FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                       CONTACT: Megan Fitzgerald
April 10, 2003                                      (703) 683-9312; mfitzgerald@acteonline.org


ALEXANDRIA, VA ? The Association for Career and Technical Education (ACTE) is currently accepting submissions for its national Career and Technical Education (CTE) Week 2004 Logo Design Contest. The theme, ?Career Tech: The Path to Success,? will showcase national CTE Week (February 8-14, 2004) and ACTE is seeking a logo that captures the importance of career and technical education for the future of today?s students. The contest is open to all career and technical education students.

Logos should be designed following these criteria:

1. Logo must incorporate the CTE Week theme, ?Career Tech: The Path to Success?
2. Logo must be easily reproduced both in color and black and white
3. Logo must be submitted in the requested format

ACTE prefers a two-color logo design submitted in PDF format (Adobe Acrobat), with a printed proof of the logo submission included. 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:

1. Student?s Name and Home Phone Number
2. Instructor?s Name
3. School Name
4. School Address and Phone Number

The winner of the Career and Technical Education Week Logo Design Contest can choose from one of the following:

1. $100 certificate toward any product(s) in the CTE Week Product Guide
2. $100 certificate toward any product(s) in the ACTE Resources Catalog

Entries may be submitted on disk to: Strategic Marketing Department, ACTE, 1410 King Street, Alexandria, VA 22314 or by e-mail to mfitzgerald@acteonline.org.

Submissions are due on or before June 30, 2003. The winner of the ACTE Career and Technical Education Week 2004 Logo Design Contest will be contacted in July. For more information, contact Megan Fitzgerald at (703) 683-9312 or by e-mail at mfitzgerald@acteonline.org. All entries become the property of ACTE and the designer relinquishes any and all rights to compensation for use of the design.

The Association for Career and Technical Education is the national professional association for the field of career and technical education. Now in its 77th year, ACTE?s membership numbers more than 30,000 teachers, counselors and administrators at the middle school, high school and postsecondary levels.

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April 10, 2003                                    NR#03-010