HAMPTON — Dutchtown High School senior Destiny Brewer was pleasantly interrupted during a class Friday as she was announced as the winner of a POET Foundation contest and was given a free laptop.
“I feel very honored to get this award,” she said after the presentation. “It definitely surprised me.”
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