2011 Poster Finalists

Paralyzed Veterans of America is pleased to announce the results of its eighth annual national Veterans Day Poster and Essay Contest.

Paralyzed Veterans of America launched this contest as a way to creatively and actively involve America’s youth in the celebration of Veterans Day. We are proud to report that we received more than 1,000 poster and essay entries creatively expressing this year’s theme “America’s Veterans: Our Heroes of the Past, Present, and Future.”

1st–2nd Grade Poster Finalists:

Paige Mackenzie Miller, Brader Elementary School Newark, DE

Mia Baker, Friendship Hill Elementary School, Point Marion, PA

Scott Robichaux, Holy Rosary Catholic School, Larose, LA

Eli Adam David, Holy Rosary Catholic School, Larose, LA

Jamie Lynn Brandzel, Hooper Avenue Elementary School, Toms River, NJ

Talon Hayden, Stafford Elementary School, Stafford, KS

Eyan Smith, St. Angela School, Chicago, IL

Patrick Guinee, St. Bernard Catholic School, Pittsburgh, PA

Joselyn Parkinson, St. Irenaeus Catholic School, Oakmont, PA

Simon Szalla, St. Irenaeus Catholic School, Oakmont, PA

3rd–4th Grade Poster Finalists:

Brenden Friel, Holy Rosary Catholic School, Larose, LA

Brandon O’Toole, Immaculate Conception School, Pittsburgh, PA

Tsomirlog Naranbayar, Patrick Henry Elementary School, Arlington, VA

Bana Yosief, Randolph Elementary School, Arlington, VA

Emma Kluck Rosholt Elementary School, Rosholt, WI

Daniela Acosta, Samuel Kennedy Elementary School, Sacramento, CA

Yvonne Wynne, St. Angela School, Chicago, IL

Sage Fluent, St. Irenaeus Catholic School, Oakmont, PA

Brian Nalasco, White Oaks Elementary School, Burke, VA

Steven Jeffrey Hugney, White Oaks Elementary School, Burke, VA

Essay Finalists