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Read Across America Day March 1, 2013 Awards, honors and prizes All first place winners (students and teachers) will be announced in a special display advertisement in the News Journal on or about March 1, 2013, Read Across America Day: K-8 poster winner K-8 video winner/winning team 9-12 video winner/winning team 9-12 research paper winner K-8 winning posters (firstthird place winners) will be displayed in Legislative Hall. DSEA Read Across America Student Contests expanded • Sponsored by DSEA, The News Journal's Newspapers in Education Program and FuturTech Consulting • Open to all students in Delaware's public schools Horton Hears A Who! (Grades K-8) Students have the option of creating either a poster or a video depicting the lesson in Dr. Seuss's classic book. The project should focus on respecting each other and seeing the importance in every person. Students should attempt to connect Seuss's lesson to their own lives and their school. This project is an opportunity for students to think about bullying and how it affects others. The animals in the jungle represent the bullies and the Whos are the victims who literally have no voice. Horton is the only one who is willing to stand up to the bullies and protect the victims. Each entry should be fun and entertaining, but carry a strong message. The Butter Battle Book (Grades 9-12) Students may either create a video as a group or write a research paper as an individual. The projects should relate The Butter Battle Book to the events in the Cold War. Students should explain the lesson Dr. Seuss was trying to portray The projects . should then relate The Butter Battle Book to current times; has the world listened to Dr. Seuss's message? (ex. British Empire, Middle East, etc.) The high school projects will promote reading through an understanding of history, current events, and the effects Dr. Seuss's satire and allegories have had on the world. Teacher incentives to encourage students to enter For the first 40 teachers who let DSEA know that they have students entering this contest, we will send them a copy of either Horton Hears a Who! (K-8 teachers) or The Butter Battle Book (grades 9-12 teachers). Just send an e-mail to susan.keller @dsea.org requesting one of these books. 16 Nov./Dec. 2012 DSEA ACTION! The first place student winner will receive a certificate and a $200 U.S. Savings Bond. His/her teacher will receive an iPAD and a pizza party with the Cat in the Hat, if age appropriate. Second and third place winners will receive certificates and Dr. Seuss logo items. All winning posters will be posted on the Great Schools Great Communities website and shared with the winning students' district for further promotion and accolades. Requirements: Posters should be no larger than 11"x17", and should be colorful. Three dimensional items are not permitted to be attached to the entries. Winning research papers for the 9-12 division The winning research paper author will receive a certificate and a $200 U.S. Savings Bond. His/her teacher will receive a gift certificate to a local book store. Second and third place research paper winners will receive certificates and Seuss-related logo items. All winning papers will be posted on the GreatSchoolsGreat Communities.com website and shared with the winning students' district for further promotion and accolades. Requirements: 800-1,000 words, with citations in parenthesis following the quotation or paraphrase. Please include title of reference, author, date of publication or posting, website url/page number. K-8 and 9-12 winning videos First-third place winners in both divisions will be sent to StopBullying.Gov and other antibullying organizations. Their videos will also be posted on DSEA's YouTube channel and, if appropriate, posted at www.greatschools greatcommunities.com. The first place video teams will receive gift certificates to local book stores, and the winning teacher will receive an iPAD and a pizza party with the Cat in the Hat, if ageappropriate. Second and third place video teams in each division will receive certificates and Dr. Seuss-related logo items. All winning videos will also be shared with the winning students' district for further promotion and accolades. Requirements: 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, and the name of any teachers or paraprofessionals who helped. Judging: Winners will be chosen at the discretion of the judges, representatives of DSEA, the News Journal and FuturTech Consulting. Preparation of entries: Entries should be mailed with a completed application form to Read Across America Contest, DSEA, 136 E. Water St., Dover, DE 19901, c/o Susan Keller. Do not mail or deliver them to the News Journal. Posters (converted to pdf files) and research papers (Word docs) may be emailed to Susan Keller at susan.keller@dsea.org. Submit videos in MOV format only, as DVD or on a thumb drive, or indicate a url address for YouTube. The deadline for receipt of entries at DSEA is Friday, February 8, 2013. For more information about contest specifications as well as the application form, go to www.dsea.org/RAA2013/Home .html. Questions? Contact Pam Nichols at DSEA, 1-866-734-5834 or by email at pamela.nicols@ dsea. org. www.dsea.org