Local student wins regional Optimist essay contest
April 25, 2021 4:03 PM PT
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An essay written by Sydney Mafong, a student at Pacific Trails Middle School, has been selected as the California South Optimist District’s Essay Contest $2,500 scholarship winner. Her submittal was also forwarded to Optimist International as the district’s entry into the International Essay Contest competition. Earlier this year Sydney won the Del Mar-Solana Beach Optimist Club’s annual Essay Scholarship Contest based on a theme of “Reaching your Dreams by Choosing Optimism”.
Sydney Mafong
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Sydney is the charter president of the Pacific Trails Middle School Junior Optimist International (JOI) Club which was chartered on Dec. 9, 2020 and is sponsored by the Del Mar - Solana Beach Optimist Club. Sydney was the prime mover in organizing and starting up the JOI Club. Even before the club was officially chartered, Sydney organized and led outdoor community service project
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New Junior Optimist Club helps the environment
Pacific Trails Middle School Junior Optimist Club participants at the park clean-up.
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Being connected is important. Being part of a community is particularly comforting, especially so during a pandemic. The newly formed Pacific Trails Middle School Junior Optimist Club offers its members the opportunity for both. Living up to their name, several members of the club recently performed valuable community service while safely sharing some time together and developing camaraderie. The Junior Optimists safely cleaned up the Elizabeth Rabbitt Neighborhood Park and the Del Mar Mesa Preserve Trail. Junior Optimists continue to focus on finding ways to safely help the environment even during these challenging times.