Imagine it's August. The morning air is cool, but humid as a breeze brushes across your face. You step out of the car or the yellow taxi and gaze up at a beautiful, stone building. With a sigh, you grab your two heavy bags of luggage, ignoring the pain in your biceps. You didn't really work out this summer... Anyway--then you smile as you start up the steps to the residence hall you will be living in the next year during your freshman year of college. What's great about his residence hall is that it is on the campus of your dream school and even better---You don't have to pay for it!
Every year, the National English Honor Society awards scholarship money to about 8 NEHS members around the country for their participation in The Common Reader. They give a total of $23,000 in scholarship money, the most being a $4,000 scholarship. The Common Reader for the 2013-2014 school year and the text that will be the basis for scholarship essays, will be The Well and the Mine by Gin Phillips. The novel tells the story of the Moore family living in Alabama during the Great Depression. It has a mix of everything: tragedy, mystery, strength, and perseverance. As a club, we plan to have a discussion meeting for this book either October 22 or 29th (the date will become more clear as we near October). The prompt will be released in November and The Advisory Council wishes to alert all chapters that the deadline for scholarship entries will be Monday, January 13, 2014. More information can be fround here at http://nehs.us/nehs/common_reader/ .
Also, remember that 20 points come from the discussion meeting in October and you can earn 30 points for writing the essay!
Every year, the National English Honor Society awards scholarship money to about 8 NEHS members around the country for their participation in The Common Reader. They give a total of $23,000 in scholarship money, the most being a $4,000 scholarship. The Common Reader for the 2013-2014 school year and the text that will be the basis for scholarship essays, will be The Well and the Mine by Gin Phillips. The novel tells the story of the Moore family living in Alabama during the Great Depression. It has a mix of everything: tragedy, mystery, strength, and perseverance. As a club, we plan to have a discussion meeting for this book either October 22 or 29th (the date will become more clear as we near October). The prompt will be released in November and The Advisory Council wishes to alert all chapters that the deadline for scholarship entries will be Monday, January 13, 2014. More information can be fround here at http://nehs.us/nehs/common_reader/ .
Also, remember that 20 points come from the discussion meeting in October and you can earn 30 points for writing the essay!