1. PO Box 608
Grand Saline, TX 75140
903-962-4275
Nomination form for Search for Great Kids 2010
Name of Kid Nominated: ________________________________________________
Address of Kid Nominated: ______________________________________________
Phone # of Kid Nominated: ______________________________________________
What Category Group are you nominating this individual for? (CIRCLE ONE)
A. Cool to Be Kind – nominees will have performed some service or an act of
kindness or heroism, will have supported or encouraged an individual on
something with no personal gain for themselves.
Examples: Visiting the elderly or sick, or spending time cleaning up a park.
Showing friendship to another person who is not included by others.
B. Personal Best – Nominees will have achieved a level of performance beyond
what might have been expected or a top performance overall or their own
personal best. This achievement can be in any area including academics,
athletics, business, arts, music or drama.
Examples: All around top athlete or student; started a business; took summer
training for athletics; or dedicated to reaching their goal.
C. Against the Odds – Nominees will have shown great strength, ambition and
dedication in overcoming a mental, physical, personal, economic or
environmental challenge to achieve a goal.
Examples: Learning to walk after a serious accident; overcoming a disability;
or winning a provincial or national competition.
What Age Group are you nominating this individual for: (CIRCLE ONE)
A. 6 – 12 _____(enter age in blank)
B. 13 – 18 _____(enter age in blank)
Why are you nominating this individual?
What exactly did they do or try to do?

2. PO Box 608
Grand Saline, TX 75140
903-962-4275
Who benefitted from what this individual did?
Did the nominee maintain satisfactory grade levels in academics while working to
achieve their goal?
Did the nominee demonstrate good citizenship while working to achieve their goal?
Answer these questions - For Cool to be Kind Nominations only:
1. Who did the nominee help?
2. How did the nominee help that group or individual?
3. Did the nominee show compassion, kindness, heroism, or encouragement to that
group or an individual?
4. How did the nominee support or encourage that group or individual?
5. Who benefitted from the nominee’s act of kindness?
6. Why do you consider the nominee outstanding?
Answer these questions – For Personal Best Nominations only:
1. What did the nominee achieve?
2. What level of performance did the nominee achieve?
3. Was their performance beyond average?
4. Was the nominee’s achievement in academics, athletics, business, arts, music,
drama, etc.?
5. Why do you consider the nominee outstanding?
Answer these questions – For Against All Odds Nominations only:
1. What type of hardship or disadvantage did the nominee overcome?
2. How did the nominee show their strength and will power in achieving their goal?
3. How did the nominee demonstrate ambition and dedication to achieve their goal?
4. Did the nominee overcome a mental, physical, personal, economic, or
environmental challenge to achieve their goal?
5. Why do you consider the nominee outstanding?

3. PO Box 608
Grand Saline, TX 75140
903-962-4275
NOMINATED BY: _____________________________________
(CIRCLE ONE) PARENT; TEACHER; PASTOR; COACH; FRIEND;
RELATIVE; CIVIC GROUP; OTHER
ADDRESS: ____________________________________________
PHONE # ______________________________________________
CELL PHONE # ________________________________________
WILL YOU WANT TO PURCHASE A TICKET TO ATTEND THE AWARDS
BANQUET IN FEBRUARY? _____________ (YES/NO)
IF YES, HOW MANY? ______________
DATE SUBMITTED: ____________________________________
Deadline for all nomination letters is January 14th by 4:00 p.m. Deadline will not be
extended this year. Last year, we had 28 nominations and students from Grand Saline,
Edgewood, and Fruitvale. This year, we are including kids from all over Van Zandt
County including Grand Saline, Edgewood, Fruitvale, Edom, Ben Wheeler, Van, Martins
Mill, Canton, and Wills Point School Districts.
Please be advised that the panel of judges will be from outside Van Zandt County and
will not know the nominees. They will read the nomination forms and the answers to the
questions on this form that you have written, and this information will be the only
information used to determine the winners. If you have additional comments about your
nominee, please write them in the space below: