Go to school to learn what talents are hidden inside you! School is cool!
The Hartford Public Schools District ACE Team invites all students in grades PreK-12 to participate in our 3rd Annual Attendance Visual and Video Challenge.
Your student can work individually with their classroom or with their teacher to submit a video or a poster!
Video requirements:
· Videos can be submitted as an individual or group project and/or submit a class video.
· Videos must be no longer than two minutes in length.
· Videos must feature the importance of school attendance and what makes us want to come to school every day.
· Include the 23-24 slogan from last year’s winners “Go to school to learn what talents are hidden inside you! School is cool!”
· Be student’s own original work
Visual/Poster requirements:
· Posters, Comics, Ads, etc. can be submitted as an individual or group project and/or class poster and must be no larger than 11 by 17
· Visuals must feature the importance of school attendance and what makes us want to come to school every day.
· Include the 23-24 slogan from last year’s winners “Go to school to learn what talents are hidden inside you! School is cool!”
· Be student’s own original work and can be in color and/or black and white
The following information must be included with the video and/or visual:
· Student’s name, school, grade level and homeroom teacher
Submission details: Entries should be submitted by end-of-day on Friday September 22, 2023 so the School based teams (administrator, ILT, student council, etc.) will have one week to select the school's top visual and video - to be submitted by September 29, 2023.
Winner selection and prizes:
Ï District ACE team members will collect all school-based winners for submission to a google form. Voting will take place from October 2nd to the 13th. The District ACE team will notify winners the last week of October 2023 and award the prizes to all winners at the November Board of Education meeting. All participating students will receive a certificate of recognition for their involvement and plaque.
- Winners will be selected through open voting to all Hartford Public Schools students, staff, families, and community through google voting.
- 3 Winners will be selected in each category from Elementary, Middle and High School for a total of 18 winners.
- Winners will receive the following:
○ Honored at the November Board of Education Meeting
○ Video and/or Visual utilized for 24-25 school year District ACE Attendance Campaign
○ Plaque and additional prizes to be awarded at the BOE meeting
● Each school-based winner will also receive a trophy and certificate honoring their accomplishment
● Their video or visual will be made into a postcard to be sent home to their winning school categories.