Essay Contest
( March )

Committee        Co-Chair: Sheryl Mitchell  248.709.2492

                        Co-Chair: Dr. Howard Rosenberg  248.681-6804

Topic 2006: "I Am Unique Because"

Bottom row kneeling left to right:  Zachary Zucker (3rd place, WBHS); Amber Ostazewski (2nd place, Walled Lake Northern High School); Dalia Rubenstein (Special Grade School Recognition, Green Elementary School); Katina Omand (1st place; WBHS); STANDING: Kenneth Selander (Special Grade School Recognition; West Hills Middle School)

 

 

Adults Standing in back row: Attorney Gene Farber (Essay Judge); Mick Beauchamp (Walled Lake Schools Superintendent); Gary Faber (West Bloomfield Schools Superintendent); Melanie Torbert (West Bloomfield School District Board member); Marcia Gershenson (Essay Judge and Oakland County Commissioner); Howard Rosenberg (Optimist Essay Contest Co-Chair)

 

Missing:       Mary Ellen Trott (Essay Contest Judge and President of Walled Lake School District)

Sheryl Mitchell (Optimist Essay Contest Co-Chair);

 

West Bloomfield Optimist Club Sponsors Essay Contest for Students

 

The Optimist Club of West Bloomfield is encouraging area students to submit a 400-500 word essay based on the phrase, “I’m Unique Because…” as part of the Optimist International Essay Contest for 2006.

 

To be eligible to compete, students must be under the age of 19 and a resident of either West Bloomfield or Walled Lake. Students can attend public, private, religious schools or be home schooled. This will be the first year that cash prizes were awarded to the top 3 winners.

 

The top winner will go on to compete at the State District level for a $600 college scholarship. The winners at the State level are automatically entered in the international competition where scholarships of up to $5,000 are awarded. “This is a wonderful opportunity for students to tap into their creativity and pursue scholarships at the same time,” noted Essay Contest Co-Chair Sheryl Mitchell.

 

“Young students today have so many fresh ideas about the world and their future,” said Club President Daniel Navarre. “As Optimists, it is our goal to encourage them and do what we can to bring out the best in each of them,” added Essay Contest
Co-Chair Dr. Howard Rosenberg.

 

The deadline to submit essays was February 10, 2006. The winners were announced at the Optimist’s Club breakfast meeting on Tuesday, February 28 at the Fiddler Restaurant on Orchard Lake Road. Students wishing to find out more about the contest can obtain a copy of the rules and application at:

http://www.optimist.org/Publications/05-06_ESSAY_RULES_PAD.pdf

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For more information about the Optimist Club,
contact the President Dan Navarre at 248-451-1906.

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