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Posted inStudent Essay Contest 2019

Student Essay: Windy City: The City With Less Air to Breathe

by Karla Santiago June 19, 2019October 1, 2019

Last month, Rachel Kim, our outgoing education editor, had the idea for the South Side Weekly to hold a student essay contest this summer. The theme for the contest was topical: as Lori Lightfoot was to be sworn in as mayor, we wanted to hear from middle and high school students from around the South […]

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