The National Center for Earth and Space Science Education, in partnership with NanoRacks, LLC, announces Mission 3 to the International Space Station. This opportunity gives students across a community the ability to design real experiments to fly in low earth orbit on the Space Station. The program is open to students in grades 5-14. Each participating community will be provided [...]
Each year the Kentucky Council of Teachers of English/Language Arts conducts a statewide writing contest to recognize young writers in elementary school, middle school, high school and college. Teachers may submit student writing to the contest. Students’ writing can be submitted in several categories. Winners will receive a certificate and recognition at next year’s KCTE/LA conference. They also will have [...]
As a part of their efforts to involve Kentucky students in the annual Derby festivities, Gov. Steve Beshear and First Lady Jane Beshear have announced a design contest for Kentucky middle and high school students. Sponsored by the Kentucky Department of Education, this year’s contest helps incorporate the arts through advanced technology. Students are asked to digitally design a jockey [...]
The Junior Duck Stamp Design Contest is the culmination of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife's Junior Duck Stamp educational program. After studying waterfowl anatomy and habitat, students may demonstrate their knowledge by drawing, painting or sketching a picture of an eligible North American waterfowl species. K-12 students attending public, private or home schools are eligible to enter. Students from around [...]
The Multi-State Information Sharing and Analysis Center (MS-ISAC) is conducting a national K-12 Computer Safety poster contest to encourage young people to use the Internet safely and securely and to craft messages and images that will best resonate with their peers across the country. The contest is open to all public, private or home-schooled students in grades K-12. The deadline [...]
The Presidential Awards for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching recognize outstanding K-12 teachers for their contributions in the classroom and to their profession. Since 1983, more than 4,000 teachers have been recognized for their contributions to mathematics and science education. Award winners receive a citation signed by the President of the United States, a $10,000 award from the National [...]
The 21st annual Kentucky Shakespeare Competition will take place on March 4 at Bellarmine University’s Wyatt Center for the Arts. Preliminary competition will begin at 12:30 p.m., and final judging will begin 15 minutes after the preliminary competition. The competition is open to any Kentucky high school student, grades 9-12. The winner of the competition will be given an all-expenses [...]
The Kentucky Commission on Community Volunteerism and Service (KCCVS) is seeking nominations for the 2011 Governor’s Awards for Volunteerism and Service. There are 13 award categories, including the First Lady’s Award, which recognizes a Kentuckian who has gone out of his or her way to assist youth in their efforts to graduate from high school. This may have been done [...]
Agriculture Commissioner James R. Comer invites Kentucky students to create a poster or write an essay on agriculture’s impact in their everyday lives in the Kentucky Department of Agriculture’s annual Poster and Essay Contest. This year’s theme is “It All Starts With Agriculture.” The contest is open to all Kentucky students in kindergarten through 12th grade. Students may submit a [...]
Kentucky State Police (KSP) is looking for 5th-grade artists to compete in the National Missing Children’s Day poster contest sponsored by the Department of Justice (DOJ) in Washington, D.C. KSP will select a nominee from Kentucky and forward it to DOJ, where one poster from all state nominated entries will be selected as a winner. The artist of the national [...]