Matthew received his award for first place on the American Essay contest sponsored by the Daughters of the American Revolution. The award ceremony was delayed by a week due to the snow storm we experienced the previous week. The Award Ceremony is often in the month of February which is American History Month. As first place winner, he had to read his entire essay to the audience. After reading his essay, he was presented his certificate and award medal from a representative from the Mayor of Stamford's office. Mr. Fox and Mr. O'Connor, the principal and a social studies teacher from his school, respectively, were present at the ceremony. Al and Dawn even drove down from Danbury to witness this momentous event. Matthew's essay has been submitted to Hartford, Connecticut for the State competition. Keep your fingers crossed that he does well on that one!
