New Hyde Park-Garden City Park Union Free School District had nine students recognized as winners in the Village of New Hyde Park’s Diwali Essay Contest. The winners are Garden City Park School sixth grader Dylan Dindial, Hillside Grade School fourth graders Ved Raj and Trijal Sheoran, Manor Oaks School fifth grader Mohini Moolsanker and New Hyde Park Road School second graders Arya Gupta, Tavleen Kaur and Kanav Patel, third grader Erin McNeely and fifth grader Tessa Bobbin.
The essay contest was open to all four school buildings. There were three winners selected in each of the categories: Grades 1-2, Grades 3-4 and Grades 5-6. The students were tasked with writing about what Diwali is and what does it signify, as well as their favorite way of celebrating Diwali and their favorite memory.
