Students offer advice on how to keep sidewalks clean
Three girls from Bay Ridge and Bensonhurst, who combined civic-mindedness with their writing talents and came up with bold ideas on how to keep streets and sidewalks clean, were named the big winners of an anti-littering essay contest sponsored by state Sen. Marty Golden.
Fiona Costello, who attends St. Patrick Catholic Academy in Bay Ridge; Agnes Keough, a student at Visitation Academy in Bay Ridge; and Diane Stoupakis of P.S. 186 in Bensonhurst won the finals of the “Don’t Drop It” essay contest recently held at Xaverian High School.
More than 500 students submitted essays for consideration in the contest.
The three winners were chosen by a panel of judges from among 21 contest finalists representing public, private and parochial schools in Bay Ridge, Dyker Heights and Bensonhurst. The participating schools were P.S. 102, P.S. 104, P.S. 127, P.S. 176, P.S. 185, P.S. 186, P.S. 204, P.S. 264, Adelphi Academy of Brooklyn, Holy Angels Catholic Academy, St. Patrick Catholic Academy and Visitation Academy.
