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The Ugliest School Yard Contest
Take a good look at
your schoolyard. Is it a comfortable, healthy, life-enhancing, engaging environment?
Does it offer children a broad range of interesting things to do? How green is
your school yard? Is there any shade? Is there anywhere children can take refuge
from cold Winter winds? Are there any quiet spaces where they can sit and talk
other than on the ground?
If you think your school yard
could be greener, healthier and more child-friendly, we invite your school to
enter the Ugliest School Yard Contest. For conditions, please see
Responsibilities and Commitments below.
You could win (amount) to start transforming your
grounds!
JUDGING
A judging panel of
representatives from (name of organization) and the contest sponsors will review
the submissions and announce a winner by (date). This year, there will be
(number of, and amount of award/s). The judges' decision will be
final.
RESPONSIBILITIES AND
COMMITMENTS
Our organization will work
with the winning school to plan the Official Launch of the project.
The school must agree to
hosting this event and to holding an assembly of the student body during the day
on (for example, Earth Day).
Our organization will be
responsible for drawing up an agreement with the winning school and will help
the school through the surveying and planning process and assist in drawing up
the plans for the school yard project. Our organization will also guide the
school through the implementation stages of the first year of the project and
provide on-site management, support and advice.
The prize money will be
administered by our organization to the winning school for the implementation of
the project following acceptance of the landscape plan.
Our organization will use
photographs of your school yard improvement project to promote the contest to
potential sponsors in future years.
ENTRY FORM
IMPORTANT!
Please read the Contest Rules
carefully and make sure that you enclose the photographs of your school yard,
the required letters of support and the completed entry form with the responses
to Sections 1-3.
Also, please ensure that your
school fully understands the responsibilities and commitments to the
school yard project that are required of our organization and and the winning
school.
If you have any questions
about the Contest, please contact :
CONTEST
RULES
The contest can be entered by
all K-3, K-5, K-6, K-8, 6-8 and 7-8 schools in the (region, city).
Interested schools must
submit a letter of intent to enter the Ugliest School Yard Contest to our
organization BY (DATE).
BY THE CONTEST DEADLINE OF
(DATE), participating schools must submit the following to our
organization:
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photographs showing the
present state of the school yard
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photographs of the area they wish to
transform
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a letter of support from the principal
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a letter of support from the teachers
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a letter of support from the parent
council
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a completed entry form including responses to
Sections 1-3
The school must commit
to:
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hosting the launch of the
project at their school site
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erecting a suitable sign on the site which will
include the logos of our organization and the sponsor/s (to be paid for with
project funding)
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supporting the project for at least one
year
ENTRY FORM
2. TYPE OF
SCHOOL:
(PLEASE CIRCLE)
K-3 K-5
K-6 K-8
6-8 7-8
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3. SCHOOL ADDRESS
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CONTACTS
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PRINCIPAL
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TEACHER
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PARENT
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School
Phone
S
chool Fax
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School
e-mail
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Please respond to the
following three sections and attach your responses (preferably typed) to the
entry form.
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Section
1
Describe your school
yard.
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Section 2 What
improvements would you like to make?
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Section
3 Why does your
school yard qualify for this
contest?
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IMPORTANT
CHECKLIST
Make sure that you have included the following:
1. The photographs of your school yard.
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