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Read Across America Day is March 2 Encourage students to enter Read Across America video contest Oh, the Places You'll Go…. Thanks to READING! T heodor Geisel, aka Dr. Seuss, wrote a classic book called . In a few pages, in his imaginative style, Dr. Seuss lets us all know that the proverbial sky is the limit, that we can do amazing things if we put our hearts and minds to the task. To help promote reading and the birthday anniversary of Dr. Seuss (March 2, 2012) – Read Across America Day, – the Delaware State Education Association (DSEA) and the News Journal's Newspapers in Education Program are sponsoring a student video contest. Open to all public school students grades K- 12 in Delaware (including charter school students), the contest encourages students to develop a video (maximum three minutes in length) about why they and their fellow students should become great readers; how the printed word is so powerful; and how reading impacts their lives. The winners from grades K-3, 4-5, 6-8 and 9-12 will be announced in the , with their pic- tures, on or about March 2, 2012, Read Across America Day. Winning videos will be posted on the DSEA web site, , on DSEA's YouTube page, and on . They will also be sent to all 62 Delaware legislators, and to officials at the Dept. of Education. DSEA will also show the video at its annual meet- ing and spring conferences. This contest is possible thanks to our partnership with the News Journal's Newspapers in Education Program, and a generous contribution from FuturTech Consulting. Directions for entering, plus the entry form, are at www.dsea.org/ RAA2012 /Home.html. The deadline is Monday, January 23, 2012. All videos must be submitted in .mov format. Register for a visit from the Cat in the Hat We'd like to let all members The Cat is available to visit grades Pre-K to 3 classrooms dur- ing the week of February 13, 2012. See DSEA's website for details and restrictions and to indicate that you would like a Cat in the Hat visit. Register by December 16, 2011. It's fast, easy, and it's a visit your students won't soon forget! No guarantees: We'll honor as many requests as we can. You can borrow DSEA's official Cat in the Hat suit for your reading event As a partner with NEA and Seuss Enterprises, DSEA was able to purchase several years ago an official, 8-foot tall, Cat in the Hat costume. Several DSEA members borrow it each year for Family Literacy Nights or other reading events (kick-offs or celebrations, for example) in their buildings. know that the suit is available for borrowing, on a first-come, first- served basis through the Communications Dept. If you can find someone who doesn't get claustrophobic inside a costume, check out the requirements for borrowing the suit at 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. She can be reached at 1- 866-734-5834 or by e-mail at . If we can accommodate your date, then sign and FAX the Agreement to Borrow the Cat in the Hat suit to Susan Keller at 1-302-674-8499 (FAX). 14 Nov/Dec 2011 DSEA ACTION! www.dsea.org dsea.org/RAA2012/BorrowingCat InTheHatSuit.pdf. http://www. susan.keller@dsea.org Oh, the Places You'll Go News Journal www.delawareonline.com www.dsea.org