[blindkid] Nationwide Braille Readers Are Leaders Contest

[Deborah Kent Stein]

I am very pleased to announce the winners of the 2017-2018 Nationwide
Braille Readers Are Leaders Contest, which was sponsored by the NFB of
Illinois in partnership with the National Association to Promote the Use of
Braille (NAPUB). Altogether eighty-one students from twelve states took part
in the contest. The participating states were Georgia, Illinois, Indiana,
Louisiana, Maryland, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, New Jersey, New York,
Texas, and Virginia. 

 

Students submitted reading logs, counting the number of Braille pages they
read between December 15, 2017 and February 1, 2018. The contestants with
the top three page counts in each of five grade categories are awarded cash
prizes: $25 for first place, $15 for second place, and $10 for third place
and honorable mention. Every student who submitted a reading log receives a
package of Braille-related gifts.

 

Here is a list of the 2017-2018 Nationwide Braille Leaders Are Leaders
winners. 

 

Grades K-1 

 

First Place: Cameron Gooden, Carterville, IL 

Second Place: Ander Mielke, Havre, MT 

Third Place: Kenji Torihara, Chicago, IL 

Honorable Mention: Anastasia Marinos, Burr Ridge, IL 

 

Grades 2-3 

 

First Place, Aisha Safi, Chevy Chase, MD 

Second Place: Preston Rose, Eagan, MN 

Third Place: Anna Sayles, Peoria, IL 

Honorable Mention: Ely Giraldo, Staunton, VA 

 

Grades 4-5 

 

First Place: Jonah Rao, Columbia, MD 

Second Place: Isaiah Rao, Columbía, MD 

Third Place: Karli Copes, Oak Grove, LA 

 

Grades 6-8 

 

First Place: Holly Connor, St. Louis, MO 

Second Place: Nicholas Tarver, Many, LA 

Third Place: Anthony Spears, Mattoon, IL 

 

Grades 9-12 

 

First Place: Maria-Luisa Montero-Olivero, Marietta, GA 

Second Place: Marie Presume, Staunton, VA 

Third Place: Kaelyn Kinlaw, Staunton, VA 

 

KELLY DOTY AWARDS

 

The Kelly Doty Awards of $25 are given to students who overcome special
challenges to achieve fluency in Braille reading. Such challenges include,
but are not limited to, having disabilities in addition to blindness or
being an English-language learner. The following students received 2018
Kelly Doty Awards.

 

Alan Bunay, Spring Valley, NY

Miracle Douglas, Peoria, IL

Isaiah Rao, Columbia, MD

Jonah Rao, Columbia, MD

Aisha Safi, Chevy Chase, MD

Nicholas Tarver, Many, LA

 

Congratulations to all of the winners of this year’s contest, and to all of
the students who took part. Braille readers are leaders!

 

Debbie Stein

Nationwide BRAL 

 

 



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