2006 Art and Essay Contest

Essay Contest Awards (4th and 5th Grades)

• Honorable Mention
  • "Longhorn Train Tales"
    by Travis Keller
    4th Grader, Sam Houston Elementary
    Michelle Houdek, Teacher
  • "Railroads That Made America What It Is Today"
    by Samuel Skrabanek
    4th Grader, Sam Houston Elementary
    Michelle Houdek, Teacher
  • "How Trains Changed America"
    by Ashish Streatfield
    5th Grader, Johnson Elementary
    Beverly Taylor, Teacher
  • "The Iron Horse"
    by Sammy Zeiders
    4th Grader, Alton Elementary
    Mary Lou Zeiders, Teacher
• 3rd Place
  • "Trains Changed America"
    by Taryn Allen
    4th Grader, Allen Academy
    Cheryl Hightower, Teacher
  • "Trains: Creating History"
    by Brooke Cohen
    5th Grader, Allen Academy
    Cheryl Hightower, Teacher
  • "Railroads and Trains"
    by Sabra Jasinski
    4th Grader, Alton Elementary
    Mary Lou Zeiders, Teacher
  • "Early Railroads"
    by Thomas Parr
    5th Grader, Sam Houston Elementary
    Joey Duhon, Teacher
    
• 2nd Place
  • "Trains in the 1860's"
    by Emily Hall
    5th Grader, Allen Academy
    Cheryl Hightower, Teacher
  • "Ole' Ironsides"
    by John Kay
    5th Grader, Johnson Elementary
    Theresa Robinson, Teacher
    
  • "Trains Throughout History"
    by Rebecca Peirce
    4th Grader, Sam Houston Elementary
    Michelle Houdek, Teacher
  • "Railroad Reflections"
    by Lezlie Ayn Ramsey
    5th Grader, Johnson Elementary
    Theresa Robinson, Teacher
• 1st Place
  • "The Railroad: America's First Real Step"
    by Cherylanne Chandler
    5th Grader, Sam Houston Elementary
    Joey Duhon, Teacher
  • "Trains Formed America"
    by Morgan Fischer
    4th Grader, Alton Elementary
    Mary Lou Zeiders, Teacher
  • "Trailways to America"
    by Dennis Garcia-Rhodes, Jr
    5th Grader, Johnson Elementary
    Theresa Robinson, Teacher
  • "Train's Influence on History"
    by Jordan Pankratz
    5th Grader, Johnson Elementary
    Beverly Taylor, Teacher