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����Ӱҵ’s annual Martin Luther King Jr. “Advancing the Dream” Celebration was filled with ����Ӱҵ ISD students celebrating King’s legacy of unity. If you missed it, it’s not too late. you can still watch the Step Showcase and the Youth Extravaganza below.

Step Showcase

The Step Showcase on Saturday included step teams from 19 ����Ӱҵ ISD schools, and three of them walked away with first place trophies:

• First place high school: Seguin High School
• First place junior high: Nichols Junior High
• First place elementary: Atherton Elementary

Youth Extravaganza

The Youth Extravaganza featured ����Ӱҵ ISD talent throughout, including the Martin Luther King Jr. Elementary Choir with students from 15 ����Ӱҵ ISD elementary schools.

Contest Winners

If you went to any of the celebration festivities or watched the Youth Extravaganza above, you saw the official event t-shirts that featured artwork of Martin Luther King. That art was created by Lamar High School ninth grader Ramiro Ramirez, the winner of the MLK art contest.

This year, all the winners in both the art and essay contests are from ����Ӱҵ ISD, and all received scholarships. The winners included:

Art contest:

1. 1. Ramiro Ramirez, Lamar High School
   2. Joaquin Merino, Lamar High School
   3. Airyss Soria, Bowie High School

Essay contest:

1. 1. Aniyah Butler, ����Ӱҵ High School
   2. Destiny Okolie – ����Ӱҵ High School

See the winning artwork and hear the winning essays .