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Winners picked for ‘Dream' essay contest

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March 2, 2012

A Maynard H. Jackson High School senior has won first place in the annual Dream Scholarship Essay Contest.

Guadalupe Pacheco won a $3,000 scholarship for his essay honoring the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. The law firm Holland & Knight, which sponsored the contest, took essays from seniors in the Atlanta, Decatur, Fulton and DeKalb public school systems. Trinity Freeman of Milton High School won the $2,000 scholarship for second place and Carolina Rios of Booker T. Washington High School won the $1,000 scholarship for third place.

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