Pottstown Students Share Why They Are Proud of Pottstown; How Are Your Proud of Pottstown?

The Pottstown School District held their annual essay contest earlier this year for students enrolled in kindergarten through eighth grade, which, this year, was themed “Proud to be from Pottstown.”    

Sponsored by local McDonald’s restaurants, students wrote about how they were proud of Pottstown, their schools, their friends, and more.     

Some of the students’ essay excerpts are listed below.

What do you think?  We would love to hear if you are proud to be from Pottstown.  Feel free to write in the comments section below.

Excerpts:

-Randall Jackson, grade 8: “Pottstown is a small town, but the people in our community want us to be all that we can possibly be.  They offer up organizations to help people get a better education and be more successful.  Our community has a college that we can go to and a library that provides us with information.  We have donations that go to our school so that we can buy more advanced technology like Smart Boards and laptops.”

-Megan Weller, grade 6: “I’m proud of my community.  We help the homeless and less fortunate get back on their feet.  Some towns don’t care about other people and worry only about themselves unlike Pottstown.  I am also proud of my community because we support local businesses.”

-Emily Jerdon, grade 7: “In our community we have many kind people and families.  Pottstown is a very family-oriented community.  We host major annual holiday parades and on High Street from May through September there is a car show on the first Saturday on every month.  I am proud of my school because it offers a quality environment for students to learn.”