PCCS : Civitan Essay -- Due 3/3/22 By 2:22 PM

Press release from Plymouth-Canton Community Schools:

01/07/2022 8:05 PM

The following information has been released by the scholarship or contest grantor: 

Plymouth-Canton Civitan Club 
P.O. Box 5329  Plymouth, Michigan 48170 

CIVITAN'S PURPOSE in sponsoring the contest is to encourage students to study the time-honored and time-tested privileges and responsibilities of citizenship and, from their knowledge, to express in writing, ideas which relate to good citizenship in the modern world. 

The topic of the 2021-2022 Citizenship Essay Contest is: Stranger in a strange world 

ELIGIBLE COMPETITORS: Any student under 21 who is enrolled as a full-time student in any high school -- public, private or parochial, in which the Civitan Club is sponsoring the contest -- is eligible and urged to compete. In this instance all high schools within the Plymouth-Canton School District are eligible. Essays must be written by the student him/herself although ideas may be sought from all the sources. 

ESSAY REQUIREMENTS: 

● The typed and double spaced essay should contain no fewer than 500 words and no more than 1200 words. ● The final essay will be submitted in one PDF file with the essay’s title at the top of every page, without name or additional information. This PDF file must be entitled the name of the essay. 

● The cover sheet will be submitted in a second PDF file, providing the following personal information: name, address, home phone number, title of the essay, high school attending, year of graduation and Plymouth-Canton Civitan Club. This PDF file must be entitled the name of the contestant. 

WRITING SUGGESTIONS: This is a creative essay. The major factors taken into account are originality of thought and writing craft, so consider narrative structure, figurative language, imagery, character development, and other techniques. Other factors taken into account are sentence structure, spelling, punctuation, and capitalization. Polish your essay through the writing process, peer editing, and conferencing with your teachers. 

RULES, PRIZES & DEADLINE: 

1. Each contestant should carefully read and adhere to the rules, prompt, eligibility, requirements, etc. Any submission that does not follow the guidelines will be rejected. 

2. You must email Mrs. Giromini, Essay Contest Chairman, and attach a PDF file of the essay (entitled the name of the essay) and a PDF file of your cover letter (entitled your name). She alone will know which essay is the product of which contestant. 

3. Absolutely no essays will be accepted for consideration after the deadline for submission: Thursday, March 3, 2021, before the end of the school day. Any essay submitted after 2:22 on that date will be rejected. 4. Complete fairness and objectivity will be maintained by removing participant names from essays and properly coding them prior to the judging. 

5. The judging panel will consist of 6 English teachers from the three P-CEP high schools. 6. Local awards are: 1st Place: $700.00, 2nd Place: $500.00, and 3rd Place: $300.00 

7. The contest winners will be dinner guests of the Plymouth-Canton Civitan Club at their Thursday, April 21st dinner meeting. At this time, each winner will be asked to read his or her prize-winning entry, and the awards will be presented. 

8. Any questions not answered here? Contact Mrs. Giromini at kelly.giromini@pccsk12.com.

This press release was produced by Plymouth-Canton Community Schools. The views expressed here are the author’s own.