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).

Among recent events exposing the fragile nature of America’s Constitution and its Representative Democracy have been:

  • An acceptance of violence to achieve democratically-unattainable goals.
  • The January 6th 2021 assault on the U.S. Capitol.
  • The public’s loss of faith in some our nation’s most historically-trusted and important institutions.
  • The significant number of Americans who feel alienated or threatened by evolving societal and demographic changes.
  • A willingness to advocate the censorship of speech with which they disagree.
  • Embracing baseless conspiracy theories.

Submissions should be uploaded via our web form…

All essay entries must be uploaded on or before Midnight, December 31, 2024.  

The Winner and Runner-up will be announced in the spring of 2025.

PLEASE VISIT OUR PAST WINNERS PAGE FOR DETAILS ON BOTH OUR OUTSTANDING

2023, 2022 and 2021 SCHOLARSHIP WINNERS