School Spirit Contest

Freedom

School Spirit Contest

The Hope of America School Spirit Contest recognizes schools with the highest percentage of participation in the Hope of America program provided by America’s Freedom Festival.

This award pays special tribute to the school’s efforts to endear patriotism. The winning school will be invited to participate in the Fourth of July parade to represent the Hope of America!

Contest Guidelines

Eligibility: Open to schools participating at the Hope of America event at BYU Marriot Center

Submission Deadline: April 26

Guidelines:

  1. The Freedom Festival Hope of America School Spirit Contest is open to ALL Schools participating in the Hope of America at the Marriott Center whether in traditional public schools, public chartered schools, private schools, or home schools.
  2. All entries must be received no later than April 26.
  3. All submitted entries must include a completed Contest Entry.  Winners will be notified by email when judging is completed.

Student participation in the Freedom Festival educational contests will be a consideration as winners are selected. The winning school will be invited to participate in the Fourth of July parade to represent the Hope of America!

Email us for support at: hopeofamerica@freedomfestival.org.

Calendar
Entry Deadline is April 26.
Awards and Prizes

Cash prizes will be based on judging criteria.

 

WIN UP TO $500.00 plus the opportunity to participate in America’s Freedom Festival’s 4th of July parade and a pizza party for your school participants in Hope of America!

 

 

 

Download The Educational Events Poster

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Submit to Contest

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    Teacher’s full name

    Teacher’s school name

    Teaching grade(s)

    Select the category you are submitting according to the participants name

    Please upload your work file in PDF or JPG format

    In case your file exceeds the size limit (10MB), provide a link to your submission

    Enter the best email address to contact you about your entry

    Confirm your contact email address

    Provide a phone number where we can reach you about your entry

    Your school address

    Zip code

    Select your state

    City

    School contact, teacher or principal

    School contact email address

    School contact phone number

    By submitting this entry I agree that the contestant teacher is the sole author and owner of the attached file content, and did not use or copy any other proprietary work.

    By submitting this entry, I agree to the contest rules, terms, and conditions, acknowledging that the contestant’s work will be distributed and shared to fulfill the judging and winning processes.

    Judging Criteria
    1. Percentage of total student’s participation from your school in the Hope of America.
    2. Implementation of curriculum in teaching this year’s theme. The depth of insight in teaching, outside resources or other innovative efforts used to instill patriotism will also be considered.
    3. Percentage of children submitting essays, and artwork to the Freedom Festival contests pertaining to this year’s theme.
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    1. First Ammendment Supplementary Material
    2. Theme Promt

     

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    The founders of our nation believed that we must have the right to think, believe, argue, and
    worship freely, and, in turn, to express our beliefs to our fellow citizens and to our government
    as freely as possible. That idea—the freedom of conscience—is the core of the First
    Amendment.
    Some possible questions or issues to be considered in essays:
    1. What if there were no First Amendment? How would your life be affected?
    2. Do you think the freedoms identified in the First Amendment would already be
    protected in a democracy where citizens have a role in shaping the government? Was it
    necessary to establish these rights in an official document?
    3. Explain and give examples of how the First Amendment does not permit people to do
    anything they want to do. How and why are the liberties and rights of people not
    unlimited? In what kinds of situations do you think it is fair and reasonable to limit
    freedom of expressions?
    4. Are the First Amendment freedoms among the “self-evident” and “unalienable rights”
    referred to in the Declaration of Independence? What is the relationship of the
    Declaration of Independence to the Bill of Rights?
    5. Explain Supreme Court Justice Louis Brandeis statement that the founding generation
    “believed that freedom to think as you will and to speak as you think are means
    indispensable to the discovery and spread of political truth; that without free speech
    and assembly discussion would be futile; that with them, discussion affords ordinarily
    adequate protection against the dissemination of noxious doctrine; that the greatest
    menace to freedom is an inert people; that public discussion is a political duty; and that
    this should be a fundamental principle of the American government.