| CTE Month Logo Design Contest
ACTE invites all career and technical education students to submit their designs for the 2009 CTE Month Logo Design Contest. In its fifth year, the logo design contest allows students an opportunity to showcase their skills. The theme, “CTE: Building Blocks for a Successful Career,” will showcase national CTE Month and ACTE is seeking a logo that captures the importance of career and technical education and skills necessary for today’s students. The contest is open to all CTE students and the winner of the CTE Month logo design contest will receive a check for $250. All logos must be original designs by students, no clip art. To be considered, logos must be designed following these criteria: - Logo must incorporate the 2009 CTE Month theme, “CTE: Building blocks for a successful career.”
- Logo must be easily reproduced both in color and black and white.
- Logo must be submitted in the required format.
ACTE requires a two-color logo design submitted in vector format, no other formats will be accepted. Since the logo will appear on items as small as pens and key chains, avoid the use of fine detail which may be lost in the design. The following information must be included (typed or printed) with each submission: - student’s name and home phone number;
- instructor’s name;
- school name; and
- school address and phone number.
Entries must be submitted by mail or e-mail format. Entries can be mailed to: ACTE Marketing Department, ACTE, 1410 King Street, Alexandria, VA 22314. Mailed entries must be on compact disk and must be accompanied by a hard copy of the logo. E-mailed entries must include the EPS file and a PDF of the logo and can be e-mailed to Ingrid Thomas. ACTE must have all submissions by Friday, May 30, 2008; none will be accepted after this date. The winner of the 2008 CTE Month logo design contest will be contacted by ACTE within a month of the contest deadline. All entries become the property of ACTE and the designer relinquishes any and all rights to compensation for use of the design. Promote CTE CTE Month is over but you can still promote the great news, programs and results that CTE is giving the students in your community. To order promotional products, download the CTE Month catalog or visit the online store. For any questions on the products, please call 800-822-1923. You can also promote CTE through these video public service announcements (PSAs) created by students for ACTE’s first CTE Month PSA Contest! To post the PSAs on your Web site, download high-quality versions of “Finding Your Way” and “We are the Future” and post them on your Web site. Right-click the links above and choose "Save Target As." Or you can embed the PSAs onto your site. Go to www.schooltube.com/page19822934.aspx. You will see the PSAs under “Featured Videos.” Click a PSA and it will begin to play. Click on the chain link icon in the upper right corner of the video player (when you move your mouse over the icon, it says “Grab a video link”). Copy the code and paste it into your Web site code. You can also embed the entire ACTE playlist of videos, which includes the PSAs, the student-produced montage of Convention 2007 and videos from the Arizona state association, by clicking on “Add to your site …” at the bottom right of the page. A new page will open. Choose the ACTE playlist and copy and paste the code into your Web site. To show one or both PSAs on your school’s closed-circuit television, contact Catherine Imperatore for a DVD. Please specify if you need one PSA or both. To cover the cost of production, the DVD costs $2 plus shipping. Submit PSAs to Local TV Stations To submit the first-place PSA, “Finding Your Way,” to your local television station, contact Catherine Imperatore with the station guidelines and the format you need. To cover the cost of production, Beta SP videotapes cost $27 plus shipping and DVDs cost $2 plus shipping. | 
