Name of Award: Dr. Lois Pearce Composition Award

Eligible Candidate: Graduating Student; Non-graduating

Type of Award: Bursary

School Name: BDHS; CKSS; JMSS; LKCS; RDHS; TDHS; WDSS

Value of Award: $350

Eligibility: The Dr. Lois Pearce Composition Award is available to any student enrolled in the senior division (Grade 11 or 12) of a Lambton Kent District School Board secondary school, within the Municipality of Chatham-Kent.

Application Procedures: Any student who qualifies may submit a composition. The subject is designed to encourage senior secondary students to reflect on the status of women and the challenges they face in today’s society. The essay should explore opportunities, restrictions, responsibilities, and roles, either as a broad overview or as an in-depth analysis of one facet only. The minimum length of the essay is one thousand words; the maximum is twenty-five hundred words. The essay must have a minimum 1” margin and be double spaced. Only original work, not previously published, will be accepted. Any reference to the writing of others must be properly credited in footnotes. Each entry, to qualify, must indicate demonstrably competent writing. SUBMISSION OF ENTRIES MUST: • be submitted, via email to scholarships@lkdsb.net by June 1st of the award year; • include a cover page, clearly indicating “Dr. Lois Pearce Composition Award”, the student name, grade level and school currently attending.

Deadline for application: May 1

Attachments: Application Form - Dr. Lois Pearce Writing Award

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