Sterling Scholar Awards: Categories

Categories

For the Wasatch Front program, public recognition will be given to all nominees, finalists, winners and runners-up through media exposure. The two runners-up in each category will receive a cash award of $250 in addition to scholarship opportunities. One winner in each category will receive a cash award of $1,000, plus be eligible for scholarships as well as a chance to win the all around "General Sterling Scholar" Award granted to one of the 13 category winners, which includes an additional $1,500 cash award. (Cash awards may vary from year to year.)

The Sterling Scholar Awards will recognize 13 different categories of nominees from each high school.

After semi and final judging competitions have been held, additional judges will be brought in to determine "The General Sterling Scholar" from among the winners in each of the other 13 categories. In order to determine the "General Sterling Scholar" winner, judges will utilize portfolio information as well as previous judging information. No interviews will occur. Judging criteria will remain the same, in that each of the 13 winners will be judged on Scholarship, Leadership and Community Service/Citizenship as applied to their own category. The overall "General Sterling Scholar" winner will be named in the final moments of the awards ceremony after all 13 winners and 26 runners-up have been recognized. There will be no runners-up to the "General Sterling Scholar."

The awards are for the following catgories:

English

For scholarship and achievement in one or more of the following areas: creative writing, English, journalism, literature and related subjects. Two examples of work, either published or prepared as classroom assignments, must be submitted. There will be an additional four, single-sided portfolio pages allowed for this submission. The quality of thought, maturity, originality and technical skill will be considered.

Mathematics

For scholarship and achievement in mathematics and related areas. Scholars may exhibit outstanding records in mathematics competitions and evidence of potential contributions to mathematical knowledge. Nominees should be prepared to calculate a mathematical equation(s) in the judging interviews. Students should submit state and national math scores and other standardized mathematics test scores.

Social Science