Healthy Hometown Heroes Writing Contest Winners

We have our Healthy Hometown Heroes article-writing winners!
3rd grade - Sydney, who wrote about Mrs Williams, the school nurse.
4th grade - Ann, who wrote about Linda Reneham, a gym teacher
5th grade - Samantha, who wrote about Brent Knowles and Emily Bracken with LifeActive.org
6th grade - Isaiah, who wrote about Marc Marchin, a farmer

Click here to see the winning essays!

Interview a Healthy Hometown Hero! Win Prizes! Get Published!

Heroes are all around us and their achievements-- great and small-- inspire others. Students are invited to step into the role of a newspaper reporter and write a real-life story about a Hometown Hero!

HOW IT WORKS:

Any individual, teacher, school, or community organization can submit entries. Register Here for more details on your local contest, including where and how to submit your entries.

Entries are reviewed on a local level and one winner from each grade level will be selected. Local winners will be entered in the National Contest, where they will compete for the Grand Prize.

The Kid Scoop Healthy Hometown Heroes Contest is open to all students in grades 3-6.

HOW TO ENTER:

Participating students first interview someone in their community who promotes healthy living, fitness, or nutrition. They should find out what that person does, why they do it, how it helps others be healther, and any advice or message they might have for the people in their community.

Participants then write a newspaper article about their "Healthy Hometown Hero"-- being sure to answer "Who, What, When, Where, Why, and How." Ideas for "Healthy Heroes" include P.E. teachers, chefs who specialize in healthy cuisine, local farmers, fitness or sports coaches, nutritionists... Use your imagination and ask around-- these types of "Healthy Hometown Heroes" abound!

ENTRY GUIDELINES:

By submitting an entry, you automatically agree to our Contest Rules and Regulations.
Contest is open to all students in the U.S. in grades 3-6.
Entry must be based on an interview with a real person. Accompanying photographs or other media are welcome.
Entry must be original work written by the student.
Entries must either be typed and double-spaced or hand-written in dark ink on lined paper.
All entries must be submitted on 8 1/2" x 11" paper. Electronic (e-mail) submissions are also accepted.
Maximum length of 400 words.
Limit one entry per student.
Entries must be postmarked by April 22, 2011.
Most entries will be submitted to your local Community Organizer.

LOCAL WINNERS RECEIVE:

Publication in Local Newspaper
Engraved Trophy
Publication in a book of winning entries and copies of the book
Entry into the National Hometown Heroes Journalism Contest

NATIONAL WINNERS RECEIVE:

$100 Cash Prize
An interview with any National or International Healthy Hero of your choice
National publication in Kid Scoop, where it will be read by 7.5 million Kid Scoop readers around the world!

There will be one winner from each grade level, and teachers receive recognition, too!

WE'RE HERE TO HELP!

To help get our Young Reporters ready to write, Kid Scoop will be publishing three activity pages on how to write a good article. Here's what you can expect:

February 20 - 26: The basics of an article- Who, What, When, Where, Why and How
February 27 - March 5: How to conduct an interview
March 6 - 12: Put it all together and write a winning article!

TEACHERS AND PARENTS: You can help your students write winning entries!

Our Hometown Heroes Teacher's Guide provides lessons to take students through the interviewing and writing process. Use this guide to teach students critical listening, speaking, reading, writing, and research skills. Using your local newspaper as a primary resource, this program introduces students to the principles of journalism and provides them with first-hand experience on what it's like to be a newspaper reporter.

If you have questions about the contest or other Kid Scoop Foundation programs, please Contact Us.