Each year, the Indiana Statehouse Tour Office and the Indiana Center for the Book hold an essay competition to commemorate Statehood Day. The contest is open to all Indiana fourth-graders as part of their Indiana history curriculum, and submissions are judged by a panel of Indiana State Library staff and volunteer educators.
Ozzy Jankowski, a West Terrace Elementary School student, was awarded second place in this year’s competition for his essay titled, “What makes you proud to live in Indiana?â€
During the Statehood Day celebration at the Indiana State Library, Ozzy read his essay on Hoosier pride, heard from local storyteller Celestine Bloomfield and met Dean Dorrell, an Abraham Lincoln impersonator.
Congratulations to Ozzy on this remarkable accomplishment!
