Adrianna Clark, fourth grader at Syracuse 
Elementary School, wrote the winning essay from over 1,000 entries in 
the 500 Festival Education Program Essay Contest. She will receive 
tickets for her and her family to attend the 500 Festival Parade and 
the Indianapolis 500. Clark’s teacher, Kris Long, threw a class party 
Tuesday celebrating Clark’s accomplishment. (Photo by Rebekah Whirledge)