Three Bay Farm School students who placed first, second, and third in a Daughters of the American Revolution essay contest. Teacher Will Green encouraged his students to submit essays about which of the 13 colonies they would have represented in the Second Continental Congress (which met from May 1775 to March 1781) and what they would have wanted to accomplish for their colony. Three students submitted essays and all three won at the local level. Benjamin Serrano won first place, Atlee Hamilton won second place, and Sophia Zarhouni won third.

The students and their families will get to attend a Celebratory Tea and presentation in February in Moraga, and all three are now eligible to center the state-wide contest.

Daughters of the American Revolution was founded in 1890 with the simple mission of promoting historic preservation, education and patriotism. The nonprofit women’s service organization consists of more than 190,000 members in 3,000 chapters across the world.

Editor’s note: this story was originally published in the Alameda Unified School District weekly newsletter.