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2021-2022 Optimist International Essay Contest

Topic: “how does an optimistic mindset change my tomorrow ”, district essay chair:     dot sayer                                                   email: [email protected]                                                   cell: 770-823-2923, for a copy of the 2022 essay contest handout: click here.

The Essay Contest is sponsored by Optimist International   to give young people the opportunity to write about their own opinions regarding the world in which they live. The approach can encompass a young person’s personal experience, the experience of their country or a more historical perspective. In additional to developing skills for written expression, participants also have the opportunity to win a college scholarship!

This contest is open to students under the age of 19 as of October 1, 2021  and who have not yet completed secondary school or its equivalent. There is no minimum age. Essays must be typewritten and double-spaced and contain not less than 700 and no more than 800 words. Works of fiction or poetry are not eligible.

Zone winners advance to the District contest to compete for a $2,500 college scholarship. The District level scholarships are funded by the Optimist International Foundation.

For more information, visit  www.optimist.org/e/member/scholarships3.cfm

Contest deadlines:  .

Club to Zone: must be received by Lt. Governor by Jan. 31, 2022

Zone to District: must be received by Dot Sayer by Mar. 15, 2022

District to OI: must be received at OI by April 15, 2022

Items in Your Club Entry Packet:

• Optimist International Essay Contest Application for 2021-2022 – Must be signed by contestant and parent or guardian
• District Essay Contest Entry Form – Must be signed by contestant, Club Essay Chair and Club President.
• Legible Copy of Birth Certificate or Passport
• Typed Copy of Essay
• A Check for $35 Made Payable to Gateway District Optimist International

Optimist International Resources:

To download rules and application form,  click here, for the essay contest program package,  click here  , to download the club planning guide,  click here, essay contest general information and forms can be found at  essay contest page at optimist.org, club certificate of participation can be found at:  http://www.optimist.org/forms/essay_certificate_club_color.pdf  .

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The contest is divided into two levels of competition:

1. The preliminary Club contest, where the winner from each local contest advances to the District level, and

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Topic for the 2023-24 school year is: “Optimism: How it Connects Us”

Eligibility: Open to all students under the age of 19 as of Oct 1, 2023 (and not enrolled as a degree-seeking student of a post-secondary institution)

Residence: Student must reside in the State of Michigan – Lower Peninsula

Language: The essay must be written in English

How to Enter: Students write and submit an essay on their interpretation of this year’s official topic, “Optimism: How it Connects Us”.

This scholarship contest is comprised of 2 levels: A preliminary round, which is conducted by local Optimist clubs across the state (entry deadline is generally Jan 31, 2024). The winner from each local club advances to the District level, where scholarships are awarded annually in May. The overall winner receives a $2,500 scholarship, Second Place earns $1,500 and Third Place earns $1,000.

A list of participating clubs will be posted in early December. Students: submit your essay packet to the one in your community. If there is not an Optimist Club where you live, submit your essay packet to the one nearest to you. Duplicate entries will not be accepted and are grounds for disqualification.

Most Clubs only accept submissions during the months of December and January. It is your responsibility to verify the deadline with the respective chairperson. Student submissions will not be accepted after the Club-level contests have closed.

Optimist Clubs or parents wanting more information can use the form below or please e-mail the Michigan District Essay Chair at [email protected] .

Club-Level Winner’s Submission Deadline: The deadline for Clubs to submit their winning essay to the District Chair is February 28, 2024. Please refer to your Club Packet or contact the District Chair for more information.

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Optimist International Essay Contest

This Essay contest gives young people the opportunity to write about their own opinions regarding the world in which they live. The approach can encompass a young person’s personal experience, the experience of their country or a more historical perspective. In additional to developing skills for written expression and critical thinking, participants also have the opportunity to win a college scholarship! 

Winners will receive monetary awards funded equally by BB&T Bank and the Forsyth-Cumming Optimist Club.  The funds will be deposited in a savings or checking account opened in the winner’s name at BB&T Bank.

• 1 st place winner will receive $300 and will advance to the Northeast Georgia Zone event
• 2 nd place winner will receive $200
• 3 rd place winner will receive $100

The Zone winner will advance to the State/District level. The District winner will receive a one-time $2,500 college scholarship.

Eligibility

Students must be under the age of 19 as of October 1, 2021.

Students must be educated in the United States, Canada or the Caribbean. There is no minimum age.

How to Enter

Interested students may submit a completed application and essay on the assigned topic to their school or mail to:

Forsyth-Cumming Optimist Club, Essay Entry PO Box 111 Cumming GA 30028.

Essays may NOT be submitted to more than one Optimist Club.

Application

Please see the Essay Contest application for complete rules.

Deadline for entry TBD.

The topic for the 2021-2022 School Year is: “How Does an Optimistic Mindset Change My Tomorrow?”

Length :  700-800 words (Title page, footnotes and bibliography are not included in the final word count).  Hyphenated words count as one (1) word.

Each entry must begin with a Title page containing:

• the official topic
• number of words
• the writer’s name
• phone number
• name of school
• date of birth

Essays must be typewritten and double-spaced.

Essays will be judged and the winners will be announced in TBD. Winners will be invited to the club’s breakfast meeting TBD.

2020-2021 Essay Contest Winners

1st PLACE: SAMIKSHA GAHERWAR, Lambert High School  Read essay

2nd PLACE: SHIRIN DEEPAK, Denmark High School  Read essay

3rd PLACE: ADITI BANG, South Forsyth High School  Read essay

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OPTIMIST INTERNATIONAL ESSAY CONTEST

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Sponsoring Institution: Optimist International

Type: Essay Contest

Eligibility: • The contest is open to US and Canadian contestants under the age of 19 as of October 1st • There is no minimum age. • Students must enter in the District in which they reside. U.S. students attending school on military installations outside the U.S. are eligible to enter in their last home of record.

Application Deadline: Early February

Highlight: Are you a student who wants the chance to share your opinion for a chance to win a college scholarship? Then the Optimist International Essay Contest could be perfect for you! This essay contest is open to students under 19 from the U.S, Mexico, or Canada! The 2022 essay prompt, “how does an optimistic mind change my tomorrow”, demands a unique outlet on what optimism means from students. Essays entered into this essay contest will be scored using 6 categories: organization, creativity, vocabulary, grammar, neatness, and adherence to contest rules. The process to enter this essay contest can be slightly confusing for newcomers but it becomes straightforward after reading more carefully. First, applicants must apply at a local optimist club (you can find one near you by sending an email to [email protected] ). The winning essay at each club will be sent to the district level. Finally, for what you’ve been waiting for, the awards! The winner at a club level will receive a medallion, the first place district winner for each district will win the $2500 college scholarship and a plaque to show their achievement. So, if this positive thinking essay contest catches your eye, then keep your head up and start finding a club near you!

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Another successful Essay Contest is in the books. We had 5 students compete in the Essay Contest this year, up from 3 last year, so we are excited about that.

The results for Essay Contest are as follows:

1st Place: Jack Froelich (pictured right)

2nd Place: Ewa Klos (pictured left)

3rd Place: Anirudh Warrior (not pictured)

Honorable mentions go to Nathan Mystrow (not pictured) and Anika Lechner (pictured center) . As our 1st Place winner Jack Froelich will be moving on the District Essay Contest the winner of which will be announced at the 3rd Quarter Conference on May 5-6 at the Kalahari Resort in Wisconsin Dells. We are inviting all our Essay winners to attend our Club meeting on April 5 to receive their Medallions, certificates and for our 1st through 3rd Place winners their Prize money. They will also share their Essays.

The Essay topic for the 2022-23 school year was  “Who is an Everyday Hero that Brings out the Optimism in You?”

The Essay Contest is sponsored by Optimist International to give young people the opportunity to write about their own opinions regarding the world in which they live. The approach can encompass a young person’s personal  experience, the experience of their country or a more historical perspective. In addition to developing skills for written expression, participants also have the opportunity to win a college scholarship!

Essays will be judged by a local panel and a winner will be announced early February 2023. Winning essay will then be submitted to the District contest to compete for a $2,500 college scholarship. The District-level scholarships are funded by the Optimist International Foundations.

Who:  Contest is open to any student attending school in Menomonee Falls and under the age of 19 as of October 1, 2022 who have not yet graduated from high school or the equivalent. (no minimum age applies).

How To Enter:  Prepare an essay 700-800 words (Title, footnotes and bibliography are not included in the final word count.) Hyphenated words count as 1 word.

When:  Submit essay along with contest application no later than February 1st, 2023  by email to Mike Russell .

The Essay topic for the 2021-22 school  year was  “HOW DOES AN OPTIMISTIC MINDSET CHANGE MY TOMORROW?” First, I would like to thank our Judges Dr . Carolyn Anderson ,  Kristen Kubisiak  and  Cathy Jakicic  for volunteering to judge the essays – without you this contest would not have been possible. Finally, the results of the contest are as follows:

1st Place: Anirudh Warrier

2nd Place: Gabriel Xiong

3rd Place: Kaleb Trice .

Congratulations to all of our contestants for their insightful essays.  A special congratulations to our 1st Place winner Anirudh Warrier! His essay will be forwarded on to our District Essay Contest for a chance at a $2,500 Scholarship. Best of luck to Anirudh!

Essay Contest Chairs: Mike Russell and Annie Jurczyk

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The Del Mar-Solana Beach Optimist Club conducted its annual “Essay Contest” based on a theme of “How Does an Optimistic Mindset Change My Tomorrow?” which represents the organization’s theme for 2021-2022.

A panel of three judges evaluated the local students’ essays using strict Optimist International rules to determine the winners. First, second, and third place winners will receive cash prizes, medallions, and certificates for their accomplishments.

First place went to Roha Rupareliya, a student at Pacific Trails Middle School. Roha will be awarded a check for $250, gold medallion, and certificate. Roha’s essay advanced to the district contest for a chance at even greater prizes including a college scholarship.

Second place went to Sachin Wijay, a student at Torrey Pines High School. Sachin will be awarded a check for $150, silver medallion, and certificate.

Third place went to Riya Sharma, a student at Farmington High School. Riya will be awarded a check for $100, bronze medallion, and certificate.

“These students all did a wonderful job of articulating this year’s theme among some tough competition. They expressed themselves well through the essay and deserve the honors they received,” Club Vice-President Don LaVigne said.

The Optimist Club of Del Mar – Solana Beach, CA has been participating in the Optimist Essay Contest for many years and has been active in the community since 1981. Other programs and service projects that the club is involved in include the Optimist Oratorical Contest, Miracle League of San Diego, Junior Optimist Clubs, Scouts, Children’s Challenge Awards, Casa de Amistad, Ronald McDonald House, Rady Children’s Hospital, Community Resource Center, and high school scholarship programs.

Optimist International is one of the world’s largest service club organizations with over 80,000 adult and youth members in almost 3,000 clubs in the United States, Canada, the Caribbean, Mexico and throughout the world. Carrying the motto “Bringing Out the Best in Youth, in our Communities, and in Ourselves,” Optimists conduct positive service projects that reach more than six million young people each year. To learn more about Optimist International, call (314) 371-6000 or visit the organization’s website at www.optimist.org.

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Scholarship contests, scholarship contests for high school students .

The Optimist Club of Calgary holds three scholarship contests each year for students to earn money to pursue opportunities in higher education: 

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The 2022 Optimist International Oratorical World Championships were held July 21-22, 2022 at Saint Louis University in St. Louis, Missouri, USA.

The Optimist International World Oratorical Championship was a massive success in St. Louis, Missouri, awarding over $78,000 in College Scholarships Awards.

The World Champions won a $15000 scholarship for first place, a $10000 scholarship for second place and a $5000 scholarship for third place. These are in addition to having won a $5000 scholarship for winning their Regional Oratorical Contest and $2500 scholarship for winning their District Oratorical Contest.

The World winner was Samiksha Gaherwar from the Southeast Gateway District. She gave us the perfect example of “Never QUIT!” She had entered the Oratorical Contest 8 times…and until this year, had not won 1st place at the District Level.

The second place awardee was Rin Choi from the “World Division” in Seoul, South Korea;

The third place awardee was Maeva Giroux from Quebec, Canada.

Our Great Lakes Region winner was Maryam Al-Sabawi from High River. She won a $5000 scholarship, in addition to her $2500 scholarship that she won by winning our District Oratorical Contest in May.

Optimist International is recognized worldwide as the premier volunteer organization that values all youth and helps them develop to their full potential.

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The fuel was supplied to the northernmost town of Russia along the Northern Sea Route.

The first in the history of the power plant refueling, that is, the replacement of spent nuclear fuel with fresh one, is planned to begin before 2024. The manufacturer of nuclear fuel for all Russian nuclear icebreakers, as well as the Akademik Lomonosov FNPP, is Machinery Manufacturing Plant, Joint-Stock Company (MSZ JSC), a company of Rosatom Fuel Company TVEL that is based in Elektrostal, Moscow Region.

The FNPP includes two KLT-40S reactors of the icebreaking type. Unlike convenient ground-based large reactors (that require partial replacement of fuel rods once every 12-18 months), in the case of these reactors, the refueling takes place once every few years and includes unloading of the entire reactor core and loading of fresh fuel into the reactor.

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For the first time the power units of the Akademik Lomonosov floating nuclear power plant were connected to the grid in December 2019, and put into commercial operation in May 2020. The supply of nuclear fuel from Elektrostal to Pevek and its loading into the second reactor is planned for 2024. The total power of the Akademik Lomonosov FNPP, supplied to the coastal grid of Pevek without thermal energy consumption on shore, is about 76 MW, being about 44 MW in the maximum thermal power supply mode. The FNPP generated 194 million kWh according to the results of 2023. The population of Pevek is just a little more than 4 thousand, while the FNPP has a potential for supplying electricity to a city with a population of up to 100 thousand people. After the FNPP commissioning two goals were achieved. These include first of all the replacement of the retiring capacities of the Bilibino NPP, which has been operating since 1974, as well as the Chaunskaya TPP, which has already been operating for more than 70 years. Secondly, energy is supplied to the main mining companies in western Chukotka in the Chaun-Bilibino energy hub a large ore and metal cluster, including gold mining companies and projects related to the development of the Baimsk ore zone. In September 2023, a 110 kilovolt power transmission line with a length of 490 kilometers was put into operation, connecting the towns of Pevek and Bilibino. The line increased the reliability of energy supply from the FNPP to both Bilibino consumers and mining companies, the largest of which is the Baimsky GOK. The comprehensive development of the Russian Arctic is a national strategic priority. To increase the NSR traffic is of paramount importance for accomplishment of the tasks set in the field of cargo shipping. This logistics corridor is being developed due regular freight voyages, construction of new nuclear-powered icebreakers and modernization of the relevant infrastructure. Rosatom companies are actively involved in this work. Rosatom Fuel Company TVEL (Rosatom Fuel Division) includes companies fabricating nuclear fuel, converting and enriching uranium, manufacturing gas centrifuges, conducting researches and producing designs. As the only nuclear fuel supplier to Russian NPPs, TVEL supplies fuel for a total of 75 power reactors in 15 countries, for research reactors in nine countries, as well as for propulsion reactors of the Russian nuclear fleet. Every sixth power reactor in the world runs on TVEL fuel. Rosatom Fuel Division is the world’s largest producer of enriched uranium and the leader on the global stable isotope market. The Fuel Division is actively developing new businesses in chemistry, metallurgy, energy storage technologies, 3D printing, digital products, and decommissioning of nuclear facilities. TVEL also includes Rosatom integrators for additive technologies and electricity storage systems. Rosenergoatom, Joint-Stock Company is part of Rosatom Electric Power Division and one of the largest companies in the industry acting as an operator of nuclear power plants. It includes, as its branches, 11 operating NPPs, including the FNPP, the Scientific and Technical Center for Emergency Operations at NPPs, Design and Engineering as well as Technological companies. In total, 37 power units with a total installed capacity of over 29.5 GW are in operation at 11 nuclear power plants in Russia. Machinery Manufacturing Plant, Joint-Stock Company (MSZ JSC, Elektrostal) is one of the world’s largest manufacturers of fuel for nuclear power plants. The company produces fuel assemblies for VVER-440, VVER-1000, RBMK-1000, BN-600,800, VK-50, EGP-6; powders and fuel pellets intended for supply to foreign customers. It also produces nuclear fuel for research reactors. The plant belongs to the TVEL Fuel Company of Rosatom.

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Optimist International Essay Contest

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Topic for the 2023-2024 school year is:   “ Optimism: How it connects us ”.  

Who:  The contest is open to contestants under the age of 19 as of October 1st of the current Optimist International contest year (October 1 – September 30) and who have not yet completed secondary school or its equivalent, including CEGEP students in Québec, Canada. There is no minimum age. Students must enter in the District in which they reside. U.S. students attending school on military installations outside the U.S. are eligible to enter in their last home of record. How To Enter:  Interested students must contact their local Optimist Club. They need to submit an essay on the pre-assigned topic. To find out a contact, please e-mail the Programs Department at  [email protected] . The Essay Contest planning pages are intended for use by Optimist Clubs in organizing and conducting a contest in their Club. They contain no information on entering the contest and are of no use to students wishing to enter the contest. Students must contact their local Optimist Club. When:

• Students – All Club-level contests are held by early February. Student submissions will not be accepted after the Club-level contests have closed. Please contact your District Chair for more information.
• Clubs – The deadline for Clubs to submit their winning essay to the District Chair is February 28, 2024. The deadline for Districts to submit their winner’s information to Optimist International is April 15, 2024. Club winners advance to the District contest to compete for a $2,500 college scholarship. The District-level scholarships are funded by the Optimist International Foundations.

The Essay Contest is sponsored by Optimist International to give young people the opportunity to write about their own opinions regarding the world in which they live. The approach can encompass a young person’s personal experience, the experience of their country or a more historical perspective. In additional to developing skills for written expression, participants also have the opportunity to win a college scholarship!

Club winners advance to the District contest to compete for a $2,500 college scholarship. The District-level scholarships are funded by the Optimist International Foundations.

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