BLACK HISTORY ESSAY AND COLORING CONTEST RULES

BLACK HISTORY ESSAY AND COLORING CONTEST RULES

ESSAY CONTEST TOPIC: In celebration and honor of Black History Month NORD is hosting an essay and coloring contest. Youth and teens interested in entering should write an essay about the life, accomplishments, and positive contributions of an African American present day or historical figure.

Essays will be judged by Youth Programs staff and guest judges.

GRADE CATEGORIES (One winner will be selected from each category):

ELEMENTARY (Pre-K ? 5th grade) MIDDLE SCHOOL (6th ? 8th grade) HIGH SCHOOL (9th ? 12th grade)

The word limit is as follows:

ELEMENTARY ? 75 WORDS minimum MIDDLE ? 150 WORDS minimum HIGH SCHOOL ? 300 WORDS minimum

COLOR CONTEST INSTRUCTIONS:

1. Pick up a Coloring Sheet from any NORDC Rec Center or download a copy from our website at .

2. Have fun coloring the inspirational and iconic color sheet. 3. Complete the contact information section on the color sheet 4. Email a scanned copy or drop off your completed color sheet at the NORDC Admin. Office

(5420 Franklin Ave.) or any rec center (see list below). 5. Once submitted, you will automatically be entered in a drawing to win prizes.

SUBMISSION PROCESS

All entries (essay and/or color contest) must be submitted one of the following ways by Friday, February 9, 2018:

Dropped off at the NORDC Admin. Office located at 5420 Franklin Avenue. Emailed to NORDCYouth@ ______________________________________________________________________________

New Orleans Recreation Development Commission 5420 Franklin Avenue New Orleans, Louisiana 70122 504-658-3052 504-658-3050 (fax)

|

 Dropped off any one of the following NORDC rec centers locations below. o Annunciation Rec. Center ? 800 Race St. 70130 o Behrman Rec. Center ? 2529 General Meyer Ave. 70114 o Cut-off Rec. Center ? 6600 Belgrade St. 70131 o Gernon Brown Rec. Center ?1001 Harrison Ave. 70122 o Joe W. Brown Rec. Center -- 5601 Read Blvd. 70127 o Lyons Rec. Center -- 624 Louisiana Ave. 70112 o Milne Rec. Center ? 5420 Franklin Ave. 70122 o Rosenwald Rec. Center ? S. Broad Ave. 70125 o Sanchez Rec. Center ? 1616 Caffin Ave. 70117 o Stallings Rec. Center ? 4300 St. Claude Ave. 70117 o St. Bernard Rec. Center ? 1500 Lafreniere St. 70122 o Treme Rec. Center ? 900 N. Villere 70116

Winners must be present to win at the Black History Month Showcase on Monday, February 19, 2018 at Sanchez Multi-Service Center located at 1616 Caffin Ave. The event starts at 6:00pm.

Winners will receive a prize and your submission could be posted on NORDC website or via social media

Questions? Contact Djuana B. Johnson, NORDC Youth Program Manager, at (504) 658-3049, (504) 373-3927 or dbjohnson@.

______________________________________________________________________________ New Orleans Recreation Development Commission

5420 Franklin Avenue New Orleans, Louisiana 70122 504-658-3052 504-658-3050 (fax) |

 ................
................

In order to avoid copyright disputes, this page is only a partial summary.

Google Online Preview   Download