Battle Ground — Three Battle Ground students were selected as winners of the international Magna Carta Essay Contest, which celebrates the anniversary of the sealing of the Magna Carta.
Dakoda Hughes of Battle Ground High School, Emily McCoy of Prairie High School and Sarah Crull of Summit View High School all submitted winning essays, and each earned $500 for their accomplishments.
For the contest, students had to use the Magna Carta as their source document, and write essays creating a new document that details the rights, privileges and liberties of their own country or of the whole world. The Vancouver contest is sponsored by the Clark County Magna Carta Observance Committee.
The Magna Carta, or Latin for “Great Charter,” was the first formal document declaring that a king was as subjected to the law as his people and established the rights of individuals.
