By Melanie Patterson

The North Jefferson News



The Warrior Civitans have issued a challenge.

Civitans are asking Warrior Elementary School to think about and express what it means to be a good citizen.

The club is giving prize money to the contest winners.

Students in grades K-2 made posters about good citizenship.

Students in grades 3-5 participated in an essay contest.

Warrior Civitans president Jackie Wesson asked that the students write their essays in the form of a letter. The students are to thank a person who has demonstrated good citizenship.

Civitans collected the essays and posters from the school on Friday.

Warrior Elementary School principal Mike Frugoli said on Thursday that students were doing their final revisions on the essays to have them ready for the contest.

On awards day, May 19, the Warrior Civitans will present awards to the contest winners.

First place winners in each division (grades K-3 and grades 3-5) will receive a $100 U.S. Savings Bond.

Second place winners receive $50 Savings Bonds and third-place winners receive $25 Savings Bonds.

Wesson had previously met with both groups to explain the contest.

Frugoli said that he has also talked with the Warrior Civitans and the Warrior Lions Club about getting a new flag for the school.

The flag the school now has was ripped by a storm.

“We were still using it, because it was the only one we had,” said Frugoli.

But on Tuesday, a field representative of Congressman Spencer Baccus, who represents Alabama’s sixth district in the U.S. House of Representatives, showed good citizenship by bringing a new flag to the school.

Field representative Caleb Goodwin also delivered a certificate with the flag stating that the flag had flown over the U.S. capital.

Frugoli said that the school would also welcome a flag from the Warrior Lions Club and the Warrior Civitans.