2015 PASA-PSBA
        School Leadership Conference
        Oct. 13-16, 2015         Hershey Lodge & Convention Center
        Sponsored by the Pennsylvania Association of School Administrators and the Pennsylvania School Boards Association
          H 2015 PSBA Essay Contest H
        Theme                                                     •  Any entries that do not follow the rules and 
        (must be answered in the essay)                             guidelines will be disqualified.
        What the future of learning looks like to me              PLEASE NOTE: No more than 10 essays may be 
                                                                  submitted for each grade category.
            •  Students should develop an essay looking at 
              the future of learning in public schools, what      Judging
              is capable today, and what they hope to see to-     Essay category by grade:
              morrow. This theme ties into the “Classroom             • Grades 6-8
              of the Future” that will be displayed at this           • Grades 9-12
              year’s PASA-PSBA School Leadership Confer-
              ence. Minimum essay length: 300 words.              Essays will be judged by the following criteria
              Maximum essay length: 400 words.                        •  Response to topic (subject matter and 
        Eligibility                                                     relevance) – 50 points
        The PSBA Essay Contest is open to public school               • Creativity – 30 points
        students from PSBA member school entities who                 •  Mechanical structure (grammar, spelling, 
        will be in grades 6-12 in the 2014-15 school year.              punctuation) – 20 points
                                                                  There will be two winners selected from each 
        Contest Rules and Details                                 category. Each winner will receive $100 and will 
        •  The essay must be submitted electronically with        be invited to read their essay at the beginning of 
          a completed entry form. Essays submitted with-          a major session at the 2015 PASA-PSBA School 
          out a completed entry form will not be consid-          Leadership Conference, Oct. 13-16, 2015, at the 
          ered.                                                   Hershey Lodge & Convention Center.
                                                                      Selected essays will be printed in an issue 
        •  Students may not put their name or other identi-       of the PSBA Bulletin. Essays may be edited for 
          fying information in the essay.                         spelling, punctuation and grammar prior to being 
        •  Students may submit only one essay.                    published.
                                   Entries may be emailed to Steve Robinson at steve.robinson@psba.org.
                                   Emailed entries must be received by PSBA on or before Monday,  
                                   June 1, 2015. Winners will be notified by Monday, June 15, 2015. 
                                   Incomplete or late entries will not be accepted.
                                   All essays submitted will become property of PSBA. Any applicable copyrights 
                                   will be held by PSBA. Essays may be used in publications, exhibits, displays, 
                                   news materials, videotapes and on websites as determined by PSBA.
                                   For more information, contact Steve Robinson at steve.robinson@psba.org. 
                                   or (800) 932-0588, ext. 3315.
        
       2015 PASA-PSBA
       School Leadership Conference
       Oct. 13-16, 2015      Hershey Lodge & Convention Center
       Sponsored by the Pennsylvania Association of School Administrators and the Pennsylvania School Boards Association
         H 2015 PSBA Essay Contest H
       Entry Form (open to grades 6-12)
       Student name ______________________________________________________   Grade ________
       School district name _______________________________________________________________
       School name _______________________________________________________________________
       School address ____________________________________________________________________
       Supervising administrator or teacher name _________________________________________
                Phone number ____________________________________________________________
                Email address _____________________________________________________________
       PLEASE NOTE: Each essay submission must be submitted with a completed entry form. Entries 
       without a completed form will not be considered.
       PLEASE NOTE: No more than 10 essays may be submitted for each grade category.
       All essays submitted will become property of PSBA. Any applicable copyrights will be held by 
       PSBA. Essays may be used in publications, exhibits, displays, news materials, videotapes and on 
       websites as determined by PSBA.
       Essay entries must be emailed to Steve Robinson at steve.robinson@psba.org.
       Emailed entries must be received by PSBA by Monday, June 1, 2015.