Princeton Section of the ACS 

2023 National Chemistry Week Illustrated Poem Contest

“The Healing Power of Chemistry”

As part of our celebration of National Chemistry Week (NCW), the Princeton Section of the American Chemical Society (PACS) sponsored the 2023 National Chemistry Week (NCW) Illustrated Poem Contest for students in Kindergarten through 12th grade in schools within the Princeton Section. For this contest, students had to write and illustrate a poem that fits the 2023 NCW theme of “The Healing Power of Chemistry”.  We received poems in all four categories and our team of six judges had the difficult task of picking the winners in each category. 

The winners are:

Category Grade K-2

First Place:                      Luke Kim, Princeton Charter School

Category Grade 3-5

First Place:                      Aubree Dong, Princeton Charter School

Second Place:                  Caleb Kim, Princeton Charter School

Honorable Mention:          Anu Krishman, Princeton Charter School  

Category Grade 6-8

First Place:                      Rishi Khedekar, Thomas Grover Middle School

Second Place:                  Ian Kim, Princeton Charter School 

Category Grade 9-12

First Place:                      Anika Khedekar, West Windsor-Plainsboro High School South

Second Place:                  Graciela Zhang, PRISMS 

National ACS Poem Competition

 Local Section First Place winners advance to the ACS National contest for a chance to win cash prizes. ACS awards $300 to first place and $150 to second-place national contest winners in each grade category!

We have just learned that Luke Kim, our Category Grade K-2 winner, has been selected as the ACS National ACS Poem Contest First Place winner in this category!  Congratulations Luke!

 See his entry below

Luke Kim – Princeton Local Section