Check out this contest on Education.com. We are very excited to share this with you. As a homeschooler, we love finding scholarships that our kids can apply for. And this is open to Kindergarten through 5th grade in the 2019-2020 school year. My Grayson Ella will be trying out for this as well!! 🙂

https://www.education.com/contests/

Win $500 for college plus $1000 for a school or library.

When you love learning, there’s no limit to what you can achieve! Apply to the Limitless Learners Contest to win money for college, plus a donation for your elementary school or local library.Apply now

Six (6) students will be selected to win the following:

• $500 to contribute to future education expenses.
• $1000 donation for their school or local library.
• Premium lifetime membership to Education.com for their educator.

Who qualifies

Applicants for the Limitless Learners Contest must:

• Be students in kindergarten to 5th grade as of the 2019–2020 school year.
• Have the written consent of a parent or legal guardian (see form here).
• Be legal residents of the 50 United States or the District of Columbia.

How to apply

Students will need to do the following by October 31, 2019 to apply:

• Obtain a completed consent form signed by the applicant’s parent or legal guardian.
• Respond to the following prompt in the appropriate format (listed below): Describe a time when you were having so much fun, you didn’t realize you were learning something new!
  • Kindergarten students: Create a piece of art (e.g. draw or paint a picture) and write about what is happening, or ask an adult to write a sentence or two describing your picture.
  • 1st grade students: Create a piece of art (e.g. draw or paint a picture) and write 1–3 sentences about it.
  • 2nd grade students: Write a short story (5–8 sentences) and create at least one picture to illustrate it.
  • 3rd grade: Write a short story, journal entry, or comic strip.
  • 4th grade: Write a short story, journal entry, poem, or comic strip.
  • 5th grade: Write a personal narrative, short story, poem, or comic strip.
• Submit the above to our judges:
  • Via email to contest@education.com.
  • Via standard mail to:
    Education.com
    401 East Third Avenue
    San Mateo, CA 94401
    Attn: Limitless Learners

Judging Criteria

Submissions will be judged based on quality, creativity, storytelling, and originality.