Lance Armstrong's LIVESTRONG campaign has launched a national contest for schools, challenging teachers and students to get involved in the fight against cancer.
The winner will win an in-person visit from the celebrated cyclist himself, who is a cancer survivor.
The 4-1-1, via the Lance Armstrong Foundation:
To enter, teachers must teach a lesson from the LIVESTRONG at School curriculum. LIVESTRONG at School offers free online lessons to teach K – 12 students about cancer in a way that is age-appropriate, hopeful, inspiring and empowering. Lessons include: national standards, clear learning objectives, engaging videos, extension activities, a check for understanding and ways that students can get involved in the fight against cancer.
After completing the lesson, teachers should:
*Work with their students to answer the question: “What does LIVESTRONG mean to you?”
*Create an entry. Be creative! Entries can be a picture of a class engaged in a cancer awareness activity, a letter written by students, a poster with artwork contributed by the whole class, a video of a skit or something entirely new.
*Register and submit their entry online
The winning entries will be creative and compelling and should show that students are engaged in the fight against cancer and demonstrate how people incorporate the idea of LIVESTRONG into their lives.
All entries must be received by 5:00 p.m. CST on May 1, 2008. The class that submits the winning entry will receive a visit from Lance Armstrong. Second prize is Nike gear from the LIVESTRONG Collection for the entire class, and third prize is a LIVESTRONG at School poster signed by Lance for the classroom and LIVESTRONG wristbands for the entire school.
Everyone who registers will receive a LIVESTRONG at School poster to hang in their classroom and LIVESTRONG wristbands. The winners will be announced on LIVESTRONG Day on May 13, 2008.
To register, visit www.livestrong.org/school.
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