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If I Were Mayor Awards
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Summary and Background Information:
If I were Mayor is an essay contest coordinated by the Colorado Municipal League (CML). This year, Commerce City ran the essay contest at the local level simultaneously to select a Mayor for the day from the city's community.
The city received 288 essays from 7th and 8th graders from Adams City Middle School and Kearney Middle School. The Commerce City Youth Commission read and scored the 288 essays, narrowing them down to the top 50. Mayor Pro Tem Rene Bullock and Councilwoman Jadie Carson, along with Larry Quintana and Mary Morton from the Adams 14 Board of Education, with Youth Commission Volunteer Coordinator Paolo Diaz scored the top 50 down to the top 10, selecting the top 5 and the Mayor for the day.
All 50 top students and their families were invited to attend the reception beforehand (5:30 p.m. in the lobby). The top five are asked to read their essays to council and are presented with a plaque. The top winner is asked to be "Mayor for the Day" and sit next to the mayor at the dias.
The top 5:
Simoukda Lounnivongsa
David Mata
DiDi Gonzalez De Jesus
Alexandra Ramos
Jennifer Perez
Simoukda Lounnivongsa was selected as the Mayor for the Day.
The top 50 students:
Jasmine Acosta
Isaiah Alarid
Jacqueline Alvarez
Neida Ascencio
Dakota Bachman
Philip Berger
Vanessa Cano
Braiam Castillo
David Castillo
James Defranco
Marina Demi De Santiago
Arlen Dominguez
Angel Flores
Freddie Flores
Juan Carlos Flores
Jaden Forsythe
Noemi Galdean
Eric Garcia
Elissa Garduno
Edgar Gonzalez
Erik Gonzalez
DiDi Gonzalez De Jesus
Isaiah Hollingsworth
Isabella Livingston
Rhey'Enna Livingston
Jesus Lopez
Simoukda Lounninvongas
Sineka Lounninvongas
Jasmine Ludlow
David Luna
Melanie Martinez
David Mata
Alexandra Palma
Samantha Palos
Hazael Perez
Jennifer Perez
Erik Ramirez
Alexandra Ramos
Feliciana Reyes-Torrez
Maritssa Robles
Irbin Rojas
Arlyn Sierra
Jailyn Sierra
Jeremiah Skinner
Jason Snyder
Jesus Triana
Gabriel Vasquez
Jessica Vasquez
Fabian Vazquez
Lisette Zamora