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MLK Jr. Essay Contest Winner: Elementary School Division

Essay by Evangeline Trask, Greater Plains Elementary School
EVANGELINE TRASK
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Some people think community means a neighborhood or a town. Others think it is the feeling when people come together and work as a group. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. once said, ”We must learn to live together as brothers or perish together as fools.” Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. meant that if we don’t work together as a community, we will die knowing we should have worked together.

People my age can help to build a community by finding problems, and their solutions. For example, we can see that there are people who have no homes all over the town. To help, we could make fundraisers to buy shampoo, toothpaste and other things so they can take care of themselves.

We could bring community to our schools by having more group activities, like read-alouds, movies, board games, and more! This could bring community to our school by letting multiple grades do activities together and bond.

Whether community means a town or togethership, everyone should feel it. We need to come together and solve problems, have fun, and always have each other’s backs. Dr. King once said, “We must learn to live together as brothers or die as fools.”

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