RJO Student Georgia Grace Berriola Wins A Visit From LI Ducks Mascot QuackerJack

By Shannon Troccoli

Contest winner Georgia Grace Berriola and QuackerJackGeorgia Grace Berriola, a fourth grade student at RJO Intermediate School in Kings Park, is a winner in the annual TD Bank “Take A Duck to Class” essay contest.

Students wishing to participate in the essay contest were required to fill out an online application and to write an essay (250 words or less) about a hero in the community and explain why they are a hero.  According to TD Bank the contest is competitive with thousands of essays submitted.

Georgia Grace, or GG as she is known at school, wrote one of four winningPrincipal Rudy Massimo, Ms. Rosato, GG, Quaker Jack, Jennifer Arnold and Shawna Hand essays. GG choose the Kings Park Fire Department as her hero. GG’s prize was a gift card and an hour long visit at the school with the LI Ducks and mascot Quacker Jack.

The entire fourth grade class gathered in the school’s auditorium where they were greeted by Principal Rudy Massimo and Ducks Assistant GM Doug Cohen who congratulated GG on her essay. 

GG, a student in Ms. Rosato’s class confidently, read her essay aloud to the students and took questions from the audience. GG was presented with a $50 Visa gift card by Jennifer Arnold and Shawna Hand from TD Bank. Fourth graders were then treated to a visit from Quacker Jack and received gift bags courtesy of TD Bank.