Winners of the “Preserve in Time” Competition Honored

The awards ceremony for the winners of the 3rd Poviat Literary Competition “Preserve in Time,” organized by the Poviat Center for Education and Staff Training in cooperation with the Senior Citizens’ Council operating under the President of Bolesławiec, took place on June 25 at the Old Theatre in Bolesławiec. The guests were welcomed by Cezariusz Rudyk, director of PCEiKK.

Next, Krystyna Raszka, a Polish-language teaching adviser at PCEiKK and the author of the “Preserve in Time” competition, spoke. “This competition is very important to me. I think it is important to many of you as well,” she emphasized.

The aim of the competition, whose idea was born in 2012, the European Year for Active Ageing and Intergenerational Solidarity, is to create bonds between generations. Approximately 130 students took part in this year’s edition. Each of them presented the profile of a senior they knew.

Here are the winners:

• category I – grades II–III of primary school
  • First place: none
  • Second place:
    Amelia Karpowicz – Osiecznica Primary School – supervisor Małgorzata Kosko
    Julianna Szafrańska – Primary School No. 4 – supervisor Urszula Smusz-Sawin
  • Third place:
    Magdalena Szczygielska – Primary School No. 5 – supervisor Dorota Stanałowska
  • Honorable mentions:
    Oliwia Tran Thanh – Osiecznica Primary School – supervisor Małgorzata Kosko
    Patryk Wolski – Tomisław Primary School – supervisor Bogusława Górna
    Kinga Kamińska – Primary School No. 2 – supervisor Teresa Góra
    Dawid Serwatka – Primary School No. 5 – supervisor Dorota Dobies
• category – grades IV–VI of primary school
  • First place:
    Klaudia Iwanowska – Primary School No. 4 – supervisor Monika Chmielowiec
    Justyna Maksymowicz – Nowogrodziec Primary School – supervisor Janina Kotwica
  • Second place:
    Jakub Garguliński – Brzeźnik Primary School – supervisor Danuta Sicińska-Burzawa
  • Third place:
    Nikola Oleksy – Wykroty Primary School – supervisor Marta Słobodzian
    Dorota Chojnicka – Primary School No. 4 – supervisor Monika Chmielowiec
  • Honorable mentions:
    Magdalena Sondaj – Brzeźnik Primary School – supervisor Danuta Sicińska-Burzawa
    Dominik Chlastawa – Primary School No. 1 – supervisor Maria Przewoźnik
• category – middle school
  • First place:
    Maria Koplin – Lower Secondary School No. 1 – supervisor Irmina Nowak
    Marek Tobiasz – Lower Secondary School No. 2 – supervisor Małgorzata Rudyk
  • Second place:
    Gabriela Salej – Lower Secondary School No. 2 – supervisor Małgorzata Rudyk
  • Third place:
    Klaudia Kotwica – Lower Secondary School No. 3 – supervisor Danuta Wyganowska
  • Honorable mentions:
    Laura Przydróżna – Lower Secondary School No. 1 – supervisor Maria Łużniak
    Joanna Abramowicz – Lower Secondary School No. 2 – supervisor Małgorzata Rudyk
    Daria Szuk – Lower Secondary School No. 1 – supervisor Joanna Tomaszewska.

“Children and young people are unaware of the values that seniors bring,” Krystyna Raszka said in an interview with “ii.” “But they are slowly beginning to notice them. This can be seen in the competition entries, especially those written by older students. Even in ancient Greece, adulthood, maturity and experience were valued. Today, youth and childishness are placed first. I believe these proportions should be somewhat reversed.”

The ceremony was enhanced by performances by Sandra Pacyna, Justyna Orłowska and Adrian Pacyna, students of the Stanisław Wyspiański Youth Cultural Centre in Bolesławiec. Sandra and Justyna were accompanied by Marek Łętowski, director of the Youth Cultural Centre.

(information: ii)