World Down Syndrome Day Essay Contest
January 20, 2012 through February 14, 2012
World Down Syndrome Day Essay Contest for Middle School and High School Students.
One winner from Middle School (6th-8th grades), and one winner from High School (9th-12th grades) in Colorado will be selected from each of the following categories:
Individual – Student with Down syndrome
Essay Writing Prompt: How is my life just like yours?
Individual – Student without Down syndrome
Essay Writing Prompt: How my classmate, friend, relative with Down syndrome has positively enriched my life.
Collaborative – 2 Friends – one with Down syndrome & one without Down syndrome
Essay Writing Prompt: How is our friendship better because of Down syndrome?
Submit your essay online at: http://www.ucdenver.edu/academics/colleges/medicalschool/institutes/lindacrnic/Newsevents/Pages/EssayContest.aspx
GOOD LUCK!
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