Over 44,400 Georgia high school students wrote a Georgia Rotary Laws of Life essay at 69 participating schools this year. Fifteen of the 69 schools are participating for the first time. Their essays engaged more than 110 Rotarian essay readers and judges; thousands more will hear the winning essays read aloud at their clubs.  

Grade level winners were: 12th grade — Haley Bennett; 11th grade — Meta Ughetto; 10th grade — Rosalie Millere; and ninth grade and school-wide winner — Carson Cochran. Grade-level winners will receive a $50 cash award, and school-level winner will receive a total of $100. 

The following students received honorable mention for their essays: ninth grade — Austin Chastain, Sydney Deutsch, Mason Beckham, and Sam Carter; 10th grade — Tian Green, Reid Harbin, Maggie May, and Madeline Gainous; 11th grade — Shayna Welch, Kathleen Geyer, Felicity Tipton, and Zadiah Hobbs; 12th grade — Morgan Savatgy, Christian Pyle, Maya Tedford, Caroline Anthony, and Margo Rainey.