Celebrate Dunbar! Partners
Arts Center Foundation
Central State University
Dayton Assn. for the Study of    
     African American Life & History
Dayton Aviation Heritage
      National Historical Park
Dayton Contemporary
      Dance Company
Dayton Opera Association
Doris L. Allen Minority Caucus of
     the Dayton Educ. Assn.
Dream Keeper Theatre Company
Dunbar House
Ebonnia Gallery
Muse Machine
National Afro-American Museum
      and Cultural Center
Paul Laurence Dunbar
      High School
Reggie Evans, composer
Sinclair Community College
University of Dayton
Victoria Theatre Association
Wright Dunbar Inc.
Wright State University
A community collaboration to honor the life and works of Paul Laurence Dunbar
Paul Laurence Dunbar Essay Contest Winners Will Be Honored Thursday, April 20
                       
The public is invited to the awards ceremony honoring the winners in the Paul Laurence Dunbar Essay Contest. The program will be held at McNary Park Elementary School, 2400 Hoover Avenue, at 4:00 p.m. Join us as we honor the following students and their teachers.

K – Class, Amy Moon, Lincoln, Special Recognition – On the River
K – Stephanie Zellers, Judy Winfield, Edison – Little Brown Baby
2 – Adriana Ramirez, Charlotte Sharett, Horace Mann – The Seedling
3 – *Bri’Anna Jamison, Pamela Davis, OrvilleWright – In the Morning
4 – Dustin Longo, Janet Ott, Orville Wright – He Had His Dream
5 – I’Zaah Murray, Tammy Brewer, Edison – Paul Laurence Dunbar, Role Model
6 - *Chloe Mayfield-Brown, Veronica Watkins, Cornell Heights – Paul Laurence Dunbar, Role Model
7 – Lyndsel Diggs, Di McDonald, St. Rita – Dunbar, a Role Model: Dreams Can Come True
8 - *Theron Crosby, Karen Danielle Brame, Omega School of Excellence – We Wear the Mask
9 – Brittney Warren, Tom Andrassy, Northmont - Sympathy
11 - *Devin White, Traci Davis, Colonel White – Like Dunbar
University - *Sarah Deak, Dr. John Inglis, University of Dayton – Paul Laurence Dunbar: Humanity Among All

*Grade-group winners of cash awards. Their essays will be published

The winners, and their teachers/counselors from the 21st Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Contests, will also be honored. All of the winning entries will be on display, and the students will be given the opportunity to share their work. Light refreshments will be served. The program is free and is open to the public.