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Pasco Tax Collector Mike Fasano Announces Essay Contest for Middle School Students
Pasco County Tax Collector Mike Fasano announces that his office is accepting entries in the month -long essay contest.
Pasco County Tax Collector Mike Fasano, as part of Clerk & Comptroller Paula O’ Neill’s Constitutional Officers Essay Contest, announces that his office is accepting entries in the month -long essay contest. The contest begins March 1 and runs through the final day of March. The essay contest is geared for Pasco County’s middle school students (Grades 6-8). Students of Pasco’s public/ charter and private schools are all welcome to participate.
In 500 words or less students will answer the question: “Do you think taxes are important? If so, why? If not, why not?” Entries will be judged by a panel of directors from the Pasco County Tax Collector’s Office. Entries will be reviewed on how well the student communicates his/ her response to the question as well as overall essay structure, appearance and readability.
“I have no doubt that we will receive some excellent essays,” Tax Collector Mike Fasano states. “Pasco County has some of the state’s best and brightest students. The student who writes the winning entry will receive an I-Pad Mini as their prize. I am looking forward to the day when I am able to hand this wonderful prize to the student who prepares the best essay.”
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Students in public/ charter schools are asked to submit their essays to their principal, who will forward them to the tax collector’s office. Students in private schools may send their essays directly to Greg Giordano, Director of Customer Relations, Pasco County Tax Collector’s Office, 8731 Citizens Drive, Room 120, New Port Richey, FL 34654. If there are any questions about the contest please contact Giordano at 727-847-8179.
Tax Collector Mike Fasano encourages family members, neighbors and friends of eligible students to tell Pasco middle-schoolers about the contest. Entries will be accepted until 5:00 PM on March 31. Each entry should include the student’s name, school, grade and contact information. The winner of the essay contest will be notified by telephone. The wining entrant will be announced on April 13, 2015.
