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Wyomissing High School Student Wins Regional Essay Contest

WYOMISSING, Pa. – Jennifer Asare, a student at Wyomissing Area High School, won this year’s High School Essay Contest sponsored by the Pennsylvania Institute of Certified Public Accountants’ (PICPA) Reading Chapter.

Asare, who will begin her senior year this fall, won the top prize of $1,000 for her essay, “Work Life in the Year 2015.” Asare is a member of the National Honors Society, Model UN, and the French Club.

“I was overjoyed when I got the news,” Asare said. “It was definitely one of those special moments. I was very honored and also very grateful.”

Erin Weidman, a 2007 graduate of Wyomissing, earned $750 for her second-place essay and Justin Weidman of Cocalico High School won $500 for placing third. Both students wrote on the same topic as Asare.

Ann Fritz, a 2007 graduate of Wilson High School, finished fourth and won $250 with “Corporate Fraud Scandals: How Have They Influenced Your Opinion of the Accounting Profession?”

This annual contest awards students for their exemplary writing on how current influence the business community. More than 150 entries were received from several high schools in the Reading area.

Founded in 1897, the Pennsylvania Institute of Certified Public Accountants is a professional association of more than 19,000 CPAs who work in public accounting, industry, government, and education. PICPA is the second-oldest state CPA organization in the United States. To find a member CPA in your area, visit our Web site at www.picpa.org and click on CPA Locator. Students and educators can visit PICPA's specially designed site www.CPAzone.org to get the latest information about careers in accounting and the CPA profession.