Celebrate New Jersey-4th Grade School Program (2008 “Best of the Best” Student Authors)

Celebrate New Jersey was formed in August 2006 as a nonprofit organization. It started as a joint venture of the Crossroads of the American Revolution Association. The program is an individual project in which 4th graders from all over the state compete for the ultimate prize. For this project, the students are to write essays about people and places in NJ as well as historical events that have taken place in the state. Choosing one of these categories, they write how each of these sections contributes to making our New Jersey a special state among the 50 states of America. The program gives the students an outlet by allowing them to tell others what they learned from their research and their assignment. The students and the teacher’s hard effort later paid off in the statewide writing contest. These students have demonstrated that New Jersey is truly a special state to live in.

-Asad Hussain, Jocelyn Im

RWJ Funding

RWJ Funding