District-level scholarships are funded by the Optimist International Foundations and awarded by Optimist International. Essay Contest This contest requires students under 18 as of October 1, 2016 and who are educated in the United States, Canada or the Caribbean to compose a 700- to 800-word essay around a central idea. The contest is designed to develop writing and critical thinking skills.
The Essay Contest is sponsored by Optimist International to give young people the opportunity to write about their own opinions regarding the world in which they live. The approach can encompass a young person’s personal experience, the experience of their country or a more historical perspective. In addition to developing skills for written expression, participants also have the opportunity.
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The Essay Contest is sponsored by Optimist International to give young people the opportunity to write about their own opinions regarding the world in which they live. In additional to developing skills for written expression, participants also have the opportunity to win a college scholarship! The Seward Optimist Club has participated for many years. Open to any interested students under the.
Essay length is to be 700-800 words (Title, footnotes, and bibliography are not included in the final word count). Words are to be counted manually. Optimist Club of Reno must receive essays by February 7, 2020, to be eligible for the contest.
Optimist Essay Scholarship Contest. Essay Scholarship Contest Topic for the 2019-20 school year is: “Is Optimism the key to achieving the dreams you imagine?” Every year, high school students from all over North America participate in the Optimist Essay contest. Each Optimist club conducts competitions for youth under age 19 who are in the 10 th, 11 th or 12 th grades. Essays are to be 700.
Optimist International is a worldwide volunteer organization made up of more than 2,500 local Clubs whose members work each day to make the future brighter by bringing out the best in children, in their communities, and in themselves. The Optimist Club of Van Wert has been proudly serving the Van Wert County area since the 1980s. We are.
Optimist International assigns a new topic each year and provides the rules and guidelines for holding this essay contest for students. The Northridge Optimist Club club conducts a local level of the contest in conjunction with Northridge schools. The winning contestant’s essay is then eligible to compete for scholarship awards with other student essays at the Optimist District (state) level.