The LegiSchool Project is opening its annual essay contest for 11th and 12th graders in California schools. This year's topic is childhood obesity.
The LegiSchool Project's Annual Essay Contest: Keeping California’s Kids Healthy: the fight against childhood obesity.
We are currently seeking entries for LegiSchool’s annual essay contest, Keeping California’s Kids Healthy: The fight against childhood obesity. The contest is open to eleventh and twelfth grade students in California high schools. Ten essayists will be selected to win round trip travel to Sacramento to participate in LegiSchool’s 15th Annual Student Legislative Summit, on April 6, 2011. At the Student Legislative Summit, winners will participate in a Student-Run Press Conference at the State Capitol. Entries must be postmarked by Friday, January 21, 2011. Please see the attached announcement for details and share it with your students. For more information or additional fliers please visit our website at: http://www.csus.edu/legischool.
The LegiSchool Project is a civic education collaboration between California State University, Sacramento and the State Legislature, administered by the Center for California Studies. LegiSchool’s mission is to engage young people in matters of public policy and state government by creating opportunities for students and state leaders to meet and share ideas on issues affecting Californians and by developing free high-quality government-oriented curriculum materials for California educators to enhance and help improve the quality of state government-related curriculum in our schools.
For more information, or if you have any questions, please contact me at thorall@saclink.csus.edu or (916) 278-7563.
Megan Thorall
LegiSchool Coordinator
Center for California Studies
California State University, Sacramento