Contest to target Kaua’i students Elementary, middle and high school students on Kaua‘i will have the chance to win cash for the eighth annual $2,000 Kaua’i Island Scholarship Contest, slated to begin Monday. The contest will be open through Dec.
Contest to target Kaua’i students
Elementary, middle and high school students on Kaua‘i will have the chance to win cash for the eighth annual $2,000 Kaua’i Island Scholarship Contest, slated to begin Monday.
The contest will be open through Dec. 5, in which students are asked to reflect on how technology has made a difference in their educational experience.
This year’s theme, Education and Technology, will focus on how students have used technology to further their educational goals.
Students from first through twelfth grade are eligible to compete.
First- through third-graders can submit a poster. Written essays are the submission format required for fourth- through sixth-graders, who are asked to complete a 250-word essay. Students from seventh- through ninth-grades are asked to write a 350-word essay, and tenth-, eleventh-, and twelfth-graders can submit a 500-word essay.
Winners will receive the following cash prizes:
· First place: $275
· Second place: $150
· Third place: $75
Additionally, the first 150 students to submit their projects will receive an official Kaua’i Island Scholarship T-shirt.
Entries can be submitted in person or by U.S. Mail. Entries delivered in person will be accepted from 8:30 a.m. until 4 p.m. Monday through Friday at both Solipsys locations on Kaua’i.
Entries submitted by mail must be sent to the Lihu’e address and must be in the hands of the judges on or before 4 p.m., Dec. 6 to be considered.
Raytheon Solipsys, a wholly-owned subsidiary within Raytheon Integrated Defense Systems, is an industry leader in the development of integrated command and control network-centric solutions for the domestic, international, defense and homeland security.
Integrated Defense Systems is Raytheon’s leader in Joint Battlespace Integration. Their customers include the U.S. Missile Defense Agency, the U.S. Armed Forces and the Department of Homeland Security.
Raytheon Company, which employs 73,000 people worldwide, is a $20.3 billion entity, which considers itself a technology leader specializing in defense, according to a prepared statement.
The company’s headquarters is in Waltham, Mass.
Want to enter? For U.S. Mail, send to Solipsys at:
·9565 Kaumauli’i Highway, Lihu‘e HI 96766 or
·4485 Pahe’e Street, Lihu‘e HI 96766
For more information, call 241-1555 ext. 262.
Full contest details are available at www.solipsys.com or by contacting Linda Burnz, Facility Security Officer, at 241-1555 ext. 262 or via e-mail: linda.burnz@solipsys.com.
