Americanism Elementary School Poster Contest

The National Association of Secondary School Principals has placed this program on the NASSP National Advisory List of Contests and Activities for 2008-2009.

    The Americanism Committee is pleased to announce a National Americanism Poster Contest.  This new contest will be directed at students in the 4th or 5th grades, depending on which grade year the American Revolution is taught in their educational system.  The National Society Elementary School Poster Contest will stimulate interest in American History in support of the Fourth or Fifth Grade Curriculum.  The topic for the Poster Contest will be set by the Americanism Committee at each Spring Trustee’s Meeting for the upcoming fall school year.  The contest will be judged at the National Congress each year.  A representative of the National Art Education Association (NAEA) will be invited to participate in the poster judging.

Posters will be judged by the following criteria:

The winner from each local school will compete at Chapter level and the then the Chapter winner will compete at State level.  Once the State Society has selected a winner, it will represent the State Society at the National Level.  Only one entry from each State will be accepted.

The State Winners will be on display during National Contest and the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd Place Winners will be announced during National Congress.  The top National winners will receive a Rosette Ribbon and a monetary award that will be funded from the Americanism Trust Fund.  The monetary awards at the National level are : 

Timeline

    An entry form is to be filed with the Executive Director and the Chairman of the Americanism Committee by June 1 prior to Congress.

To contact the Maryland SAR member that is responsible for the Americanism Poster Program click postermarylandsar [dot] org (here).

For more details on the National SAR page, please see here.