MLK ESSAYS STUDENTS INVITED TO ENTER CONTEST.Byline: Daily News LANCASTER - Students in elementary, middle and high school are invited to submit essays for Lancaster's annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. essay contest. Winning essays will be read during Lancaster's 16th annual Martin Luther King Jr. Day Celebration, to be held 4 p.m. Jan. 15 at the Lancaster Performing Arts Center A performing arts center, often abbreviated PAC, is a multi-use performance space that can be adapted for use by various types of the performing arts, including dance, music and theatre. and featuring music and speakers from the community. The essay contest is open to students in the third through 12th grade, residing within any Lancaster school district Lancaster School District may refer to:
Third- through fifth-graders are expected to write 150 words or less on how the statement ``We must learn to live together as brothers or perish TO PERISH. To come to an end; to cease to be; to die. 2. What has never existed cannot be said to have perished. 3. When two or more persons die by the same accident, as a shipwreck, no presumption arises that one perished before the together as fools'' applies to today's world. Sixth- through 12th-graders are to write 400 words or less applying current world events to King's statement: ``I refuse to accept the view that mankind is so tragically bound to the starless midnight of racism and war that the bright daybreak of peace and brotherhood can never become reality. I believe that unarmed truth and unconditional love This article is about concept of unconditional love. For other uses, see Unconditional love (disambiguation). Unconditional love is a concept that means showing love towards someone regardless of his or her actions or beliefs. will have the final word.'' The winner from the elementary, middle and high school categories will be invited to speak at the Jan. 15 celebration. The elementary school elementary school: see school. winner will receive a trip to Disneyland. Winners in the middle and high school categories will be awarded a new computer. Entries will be accepted until Dec. 16, 2005. They should be sent to: Lancaster City Hall, Attention: Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Essay Contest, 44933 Fern Avenue, Lancaster, California, 93534 or faxed to (661) 723-6141. For more information regarding the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Commemorative com·mem·o·ra·tive adj. Honoring or preserving the memory of another. n. Something that honors or preserves the memory of another. com·mem Celebration or Essay Contest, please call (661) 723-6053. |
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