{"id":6964,"date":"2024-03-27T07:18:52","date_gmt":"2024-03-27T11:18:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rutherfordschools.org\/rhs\/?p=6964"},"modified":"2024-03-27T07:21:03","modified_gmt":"2024-03-27T11:21:03","slug":"union-middle-school-student-wins-state-writing-contest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rutherfordschools.org\/rhs\/union-middle-school-student-wins-state-writing-contest\/","title":{"rendered":"Union Middle School Student Wins State Writing Contest"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Congratulations to Union Middle School 8th grader Madison Smith on her winning entry into the Elks Drug Awareness Contest. Madison&#8217;s entry won not only the Rutherford competition, but the state competition as well! Her poem has moved forward to the national competition! Thank you to Mrs. Colleen Kiick for facilitating the entries from her classes at UMS and CONGRATULATIONS to Madison! 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