Criteria for the Marilyn Perkins Scholarship:
- Students graduating in the spring from a public high school in Benton or Franklin Counties, WA.
- Submission of an essay of 500 words or less. The theme changes each year.
- Submission by deadline date.
2025Essay for 2024 based on theme: How would you persuade citizens to register and vote in local elections (levies/bonds, school board, city, or county officials)?
Winners: , Kamiakin High School and , Connell High school
2024
Essay for 2024 based on theme: What does it mean to be an informed voter?
Winners: , Hanford High School and , Chiawana High School
2023
Essay for 2023 based on theme: What good citizenship means to the applicant or their personal pathway to good citizenship in a democratic society.
2023 winning essays are linked. Winning students were from Connell High School.
2020
2020 winning essays are posted following this message for the first and second place winners for three school districts starting with Kennewick, then Pasco and Richland. Thank you to all our Sponsors, our Judges and the high school students who took the time to research and write their essay.
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