If you are a high school junior, you could be a winner of the Rural Electric Cooperative Youth Tour to Washington, D.C. for a week during June. It’s free, it’s exciting and it’s fun! You’ll join some 1300 high school juniors from across the United States to learn more about government, rural electrification, leadership and electric cooperatives.
The trip begins with a “Get Acquainted Banquet” in Oklahoma City, where everyone meets, makes new acquaintances and has an evening of fun. After arriving in Washington, D.C., the tour of our nation’s capitol includes days filled with sightseeing, a riverboat trip on the Potomac and breakfast with Oklahoma’s Congressional delegation. Students also attend a series of educational seminars to learn more about government, the cooperative form of business, and the business of rural electrification.
CONTEST TOPIC & INFORMATION:
Students must write a formal letter approximately 300-400 words to any elected or appointed official. Students, this is the perfect opportunity to voice your personal opinion to your elected or appointed officials on any issue, problem or success. In the letter, the topic of concern should be stated and thoroughly discussed. Please do not sign the letter or place your name in the letter. Your name should only be listed on the cover sheet.
Essays will be judged on the following basis: ORIGINALITY 40%, COMPOSITION 40% and GRAMMAR 20%.
Winners and alternates will be announced after April 1st.
DEADLINE IS FEBRUARY 29, 2012
East Central Electric sponsors an annual essay contest to select students who will represent their service area as well as the state of Oklahoma during the Youth Tour trip
Reference material downloads to aid in writing essay:
Eligibility
Students classified as High School Juniors at the following schools are eligible to participate in the ECOEC Youth Tour Contest.
- Beggs
- Bixby
- Boynton
- Bristow
- Checotah
- Depew
- Dewar
- Eufaula
- Glenpool
- Hanna
- Haskell
- Henryetta
- Hilldale
- Jenks
- Kellyville
- Kiefer
- Liberty
- Mason
- Midway
- Morris
- Mounds
- Muskogee
- Okemah
- Okmulgee
- Oktaha
- Preston
- Sapulpa
- Schulter
- Warner
- Weleetka
- Wilson
Members of the immediate families of Cooperative employees and Trustees are not eligible to compete in this contest.
Entrants DO NOT have to be sons or daughters of East Central Electric members. (Members are on ECE’s electric lines.) |
