Sixty-nine students in the school’s three fifth-grade classes recently participated in a Penny War to raise funds for charities of their choice.Sixty-nine students in the school’s three fifth-grade classes recently participated in a Penny War to raise funds for charities of their choice.The assignment from fifth-grade TEACHER Nikki Pierce asked each STUDENT to write an ESSAY about which charity should receive the money donated. The students were divided into two teams — boys and girls — and members of each team voted for the essay they THOUGHT “most persuasive,” Mrs. Pierce said.Sixty-nine students in the school’s three fifth-grade classes recently participated in a Penny War to raise funds for charities of their choice.The assignment from fifth-grade teacher Nikki Pierce asked each student to write an essay about which charity should receive the money donated. The students were divided into two teams — boys and girls — and members of each team voted for the essay they thought “most persuasive,” Mrs. Pierce said.“Students brainstormed a list of charities researched, and then incorporated information into persuasive writing,” she said.Sixty-nine students in the school’s three fifth-grade classes recently participated in a Penny War to raise funds for charities of their choice.The assignment from fifth-grade teacher Nikki Pierce asked each student to write an essay about which charity should receive the money donated. The students were divided into two teams — boys and girls — and members of each team voted for the essay they thought “most persuasive,” Mrs. Pierce said.“Students brainstormed a list of charities researched, and then incorporated information into persuasive writing,” she said.There was no word-count LIMITATION to the essays, but students were expected to write four to five paragraphs