The Rotary Club of Dougherty County recently named the Deerfield-Windsor School winners in the Georgia Laws of Life Contest.  The club sponsored DWS in this annual character education and ethical literacy program for high school students, grades 9 – 12.

Caroline Willis was the overall school and twelfth grade winner.  Mary Wallace Cromartie, ninth grade; Anna deRosset, tenth grade; and Kate Durland, eleventh grade were grade level winners.

The contest asks students to select a Law of Life or maxim (such as “Honesty is the best policy,” or “To give is better than to receive”), and to write a personal essay explaining how the Law of Life applies to the student’s life. The program challenges students to reflect upon core values such as perseverance, generosity, courage and compassion, and it rewards those students who are willing to take a stand for their beliefs.

Grade levels winners receive $50 prizes and the overall school winner earns $100.  The school winner read her essay at the Rotary club meeting.

Irmgard Schopen-Davis, Upper School Humanities Chair, is the school coordinator.