Gov. Steve Beshear has signed a proclamation designating February as "Earthquake Awareness Month" in Kentucky. The "Earthquake Awareness and Great ShakeOut" instructional unit is a tool providing teachers with an opportunity to educate students and families on how to prepare, protect and recover from earthquakes. This instructional unit is free and available for download here. In conjunction with the school unit, [...]
Kentucky students in grades 6-8 are eligible to participate in the Kentucky Saves Week poster contest sponsored by the Kentucky Jump$tart Coalition for Personal Financial Literacy. A winner from each grade level will receive a $50 U.S. savings bond. A selection of student artwork will be displayed during Kentucky Saves Week, Feb. 19-26, 2012. Classes and groups are welcome to [...]
To celebrate the 59th governor’s inauguration, First Lady Jane Beshear is sponsoring an essay contest for middle school students. The theme of the contest is “Kentucky Forward – I Can Help.” In 250 words or less, students are asked to describe what they can do to help move Kentucky toward a better and brighter future. Students in grades 6-8 are [...]
The Kentucky Department for Environmental Protection (DEP) is seeking nominations for the 2011–12 Eco-Art Contest, formerly known as the Green Art Contest. Multiple awards will be presented to eligible Kentucky high school students who create art using the contest themes or categories of conservation, pollution prevention and environmental protection. Students may submit artwork using the media types of drawing/painting/print, mixed [...]
The Martin Luther King, Jr. State Commission is seeking essays and artwork for the King Award for 2012 with the theme “Exploring the ‘King’ in You.” Kindergarten to 12th-grade students may submit an essay or two-dimensional artwork that reflects the students’ most inspired Dr. King moment or speech, correlated with the theme and indicating how they are using that inspiration [...]
Letters About Literature (LAL), a national reading and writing promotion program of the Center for the Book in the Library of Congress, invites young readers in grades 4-12 to enter this year’s LAL letter-writing competition. The contest challenges young readers to write a personal letters of reflection to authors that have changed their view of the world. LAL awards prizes [...]
High school students are invited to produce a 30-second public service announcement (PSA) about the perils of prescription drug abuse for the Prescription Drug Abuse Prevention PSA contest sponsored by the Kentucky Office of the Attorney General. The contest is part of the Keep Kentucky Kids Safe statewide public awareness and education initiative. The first-place winner of the contest will [...]
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has launched an award program aimed at recognizing outstanding environmental education teachers. The Presidential Innovation Award for Environmental Educators Program, which will be implemented through a partnership between the White House Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) and EPA, recognizes outstanding K-12 teachers who employ innovative approaches to environmental education and use the environment as [...]
The Kentucky Commission on the Deaf and Hard of Hearing (KCDHH) and the Knowledge Center on Deafness are sponsoring an art contest for all deaf and hard of hearing K-12 students in Kentucky. Students can design a visual image or write poetry that will be connected to a fiberglass horse, similar to the ones done at DeaFestival 2002 and 2010. [...]
Kentucky students can participate in three programs offered by the Office of the Secretary of State this fall, including statewide mock elections, a slogan contest for grades 6-8 and an essay contest for grades 9-12. Winners of the slogan and essay contests receive special recognition and cash prizes. The mock election will feature all statewide candidates appearing on the Nov. [...]