[caption id="attachment_23025" align="aligncenter" width="300"]<a href="http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/SCHOOLS-BATTERY-CREEK-ESSAYS.jpg"><img class="size-medium wp-image-23025" src="http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/SCHOOLS-BATTERY-CREEK-ESSAYS-300x200.jpg" alt="From left to right: Gil Sanchez, Assistant Principal; Mrs. Jill McNamara, BCHS Teacher; Marcus Cook, BCHS Junior; Vanessa Madrid, BCHS Sophomore; and Ms. Kyctrell Swinton-Akins, BCHS English Department Chair." width="300" height="200" /></a> From left to right: Gil Sanchez, Assistant Principal; Mrs. Jill McNamara, BCHS Teacher; Marcus Cook, BCHS Junior; Vanessa Madrid, BCHS Sophomore; and Ms. Kyctrell Swinton-Akins, BCHS English Department Chair.[/caption]

Gil Sanchez, Assistant Principal at Battery Creek High School announced two winners in the Beaufort Jasper Water &amp; Sewer Authority Essay Contest from BCHS recently. Essays were judged on promotion of innovation in water resources, promotion of sustainable and green ideas, grammar, style and creativity in outreach and education. Congratulations go to Marcus Cook, a rising senior and Vanessa Madrid, a rising junior. Both students received an iPad Air.