HWAW High School Short Essay Contest

Rules & Guidelines

Entries are to be based on Hazardous Weather Awareness Week, wherein the participating student is to respond to the following scenario:

Tell Us Your Story ~ A devastating natural disaster has occurred in your community while you are at home by yourself or with your younger siblings. There is no electrical power and no phone service (cell phone or otherwise). There is damage to your home and to the homes in your neighborhood and there may be injuries. Tell us your story of what you would do in the next 24 hours to protect yourself, your family, your pets and to help those in your community.

• Only one entry per school
• Entry may only be submitted by the principal of the school
• Essay must be 500 words or less
• All entries will only be accepted online and will require the following information for successful submission:
• Student’s Name
• Home Phone Number
• Grade Level (9-12)
• Principal’s Name
• Teacher/Librarian/Home School Educator’s Name
• School Name
• County
• Word Count

All entries must be electronically submitted to the Just Read, Florida! Website (http://data.fldoe.org/HWAW/) no later than 11:59 p.m. EST, Friday, January 11, 2008.

Prizes

Winning Students

• An Overall State Grand Prize Winner from one of the EM areas listed below will receive $500 and a NOAA All-Hazards Weather Radio
• The Winning Student in each of the remaining six EM Areas listed below will receive $250 and NOAA All-Hazards Weather Radio

Winning Student’s Teacher

• The teacher of the student who is the Overall State Grand Prize Winner will receive $250 and a NOAA All-Hazards Weather Radio
• The respective teacher to each of the Winning Students in each of the remaining six EM Areas listed below will receive $100 and NOAA All-Hazards Weather Radio

Emergency Management "EM" Area Breakdown