11, Vance Elementary School, Vance, Ala.
Tatiana Domond, Fifth Grade, age 11, Linda Lentin Elementary School, Miami, Fla.
Pedro Galindo, Fifth Grade, age 10, Linwood Elementary School, Oklahoma City, Okla.
Chinedo L. Okafor, Fifth Grade, age 11, Linwood Elementary School, Oklahoma City, Okla.
Ashley Perez, Fifth Grade, age 11, William B. Travis Elementary School, Corpus Christi, Tex.

National Honorable Mentions, Group Projects

First Grade (Mrs. Socorras & Mrs. Bravo): Peace on Earth book
St. Timothy Parish School, Miami, Fla.

Ms. Ortiz’s Gifted Class (grades 1-6): Class Bulletin Board and Poems
Linda Lentin Elementary School, Miami, Fla.