DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
P.O.
SUPTS. MEMO NO. 45
February 29, 2008
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: |
The |
The Commonwealth of Virginia Campaign (CVC), the annual giving
campaign for state employees, has requested that school divisions provide K-12
students with the opportunity to participate in the CVC Visual Arts
Contest. The CVC plans to showcase the
winning artwork statewide in posters and on the CVC website. Also, the top ten selected entries will be
exhibited across the Commonwealth. The
theme for the campaign is Give Hope.
The CVC invites each school division to submit entries to the
contest. Entries must be postmarked by
April 18, 2008. Please mail or deliver
the entries to Cheryle C. Gardner, principal
specialist of fine arts, Office of Middle and High School Instruction, Virginia
Department of Education, 101 North 14th Street, 23rd
floor, Richmond, Virginia 23219. A
first-, second-, and third-place winner will be selected for each of the three
levels: 1-5, 6-8, 9-12. Each winning student will receive a
certificate of recognition. An overall
grand prize winner will be selected and the artwork made into the campaign's
2008 poster.
Thank you for your help with this campaign. For more information go to
the CVC website at http://www.cvc.vipnet.org/. If you have questions, please contact 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; or Anne Dinterman,
state campaign director with the CVC, Department of Human Resource Management,
by e-mail at Anne.Dinterman@dhrm.virginia.gov, or by telephone at (804) 225-2159.
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