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The 2014 contest was sponsored by private donors.
Thank you to all of the participants in the 2022 High School Essay Contest.
See you next year!
Congratulations to the 2022 KCC-JEE High School Essay Contest Winner
Payten C Shimizu

The 2022 Winning Essay
Payten C Shimizu
H.P. Baldwin High School
Wailuku, Hawaii
The 2022 KCC-JEE High School Essay Contest winner is Payten Shimizu from Wailuku, Hawaii. She will spend four weeks in Kyoto, Japan in summer 2023 studying Japanese with Jaden Martinez, the 2020 contest winner & Josephine Kwok, the 2021 contest winner. Congratulations, Payten!