Each year, American High School participates in Black History Month by inviting the student body to participate in a Black History Month Creative Contest. Students may participate by creating a video recitation of an original poem or short essay, photography, OR a canvas portraying art work that commemorates an African American person or event, past or present, that truly inspires them and celebrates Black History Month. The winning prizes will be a $150 gift card. Submissions are due by February 26, 2016 at 12PM Eastern Time and there will be two winners: a winner from our middle school and a winner from our high school.
The rules for entry into the contest are:
- Create a video recitation of an original poem or short essay OR a portrait, photo, or poster of a person or event that inspires you and celebrates Black History Month.
- Video Recitation: Students create an original poem or short essay and produce a video recitation of your poem or essay. Video entries are limited to three minutes and may not include any musical accompaniment (especially copyrighted material or samples). Students may also write their poem or essay in the voice of the person or event that who inspires them. Each entry should include a brief introduction naming and describing the subject of the poem or essay, as well as why the student chose that person or event as an inspirational figure. The introduction is an opportunity for the students to demonstrate their writing skills and proper grammar. The entry gives the students the chance to show their creativity and their depth of understanding about the inspirational person they choose.
- Students may enter by submitting a written introduction and written poem or essay, along with a videotape of themselves delivering it. Videos may be submitted in standard formats recorded by smart phones and digital cameras, such as MPEG4/4SP, QuickTime, or WVM.
- Portrait, Photo or Poster: Students can use any canvas or materials to create their art work of an African American person or event that inspires them and Black History Month. You may use any materials you want: pencil, paint, charcoal, crayon, marker, etc. Students may enter by taking a picture of your canvas or poster with good lighting and submit. Pictures can be taken by smart phones or digital cameras.
- Turn in your submission by uploading either your video recitation or a picture of your artwork by uploading and posting them to our Facebook page (choose upload video or picture then submit post) by February 26, 2016 by 12PM Eastern Time.
- Only one submission per student.
Contest rules: All creative work must be original; one entry per student, creative work must be submitted by 26 February 2016, 12PM Eastern Time.
The contest will be judged by the number of likes the submission gets and weighed together with an assessment of each submission by our team here at American High School, so do not forget to promote your video or artwork from our Facebook page!
Winning prizes: A $150 Visa cash gift card and an American High School t-shirt will be awarded to winners in two categories: middle and high school. The winners will be announced via our Facebook page on Friday, February 29, 2015.
For more information call (866) 936-9654.
