Student/Teacher Essay

The 2007 Essay Contest was underwritten by Richard Foos and the Shout! Factory, the Louis R. Lurie Foundation, ComedyCures Foundation, Jacki Kwan, Laurie Young and Kay Caskey.

2007 Winners

 

K-3 Elementary Category

Hannah P.: Hannah’s Humor Essay
Age: 7 / Grade: 2
Canopy Oaks Elementary School
Tallahassee, Florida 

Grades 4-5 Elementary

Joseph A.:  Humor helped once, when my Grandmom died
Age: 9 / Grade: 4
Bay Elementary School
Point Washington, Florida

Grades 6-8 Middle School

Rebecca C.:  Humor Was Important To Me
Age: 13 / Grade:  8
The Meadows School
Las Vegas, Nevada

Grades 9-12 High School

Stephanie M.:  Laugh, It’s Funny!
Age: 14 / Grade: 9
Highland High School
Craigmont, Idaho

Teacher

Marianne Carlton Fisher:  Children and Friends and Laughter – Oh, My!
Greater Clark County Schools
Jeffersonville, Indiana

 

2006 Winners:

K-5 Elementary Category

Will C.: What are YOU Laughing about?
10 Years old 4th Grade
Barton Elementary School Austin, Texas

6-8 Middle School

Alice T.: Life and Humor?
13 years old 7th Grade
Canyon Vista Middle School Austin, Texas

9-12 High School

Gavin W.: Laughter and Love Her to Live
16 years old 11th Grade
Kenston High School Chagrin Falls, Ohio

Teachers

Ziegler, Fritz: "Funny"
Home School Teacher
Covington, LA