WELLS — The Wells-Ogunquit Community School District featured its 30th Annual Literary Achievement Awards Ceremony at Wells Elementary School on April 28. Fifty-nine kindergarten through 12th-grade students were recognized for their writing, previously judged anonymously to be the best out of 260 entries submitted in February.
The top prize of $500 was awarded to Wells High School senior, Seamus McDonough, for an untitled and inspirational essay reflecting upon a childhood toy – a purple dinosaur named Barney – originally belonging to his deceased brother.
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