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| Attention High Schoolers: Essays on Agriculture Wanted |
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By Bob Rost, 541-737-3381 SOURCE: Tami Kerr, 541-737-8629
CORVALLIS – The Oregon Agriculture in the Classroom Foundation (AITC) has launched its third annual statewide essay contest about agriculture. All interested high school students throughout the state are invited to participate and entrants will compete on the basis of how persuasively their writing communicates the importance of agriculture in our daily lives.
The AITC program is a non-profit organization headquartered at Oregon State University. The group’s 2007 essay contest is sponsored by the Capital Press, Oregon Farm Bureau, Agri-Business Council of Oregon and Dairy Farmers of Oregon.
The essay topics and rules for the 2008 contest will be posted this fall.
"The goals of this statewide writing contest are to create a positive learning experience by encouraging students to read more, be creative, and expand their vocabularies; and to further general understanding of agriculture in our lives," said AITC Program Director Tami Kerr.
According to Kerr, the contest was designed to be easily incorporated into CIM/CAM requirements and will give maximum recognition to all students and their teachers who take part. Participation certificates will be awarded to all students who submit essays.
Judges will select the top three entries in four divisions (grade 9, grade 10, grade 11 and grade 12), Kerr explained.
Students with winning essays will receive cash awards ranging from $50 to $100 as well as Dairy Farmers of Oregon "Got Milk"® sweatshirts, and winning essays will be published in the Capital Press Newspaper.
Also, teachers of the student winners will receive plaques to display in their schools. |
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