GCMS student learns it pays to earn ‘A’s
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Donna Snow from Grand County Middle School recently learned good grades pay off when she won the Moab area drawing for a $100 scholarship savings account from Zions Bank’s Pays for A’s program.

Zions Bank’s Moab branch manager Beth McCue and customer service manager Connie Sheffer along with GCMS principal Melinda Snow presented the award to Donna Snow during a school assembly on April 3.

Open to all Utah and Idaho students ages 13 through 18, Zions Pays for A’s offers cash incentives for good grades. Teen students are asked to take their most recent term-end report cards from the current academic year into any Zions Bank location.

Participating students will receive $1 per “A” deposited into their Teengreen savings accounts, or 50 cents per “A” if they opt for cash. For each “A” on their report cards, students receive automatic entries into one of 182 annual drawings for scholarship prizes worth up to $1,000.

Earlier this year, Snow submitted her report card at Zions Bank’s Moab office. Her name was selected randomly in a drawing among entrants from that branch.

Students have until July 10 to submit their most recent term report cards for the statewide $1,000 scholarship savings account drawing. Students need not be customers of Zions to participate. More information and full contest details are available online at www.zionsbank.com/pays4as.

“At Zions Bank, we understand the importance of supporting local schools to foster successful futures for our young people,” McCue said. “That’s why we want to help teachers and parents in their efforts to encourage teens like Donna to do their very best in school.”
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