Welcome to the Third Annual Bucks County High School
Civics Scholarship Essay Contest
Open to all Bucks County High School Seniors
(whether attending a Public, Charter, Private, Technical, Religious or Other High School)
The winner will receive a $2,500.00 scholarship and Runner-up a $1,000 scholarship; and both will receive a one-year’s membership to the National Constitution Center (courtesy of the Center).
Interested students are encouraged to reread the Constitution and its subsequent Amendments; examine the political, social and other arguments and compromises which were debated throughout their drafting and approval processes; and research subsequent legislative and judicial actions which have since shaped its interpretation. … and then submit a 300-500 word essay answering the question;
“To what degree, if any, does the US Constitution permit democratically-elected or appointed public officials to prescribe elementary, secondary and collegiate school curricula, remove books from libraries, regulate classroom discussion topics, or restrict potentially offensive language used on campuses … while respecting the rights of parents, students, faculties, staffs, and the larger community who often hold dramatically differing political, religious, cultural, and social values, opinions and interests?”
Submissions should be uploaded via our web form…
All essay entries must be uploaded on or before Election Day, November 7th, 2023.
The Winner and Runner-up will be announced in the spring of 2024.
PLEASE VISIT OUR PAST WINNERS PAGE FOR DETAILS ON BOTH OUR OUTSTANDING
2022 and 2021 SCHOLARSHIP WINNERS