ACTE Essay Contest Asks Students to Address President-elect Obama
News Date: January 08, 2009
ALEXANDRIA, VA- The Association for Career and Technical Education today announced the topic for the Cliff Weiss Essay contest in the memory of former ACTE Senior Director of Communications Cliff Weiss (1951-2004). This year’s topic for secondary and postsecondary students is “What would you tell President Obama about your CTE experience?”
ACTE wanted to collect student stories on the impact CTE has in their lives and use this information to help educate the public and policymakers on the importance of CTE. This is the sixth year ACTE is sponsoring the contest as an opportunity to recognize career and technical education (CTE) students that share the same passion and talent for writing as Cliff Weiss. The contest is open to secondary and postsecondary students taking at least one course in CTE. A secondary and postsecondary student winner will each receive an award of $250 in addition to having their essay published in ACTE’s Techniques Magazine.
The essays should be between 400-600 words, in Microsoft Word format, one entry per person, and e-mailed by Friday, February 13, 2009 to essaycontest@acteonline.org. For complete rules on the contest, please visit ACTE’s Cliff Weiss Essay Contest page or contact Sabrina Kidwai at skidwai@acteonline.org. Winners will be announced at the end of February.
The Association for Career and Technical Education (ACTE) is the nation’s largest not-for-profit education association dedicated to the advancement of education that prepares youth and adults for successful careers. It provides advocacy, public awareness and access to information, professional development and tools that enable members to be successful and effective leaders. Founded in 1926, ACTE has more than 29,000 members including teachers, counselors and administrators at the middle school, high school and postsecondary levels.
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