Alert Scholarship WANT TO SEE YOUR SCHOOL & COMMUNITY BECOME ALERT? HERE IS A CHANCE FOR YOU TO SPEAK OUT AND WIN A $500 SCHOLARSHIP Are you worried about the high costs involved in acquiring a college education? Golden West Publications, LLC is pleased to award a $500.00 scholarship to the graduating senior who writes the best drug and/or alcohol abuse prevention essay. IN ORDER TO QUALIFY: 1. You must be a senior or will be a senior in the fall. 2. You must have a grade point average of2.5. 3. You plan to attend college after graduation. All you need to do is write an essay (600-1000 words) about a personal encounter you or someone you know has had with drug and/or alcohol abuse, how it was dealt with, and, in your opinion,what was right or wrong about the way the incident or problem was handled. Criteria for the winning essay are the same as an essay written for a high school English class, ie: thought content, thesis statement, supporting argument, grammar, punctuation, etc. All essays submitted are the sole property of the ALERT MAGAZINE, LLC. The best essay submitted wins the scholarship and the writer will have his or her essay published in ALERT Magazine. Please mail your essay (600 -1000 words), transcripts, photo, name, address, phone number & school name to: ALERT MAGAZINE,LLC P.O. Box 4833 Boise, Idaho 83711 Still have questions? Call: 1-800-398-0842 between 8 am & 2 pm Mt. time. Please note. essavs not type written. double-spaced & accompanied bv photo will not be considered! ~o Application is required) www.alertmagazine.org .