Win $$$ and technology for your school with a 100 word essay!

Hope for Education was created by Samsung in 2004 to provide U.S. K-12 schools with the latest technology products to assist in the educational process. Each year the program challenges students, teachers, parents, or anyone who knows of a school in need to write an essay regarding the importance of technology in education, and how it can benefit a school in their community.

This year's essay:
"How has technology educated you on helping the environment and how or why has it changed your behavior to be more environmentally friendly?"

In the past four years, through a partnership with Microsoft Corporation, the Hope for Education program has provided more than $7 million in Samsung technology and software to K-12 schools in the United States. This year the program has added another partner, DIRECTV, Inc., who will provide cash grants and educational television programming packages to the winning schools.

How to Enter
Students, parents, teachers, administrators, and community members can enter the contest by going to the program's Web site and submitting a 100-word essay about their school, answering the question: "How has technology educated you on helping the environment, and how or why has it changed your behavior to be more environmentally friendly?" Essay entries may be written in either Spanish or English.

The prizes.....
Schools that submit essays are entered for the opportunity to win the grand prize of over $200,000 in Samsung technology, Microsoft software, a cash grant from DIRECTV, as well as the School Choice educational television programming package.

Samsung will also be working with NEADS(Dogs For Deaf and Disabled Americans) to provide a classroom assistance dog to a special education teacher at the grand prize winning school.

In addition, 30 first prize schools will each be awarded over $60,000 in Samsung technology, Microsoft software, and cash grants from DIRECTV, as well as the School Choice package.

Visit the Hope for Education Web site for complete program details. Contest deadline is August 31, 2008.