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Angela Bukenya Meets President Clinton

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Clinton School to Co-host Holiday Performance

As we enter holiday break this weekend at the Clinton School, we wish everyone a wonderful holiday season! Above is a photo from the Clinton Presidential Center holiday party December 18.

NOTE: Angela Bukenya is a June 2012 masters degree graduate of  Eastern Washington University. She attended school, worked in health care, volunteered at the South Hill 7th Day Adventist Church,  was involved in national politics, care for the aged and other health concerns in the Spokane area for several years. She is now working toward a second masters degree at the Clinton School Of Public Service, University of Arkansas,  and met President Clinton at the Clinton Presidential Center holiday party.

 

HBPA College Scholarship

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Hispanic Business and Professional Association Foundation
Scholarship Application 2012-2013 (click here for application)

Application due April 9, 2012

HBPA Foundation of the Inland Northwest

HBPA Foundation is a non-profit organization affiliated with HBPA Spokane providing college scholarships, promoting an annual Recognition Ceremony to celebrate educational success among Hispanic/Latino graduating students, and recognizing scholastic achievement of Hispanic/Latino youth in 7th through 11th grades with a GPA of 3.0 or above.

Essay Contest!

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Announcing…

The Martin Luther King, Jr. Day Celebration Essay Contest!

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Download the guidelines.

Download the press release.

Download the cover sheet.

  • Open to students in 3rd to 12th grades enrolled in a greater Spokane area public school or home school group.
  • All submissions are due by 4 p.m. on Dec. 16, 2011 to
  • All submissions must
    • have a cover sheet attached
    • be legible
    • be original
    • be an individual effort
  • Contest winner/s will be announced Jan. 4, 2012; top prize winners in each age category will be invited to share their work at an MLK Day Celebration event
  • Grades 3-4
    • Essay topic/theme: “How my family and I celebrate Dr. King and live his dream.”
    • Minimum of 10 sentences
    • One submission per student
    • Hand-written preferred
    • Winner receives $50 gift card
    • Runner-up receives $25 gift card
    • The judging committee reserves the right to choose no winner or to award additional prizes.
  • Grades 5-6
    • Essay topic/theme: “Dr. King wanted everyone to be treated with equal respect. Do you think this has happened in your school? Why or why not? If not, how do you think we can make this change?”
    • Minimum of 4 paragraphs
    • One submission per student
    • Hand-written or typed submissions accepted
    • Winner receives $50 gift card
    • Runner-up receives $25 gift card
    • The judging committee reserves the right to choose no winner or to award additional prizes.
  • Grades 7-9
    • Essay topic/theme: “Dr. King wrote about overcoming conflict to gain cooperation. Discuss ways in which you have overcome conflict and cooperated and ways in which our community might be able to as well.”
    • Minimum of 2 pages; maximum of 4 pages (typed, double spaced pages in Times New Roman size 12 font)
    • One submission per student
    • Winner receives $100 gift card
    • Runner-up receives $50 gift card
    • The judging committee reserves the right to choose no winner or to award additional prizes.
  • Grades 10-12
    • Essay topic/theme: “Interview someone you admire who has overcome instances of prejudice. Write their story and discuss why it is powerful to you and how our community might learn from it.”
    • Minimum of 3 pages; maximum of 6 pages (typed, double spaced pages in Times New Roman size 12 font)
    • One submission per student
    • Winner receives $200 gift card
    • Runner-up receives $100 gift card
    • The judging committee reserves the right to choose no winner or to award additional prizes.