Jim+Thorpe+National+Bank+Essay

This essay contest has been run every year for the past 13 years and is sponsored by The Jim Thorpe National Bank. The contest is open to grades 7-12 within all of Carbon County. Two winners are selected from each grade level. Winners each receive a 25 dollar prize and lunch at the bank. The top essay selected from these winners is selected as CEO and wins a day to be acting CEO of the bank. This is a very brief little essay that will not take much of your time and effort and could win you some cash, a free lunch, and a half of day out of school. Plus, your picture will appear in The Times News!

DIRECTIONS:

1. Write an essay of one-hundred words or less on the following topic: **There are many significances of a handshake. What does a handshake mean to you?** 2. Before you begin your essay, read sample winning essays from a previous year and on a previous topic that were given to you. Return these samples to me after you have read them because I use them over and over. 3. Because this is such a short essay, you only have to submit a final copy. 4. Double-space your essay. 5. Print out two copies of your essay: one copy to submit for a grade and a second copy to submit to the contest. 6. On the copy that you submit for a grade, place the proper page headings: Honors English.......................................Name Bank Essay...........................................Period Final Copy.............................................Date 7. On the copy to submit to the contest: remove your name and all page headings. Attach the cover sheet to the front of the essay. 8. Your completed essay is due on Tuesday. I will not accept e-mailed copies of the essay. You must place your essay in the collection bin in my room.