🏆🥳 Announcing the winning essayist of the Be A Friend Project Scholarship... Yulai Woodruff! 👏🏽💕
Yulai is a student at East Hamilton High School in Ooltewah, Tennessee. Click to read her essay, centered around the idea of student podcasts, here!
Huge congratulations to all applicants who took the time to envision a kinder, bully-free world and how to achieve it. The Be A Friend Projects received close to 900 scholarship essay submissions from almost every state in the USA and around the world. All essays were scored by a panel of 8 judges using a rubric to assign points in the categories of creativity, personalization, feasibility, knowledge of bullying, and overall clarity.
We received so many great ideas to end bullying at school, it was difficult to judge! Apparent AI use cost many applicants points in the personalization and creativity categories, as did not meeting the required 500+ word count. 56 Finalists resulted from the first round of judging, and 5 essays were selected as runners-up to receive certificates, see below! Other essays stood out, too, for honorable mention which will be contacting also in the near future!
