DAPHNE, Ala.—The Daphne Public Library announced the 2008 “Back-to-School” Bookmark Contest winners.

The Elementary Division included kindergarten through fifth grade. 

Kindergarten winners included First Place: Pace McLendon; Second Place: Meagan Livingstone; and Third Place: Lydia Walsh—all of Bayshore Christian School. 

First-grade winners included First Place: Alexis Litteken of Daphne East; Second Place: Sami Storey of Bayside Academy; and Third Place: Del Corte of Bayside Academy. 

Second-grade winners included First Place: Rose Elliot; Second Place: Madelyn McMurphy; and Third Place: Maggie Davis—all of Bayside Academy. 

Third-grade winners included First Place: Cate Kasuba; Second Place: Luke Dobbins; and Third Place: Gracie Von Hoffman—all of Bayside Academy. 

Fourth-grade winners included First Place: Erin Brown of Bayside; Second Place: Sam Knight of Spanish Fort Elementary; and Third Place: Katie Brown of Bayside Academy. 

Fifth-grade winners included First Place: Claire Corte; Second Place: Amanda Peterson; and Third Place: Andy Citrin—all of Bayside Academy. 

The best entries from the Elementary Division, regardless of age, were chosen for the Elementary Overall Winner category.  These winners included First Place: Erin Brown; Second Place: Amanda Peterson; Third Place: Cate Kasuba; and Fourth Place: Claire Corte—all of Bayside Academy. Honorable mentions: Olivia Smith of Rockwell Elementary, Ashley Thomas of Christ the King, Madison Shelley of Bayside Academy, and Lily Sheckells of Bayshore Christian School. 

The Librarian’s Choice Award winner for the Elementary Division was Kaitlin Murrill (second grade) of Bayshore Christian School.

The Middle and High School Division of the contest comprised sixth- through 12th-grade entries. 

Sixth-grade winners included, First Place: Madison Brey of Daphne Middle School; Second Place: Jan Volovecky of Christ the King; and Third Place: Hannah Walters of Bayside Academy. Honorable mentions: Dallin Johnson of Daphne Middle School and Ian Hall of Bayside Academy.

Seventh-grade winners included First Place: Wynter Battiste of Daphne Middle School; Second Place:  Nathan Fields of Daphne Middle School; and  Third Place:  Trent Bordenkircher of Daphne Middle School. Honorable mentions:  Paige Parnell, and Lea Salgado of Daphne Middle School.

Eighth-grade winners included First Place, Heather Marie Aldridge of Daphne Middle School; Second Place: Adam Daniel of Daphne Middle School; and Third Place:  Zach Ward of Daphne Middle School. Honorable mentions: Nicole Aglietti and Jeffrey Deane, both of Daphne Middle School.  

Ninth- through 12th-grade winners:  First Place: Mary Duke of Daphne High School (11th grade); Second Place:  Blythe Stovall of Spanish Fort High School (10th grade);  and Third Place: K.C. Moore of Daphne High School (11th grade); Honorable mentions:  William Penn of Daphne High School (10th grade) and Nicholas Youngblood a home-schooled student (ninth grade).

Overall Winners for the Sixth through Twelfth Grade categories:  First Place:  K.C. Moore of Daphne High School (11th grade); Second Place: Wynter Battiste of Daphne Middle School (seventh grade); Third Place:  Madison Brey of Daphne Middle School (sixth grade); and Fourth Place: Mary Duke of Daphne High School. Honorable mentions: Heather Aldridge of Daphne Middle School (eighth grade), Jan Volovecky of Christ the King (sixth grade),  Jervonte Lovett of Daphne Middle School (eighth grade), and R’Lena Peipho of Daphne Middle School (eighth grade). Librarians Choice Award for the Middle and High School Division went to Erica Lucas of Christ the King School (sixth grade).

The four Overall Winners and Honorable Mention awards from the Elementary and the Middle and High School Divisions will be framed and displayed in the Daphne Public Library. The Overall Winners from both divisions will also receive a $10 gift certificate from Barnes and Noble. The first-place winner from both divisions will have their bookmark reproduced for distribution within the library. 

A total of 330 bookmarks was submitted from public and private schools on the Eastern Shore in the Elementary Division, and 337 in the Middle and High School Division. Three winners were chosen from each grade for kindergarten through 12th grade. Four Overall Winners—along with four honorable mentions—were selected from each division. 

One Librarian’s Choice Award was also selected from each group.

Awards will be given to the Overall Winners at the Daphne City Council meeting at City Hall on October 20 at 6:30 pm.   

This contest is held annually at the beginning of each school year and is sponsored by the Friends of the Daphne Public Library.