CRC Essays

2024 Essay Competition

The Community Relations Commission is once again organizing an essay contest for all Goshen students in grades 7-12. The full prompt and instructions can be found here. You can read the prompt and instructions in Spanish here. Please note all submissions must be written in English. 

Winners will be announced during the March 25th City Council meeting, and the first-place winners from each grade group will present their winning essays at the Goshen Chamber of Commerce's Founder's Day Celebration on March 28th. 

Awards will split into two categories: grades 7-8 and grades 9-12. 

Submit your essay by filling out this Google Form.

Download and fill out a W-9 form to submit with your essay. 

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2023 Second Annual Essay Competition

The Community Relations Commission is organizing an essay contest for all Goshen students in junior high through high. Students will discuss one of the eight CRC principles. 

The Award ceremony will be held at Schrock Pavilion in Shanklin Park on April 18 at 6 p.m.

Awards will be split into two categories: grades 7–8 and grades 9–12.

Read the contestants' essays: 

Grades 7–8:

• Aleia Ellison
• Amari Yoder Lind
• Bennett Brown
• Daniel Cardona
• Eli Schloneger
• Elisa Smarsh
• Ingrid Lund
• Isaiah Miller
• Jeremiah Beachy
• Kai Hochstetler
• Lorilei Fodor
• Malachi Paul
• Olivia Andersen
• Preston Miller
• Kara Gwaltney

Grades 9–12:

• Savira Singh
• Syndey Lawrence

Read the full essay prompt here.

Click here to submit your essay.

 

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2022 Essay Competition

The Community Relations Commission organized an essay contest for all Goshen students in junior high through high school in which they were asked to discuss one of the eight CRC principles. 

Participants were entered into one of two categories: grades 7–8 and grades 9–12.
The CRC principles are: 

• Honor the dignity of each person and each person’s rights
• Listen to the diverse voices of the community
• Cultivate constructive communication and engagement
• Value honesty, truthfulness, and integrity
• Promote a community that is safe for all
• Acknowledge and accept the challenge of change—that it may have both positive and negative consequences
• Promote the acceptance of differences
• Promote equality and freedom from discrimination

(Read the full prompt here).

The winners of the 2022 CRC Essay Competition are: 

Grades 7–8

• 1st place: Andria Sarmiento
• 2nd place: Alejandro Herrera
• 3rd place: Leah Deluna 

Grades 9–12

• 1st place: Karen Velazquez Valdes
• 2nd place: Skye Steury
• 3rd place: Hailee Bowen

Runner ups:

• Brayden Wiese
• Hayley Bryan
• Savira Singh
• Sydney Lawrence