Project Children L.E.A.D Contest!
| March 26, 2010 |
Point Park University’s Project Children L.E.A.D. (Learning Early to Appreciate Diversity) is holding a diversity creativity contest for 4th, 5th, and 6th graders in school districts in Allegheny County, as a part its 5th Annual Multicultural Diversity conference. The contest asks students in each grade to write a story or a poem, or create an original piece of artwork that reflects on the question: “How has diversity positively affected your life?” Criteria that each entry must meet is either a story of 100-200 words, a poem of 10-20 lines, or a work of art using any medium.
All entries must be submitted by March 26th, 2010, and they will be judged by a panel of educators from Point Park University. There will be three winners from each grade. First place winners will receive $50, second place winners will receive $35, and third place winners will receive $25. The teachers of each first place winner from each grade will also receive an award and be asked to speak about incorporating multi-cultural education into their personal classrooms at the 5th Annual Project Children L.E.A.D. conference on May 7, 2010. Winners of the contest will be notified by April 9, 2010.
You can register for the conference online anytime at http://tinyurl.com/ChildrenLEAD. For more information or if you have any questions, email us at projectlead@pointpark.edu.
