Hamilton Township students who are planning to continue their education beyond high school have an opportunity to win $1,000 scholarship through a state-wide essay competition.
The New Jersey State League of Municipalities is sponsoring the Louis Bay 2nd Future Municipal Leaders Scholarship Competition, which seeks to promote the virtues of elected and volunteer members of local government. The League of Municipalities is a non-partisan, voluntary association, which serves and represents all of the state’s municipalities.
Hamilton high school juniors and seniors — including students who live in Hamilton and attend a high school outside of the Township — that wish to participate in the contest are asked to write an approximately 500-word essay focusing on the theme of “what my municipal government does best.” The essay should be based upon the student’s perceptions or experiences with Hamilton Township Municipal Government and should consider the public contributions of the mayor and governing body.
From the essay submissions, one Hamilton Township student’s essay will be chosen by a judging committee to advance to the state semi-finalist round, where the League of Municipalities’ Scholarship Committee will select three winners. Each of the three state-wide winners will receive a $1000 scholarship.
Essay competition participants must return their essays and completed scholarship application forms to the Hamilton Township Municipal Building; Office of Mayor Kelly Yaede located at 2090 Greenwood Ave., Hamilton, N.J. 08609, by close of the business day on March 10.
More information, including applications, is online at hamiltonnj.com.
