American Immigration Council Announces the Winners of the

The American Immigration Council is pleased to announce that the first place winner of our Community Education Center’s 16th Annual ‘Celebrate America’ Fifth Grade Creative Writing Contest is Erin Stark of Enetai Elementary School in Bellevue, Washington. Her poem entitled What Would You Miss About Immigrants? was chosen from among thousands of entries nationwide. The piece asks what one would do if immigrants stopped coming to the United States:

Would you miss the food?

The potstickers, sushi and dumplings,

Pizza, spaghetti, curry or crepes?

Just think about it for aminute or two,

Could you survive eating fish at every meal? Could you?

Immigrants are coming every day,

Variety is what they bring with them in every way.

To see the rest of the winning entry, see Download Erin

KJ