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6/8/2005
11th District Resident Graduating From Concord High Captures Top Prize In Legislative Essay Scholarship Contest
Congratulations are extended to a student graduating from Concord High School this year. Natasha Platt, who lives in the 11th District, captured first place and a $7,500 scholarship for her essay on this year’s theme: “Alexander Hamilton: Architect of American Government.”
Two of Delaware’s three top winners in the annual Legislative Essay Scholarship Contest are from the Brandywine School District. In addition to Ms. Platt, Laura Graham, who is graduating from Brandywine High School, came in third place and received a $2,250 scholarship. (Second place went to Melissa Baird of Caesar Rodney High School in Camden-Wyoming. She received a $3,750 scholarship.) The three seniors also received an additional $750 scholarship from their respective legislative districts.
The contest, open only to high school seniors, began in 1999 and was originally called the George Washington Memorial Scholarship to help commemorate the 200th anniversary of George Washington's death. The scholarship was authorized for only one year and students had to write a 500-2000 word essay on "Why George Washington Should Be Revered in America." In 2000, the General Assembly passed HB 545 as the Legislative Essay Scholarship. The bill authorized the essay contest on an annual basis. Each year a new topic is selected and focuses on events or people in American history from 1770 to 1860. Previous topics have included Frederick Douglass, James Madison, Abigail Adams, and the Lewis and Clark Expedition (The Corps of Discovery).
For more information on the legislative essay contest, visit the Delaware Higher Education's website at http://www.doe.state.de.us/high-ed/essay.htm
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