Mrs. Marri Tisdale's fourth grade class from St. Benedict's Catholic School at Elberta entered the 2011 Essay Writing Contest sponsored by the Alabama Division United Daughters of the Confederacy and monitored by Charles S. Stewart Chapter 2390 from Foley. The competition was held statewide and the winners were announced at Alabama's 116th annual convention held in September at Prattville. Four first-place winners submitted to the state competition by Chapter Historian Barbara Jenkins were also selected as first-place winners for the state.