\u201cPeace is not only the absence of war. As long as there is poverty, racism, discrimination and exclusion, we\u2019ll be hard-pressed to achieve a world of peace.”<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n PSR\/Sacramento congratulates the winner of our 2020 High School Scholarship Essay Contest, which was open to all high school seniors in Sacramento and surrounding counties. A total of $15,500 was awarded. The prompt for this year’s contest was the following statement by the Guatemalan civil rights activist and 1992 Nobel Peace Prize Winner, Rigoberta Menchu […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":203,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sacpsr.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/944"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sacpsr.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sacpsr.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sacpsr.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sacpsr.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=944"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/sacpsr.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/944\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":946,"href":"https:\/\/sacpsr.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/944\/revisions\/946"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sacpsr.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/203"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sacpsr.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=944"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"\"](\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Menchu-picture.png\")
<\/a>Click on students’ names to read their winning essays.<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
First Place Winner and Recipient of $3,000 Award<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Priya Sharma<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Christian Brothers High School, Sacramento<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Second Place Winner and Recipient of $2,500 Award<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Sarah Allen<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
El Dorado High School, Placerville<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Third Place Winner and Recipient of $2,000 Award<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Kira Skjoldborg<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Folsom High School, Folsom<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
$1,000 Scholarship Winners<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Rom Arca<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
John F. Kennedy High School, Sacramento<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Atticus Driver<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Yuba City High School, Yuba City<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Rylie Fales<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Union Mine High School, El Dorado<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Faraaz Godil<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Granite Bay High School, Granite Bay<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Rohit Jhawar<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
John F. Kennedy High School, Sacramento<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Katie Kenny<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Oak Ridge High School, El Dorado Hills<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Madyson Noguchi<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Vista del Lago High School, Folsom<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
$250 Scholarship Winners<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Anna Chisholm<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Casa Roble Fundamental High School, Orangevale<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Samuel Flores<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Rio Americano High School, Sacramento<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Alba Joy<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Folsom High School, Folsom<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Anonymous<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Student’s Name and High School Affiliation Withheld at Student’s Request<\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"