Two Albuquerque Academy students received first place cash prizes in the Bosque School-sponsored Aldo Leopold Writing Contest.
Two Albuquerque Academy students received first place cash prizes in the Bosque School-sponsored Aldo Leopold Writing Contest. Aerlin Decker ’19 (grades 6-7 category, 300 words or less) and Daria Hofmann ’17 (grades 8-9 category, 400 words or less) each wrote essays responding to the prompt: “Why is it important to know where your food and energy come from, and how can you or have you made changes in your family or school life that reflect this understanding?”
In preparation for their responses, contestants in grades 6-12 were encouraged to read writings from Leopold’s A Sand County Almanac, including “The Land Ethic” and “Good Oak,” and to fathom the depths of this specific Leopold statement: “There are two spiritual dangers in not owning a farm. One is the danger of supposing that breakfast comes from the grocery, and the other that heat comes from the furnace.”
Click on the links below to read the winning essays:
Aerlin Decker
Daria Hofmann
