Passion to Purpose Scholarship Program Contest Rules 2022/2023
Eligibility and Entry Guidelines
• In order to be eligible for the Passion to Purpose Scholarship Program Contest, entrants must be a student in 10th, 11th or 12th grade and a current resident of the United States.
• Students must be currently enrolled in an eDynamic Learning course OR have taken a class in middle or high school that utilized the eDynamic Learning curriculum.
• All essays that are submitted as a document upload within the Entry Google Form must include the entrant’s first and last name in the file name.
• In order to be eligible, essays must address three questions from the Passion to Purpose Scholarship Writing Prompt Questions document.
Essay Requirements
• The essay should be at least five paragraphs in length and no more than 500 words.
• All submitted essays will be judged individually and should include a strong opening statement, provide supportive paragraphs, and end with a final conclusion.
Format
• Essays will be accepted in written form in the Google Form OR as an attached document to the Google Form. Document types accepted are .DOCX, .DOC, PDF, and Google Doc.
Official Entry and Consent Forms
• All entry and consent forms must be completed and received by the submission deadline, March 31st, 2022.
• Parent Consent Form must have a legible signature from a parent or guardian.
• Teacher Endorsement Form
Format
• All essay submissions will be reviewed by a panel of five education advisors from eDynamic Learning and/ or partners of eDynamic Learning, and will be judged according to the rubric. The final score will be the combination of the five scores from the judges.
• Decisions that are made are final and binding, no appeals will be reviewed.
• Winners will be notified via email by April 28th. There will be two first place, one second place, and one third place prizes given out. There will be two 1st place award recipients. One 1st place award will be open to all students who meet the qualifications of the program. The second 1st place award will be reserved for students with a documented IEP, 504 plan, or disability, as indicated by their guardian and teacher when applying.
• There will be no tax on the scholarship prizes. Funding will be awarded in May 2023.
Rights
• From time of submission, essays become the exclusive property of eDynamic Learning. Any and all rights in the winning entries shall be eDynamic Learning’s exclusive property.
• Once submitted to the Passion to Purpose Scholarship Program Contest, all essays and any portion of all essays may be used for marketing and promotional purposes.