FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 22, 2006

CONTACT: Megan Reiter (703) 683-9312; mreiter@acteonline.org

ALEXANDRIA, VA – Beginning February 2007, National Career and Technical Education Week will be expanded to National Career and Technical Education Month (CTE Month), and the Association for Career and Technical Education (ACTE) is currently accepting submissions for its 2007 CTE Month Logo Design Contest.  The theme, Career Tech: Today an Education, Tomorrow a Career, will showcase national CTE Month 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.  The winner of the Career and Technical Education Week Logo Design Contest will receive a check for $250.

Logos should be designed following these criteria:

1. Logo must incorporate the CTE Month theme, Career Tech: Today an Education, Tomorrow a Career
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 EPS (Illustrator) format, 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.  Entries may be submitted on disk to: ACTE Marketing Department, ACTE, 1410 King Street, Alexandria, VA  22314 or by e-mail to Ingrid Thomas at ithomas@acteonline.org.

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

Submissions are due on or before May 31, 2006.   The winner of the ACTE 2007 Career and Technical Education Week Logo Design Contest will be contacted by ACTE within a month of the contest deadline.  For more information, contact Ingrid Thomas at ithomas@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 80th 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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