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NEA's Read Across America Day March 3, 2014 Class project? Encourage students to enter DSEA's Read Across America Student Contest 2014 Book Focus: "The Sneetches," by Dr. Seuss Theme: Learning to live together "Now, the Star-Belly Sneetches Had bellies with stars. The Plain-Belly Sneetches Had none upon thars. Those stars weren't so big. They were really so small You might think such a thing wouldn't matter at all." e urge Delaware's public school students to enter DSEA's Annual Read Across America contest sponsored by DSEA, the News Journal Newspapers in Education Program, and FuturTech. This year's contest seeks entries that are about how different groups in our community – real or imaginary – can overcome their differences, and why this is important to everyone. • Billboard drawing • Video (3 minute maximum) or • Essay (high school students only). W Contest Divisions K-3 Division Billboard drawing or video Grades 4-8 Division Billboard drawing or video entry Grades 9-12 Division Billboard drawing, video or essay Contest Prizes All winners will be featured in the News Journal on or around March 3, 2014, Read Across America Day . First prizes K-3: Visit from the Cat in the Hat, Dr. Seuss logo items, gift certificate Read Across Delaware is co-sponsored by Newspapers in Education and FuturTech Consulting. Last year's high school essay winner was Mikayla Oekels, a 9th grader at Sussex Tech H.S. (left). With her is the Cat in the Hat and her health teacher, Melanie Marshall, RN, who urged her to enter. Grades 4-8 and 9-12 winners: Gift certificate, Dr. Seuss logo items The billboard winner will see his design on highway billboards in Delaware during August 2014. Second and Third prizes K-3, 4-8 and 9-12: Dr. Seuss logo items, certificate Grand Prize Winner Prize Left to the discretion of DSEA and the News Journal depending on age of winner(s) All winning artwork, essays and videos will be posted on DSEA's Great Schools Great Communities website at www.greatschoolsgreat communities.com. Contest rules Video entries may be submitted by an individual student, or by a team or class of students who worked together on their project. Videos should be a maximum of three minutes in length and include a title as well as a credit listing of the students who worked on the project, as well as the names of any teachers or paraprofessionals who advised or helped. Please submit videos in MOV format only on a DVD or on a thumb drive, or indicate a url address for YouTube. 4 October 2013 DSEA ACTION! Billboard art and essay entries should be the work of individual students, not teams. Billboard drawings should be horizontal, with a ratio of 1 (height) to 1.5 (width), and no larger than 24" tall by 48" wide. Essays should be 600-800 words, with citations in parentheses following the quotation or paraphrase. When making a citation, please include the title of reference, author, date of publication or posting, and/or web site/url/page number. All entries must be accompanied by a completed entry form found at www.dsea.org. Only one entry per student, or team of students for video entries. Mail entries to Read Across America Contest, DSEA, 136 E. Water St., Dover, DE 19901. Do not deliver or mail them to the News Journal or to FuturTech Consulting. Deadline: Entries must be received at the DSEA office in Dover (136 E. Water St.) by 5pm, Friday, February 14, 2014. Questions? Contact Pam Nichols or Susan Keller at DSEA, pamela.nichols@dsea.org or susan.keller@dsea.org, or by phone toll-free at 1-866-734-5834. Borrow the Cat in the Hat suit for your reading event he official Cat in the Hat costume/suit owned by DSEA and shown above is available for members to borrow, on a first-come, first-served basis through the Communications Dept. The first step is to find someone who is not claustrophobic and who is 5'3" or less in height. Check out the requirements for borrowing the suit at www.dsea.org. If you are still interested in borrowing the suit – which also includes easy-to-wear Thing One and Thing Two costumes – then contact Susan Keller to determine if we can accommodate your time and date preference. She can be reached at susan.keller@dsea.org or by phone at 1-866-734-5834. T www.dsea.org