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2008 Ford Freedom Award Essay Contest and Community Service Awards Winners Announced
Ford Motor Company Fund and Community Services, the Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History and The Detroit News Newspapers in Education have announced the winners of the 2008 Ford Freedom Award Essay Contest and Community Services Awards Winners for 4th through 8th grade students.
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Detroit Free Press 17th Annual Writing Awards Results
More than 3,100 entries were received for the 17th annual 2008 Detroit Free Press Writing Awards. Awards of Excellence, Commendation and Honorable Mention were awarded in each category.
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Yak's Corner Favorite Book Character Contest Winners
Nearly 4,000 students participated in the Yak's Corner Favorite Book Character Contest this year. Judging was held on Saturday, January 26 and winners were selected.
For a complete list of winners click here.
2008 Detroit Free Press Writing Awards
Entries are now being accepted for the 17th annual Detroit Free Press Writing Awards.
Click here for a complete list of rules.
Click here to download an entry form.
Yak's Corner Favorite Book Character Contest
Thanks to all who entered. Come back in February for contest results.
2007 Hispanic Heritage Program Local Art and Essay Contest Winners Announced!
Ford Motor Company Fund and Community Services and The Detroit News Newspapers in Education have announced the winners of the 2007 Hispanic Heritage Local Art and Essay Contest for 4th through 8th grade students.
View the 2007 Hispanic Heritage Program Art and Essay Contest winners Here
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Featured programs
NEW DETROIT TIGERS PROGRAM!
Character of Champions: Covering All the Bases
For grades 4-8 and beyond
A FREE educational program in partnership with the Detroit Tigers that focuses on the importance of character traits like self-esteem, high motivation and self-discipline, with profiles of Tigers and tips from coaches. This program is made possible by Detroit Tigers Foundation, The Skillman Foundation, Michigan Orthopedic Services, DMC (Detroit Medical Center) and UPS. The unit includes a 16-page print student supplement, full-color classroom poster and two free deliveries of 25 or more copies of the Detroit Free Press. Only Electronic editions (e-Editions) of newspapers are available outside the 6-county metro Detroit area. Please order the E-edition version of this program if outside Wayne, Oakland, Macomb, Livingston, Monroe and Washtenaw counties.
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Freedom’s Warriors: Lives That Inspire
(Grades 4 – 12)
The Detroit News Newspapers in Education presents "Freedom's Warriors: Lives That Inspire," a FREE educational program made possible by Ford Motor Company Fund and Community Services. Celebrating the 10th Anniversary of the Ford Freedom Award, the unit contains stories and activities focused on heroic African Americans and their long history of activism and humanitarianism. The unit includes a 16-page student supplement, 12-page online teacher's guide, full-color classroom poster and two free deliveries of 25 or more copies of The Detroit News. Only Electronic editions (e-Editions) of newspapers are available outside the 6-county metro Detroit area. Please order the E-edition version of this program if outside Wayne, Oakland, Macomb, Livingston, Monroe and Washtenaw counties.
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Michigan Humanities Council "The Great Michigan Read"
Ernest Hemingway's The Nick Adams Stories
The March 3, 2008 Detroit Free Press will include a 20-page Great Michigan Read insert containing the entire text of Ernest Hemingway's Nick Adams story, "Big Two-Hearted River." The insert and its distribution are a collaboration among the Detroit Free Press Newspapers in Education and Michigan K.I.D.S., Inc., its educational nonprofit, and the Michigan Humanities Council
Michigan middle schools and high schools may request FREE copies of the insert for classroom use, beginning Monday, March 3, 2008.
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Learn About Everyday Heroes and Build MEAP Writing Skills (grades 3-8)
Through this MEAP-structured writing program sponsored by the RARE Foundation students will read about Everyday Heroes honored by RARE, read sample winning essays from the 2006-2007 RARE Everyday Heroes student writing competition, explore and study the qualities of heroes and write a biography of their own everyday heroes. The program includes a 20-page student section with separate activities for grades 3-5 and 6-8, as well as information about the 2007-2008 writing competition and an online teacher guide.
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High-Tech Heroes: Hispanic Explorers in Science and Technology (grades
4-12)
This language arts, Science and Spanish program is sponsored by Ford
Motor Company Fund and Community Services in celebration of Hispanic
Heritage Month - September 15-October 15. From animal and plant biology
to automotive and weapons engineering, some of the greatest scientific
discoveries and technological developments in recent history have been
achieved by Hispanics. The program's 16-page bilingual student section
has been created to help student learn about some of the most important
of these contributions. This program also includes an online teacher
bilingual teacher guide and a poster.
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The Detroit News Breakfast Serials® and Next!
February 4-June 4, 2008 literacy program
Follow the 18-chapter Magic Elizabeth story in The Detroit News every Monday (and two Wednesdays) from February 4 through June 4, 2008. The cost is 25 cents per copy for print but 100% sponsored for e-Editions.
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Detroit Free Press Yakademic Team literacy program
Order the Tuesday edition of the Detroit Free Press with Yak's Corner through June 10, 2008 at a cost of 25 cents per copy for print but 100% sponsored for e-Editions.
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