DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
P.O.
SUPTS. MEMO NO. 114
June 1, 2007
INFORMATIONAL
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TO: |
Division
Superintendents |
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FROM: |
Billy K. Cannaday, Jr. Superintendent
of Public Instruction |
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SUBJECT: |
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The Virginia Middle School Association (VMSA) is pleased to
provide school divisions with sixth-, seventh-, and eighth-grade classes the
opportunity to participate in the Dreaming
Big in the Middle School Visual Arts and Writing Contests. The VMSA plans to showcase the final entries
during the Virginia Middle School Association conference to be held at the
Waterside Marriott Hotel in
The VMSA would like to invite each middle school to submit entries
for both the visual arts and the writing contests. A school may send two entries per grade level
per contest. Additional entry
requirements for each contest and the cover letter to be completed and affixed
to each submitted entry can be found on the VMSA website at http://www.vmsa.org. A regional committee will select two works of
visual arts and writing from each grade level (6-8) to compete at the Virginia
State Middle School Association Conference.
Entries must be postmarked by September 21, 2007. Please mail or deliver the entries to your
designated Virginia Middle School Association regional director. A list of directors can be found at http://vmsa.org/contact.htm. Students should keep a copy of their
submitted artwork or writing. The
first-place winner from each grade level (6-8) will receive a blue ribbon and a
$50 U.S. Treasury Savings Bond donated by the Science Application International
Corporation. Second- and third-place
winners will receive appropriate ribbons.
For more information, please contact your designated regional
director or Gwen Griffith, president, Virginia Middle School Association by
e-mail at gwenbgolf@aol.com, or by
telephone at (540) 966-4255; or Cheryle C. Gardner,
principal specialist of fine arts, Office of Middle and High School
Instruction, by e-mail at Cherry.Gardner@doe.virginia.gov,
or by telephone at (804) 225-2881.
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