Advocate Challenge
Celebrating Reading
Challenge Requirements
Students, attending high school, will work collaboratively in promoting access to reading materials and literacy. During Fall, the challenge will focus on implementing a reading/literacy activity in their communities, and in Spring 2018, we will shift the challenge to schools. The winning group will receive a financial award of $800.
• Students will collaborate with no more than four (4) students total in a group.
• The group will complete the Challenge Proposal. Each student’s parents and/or guardians must sign the completed form.
• After filling out information on the proposal, students will implement “one” literacy activity in their community.
• Additionally, each group will make a 3-5 minute video of the literacy activity.
• The typed Challenge Proposal, link to your video, and submission form will be submitted to blackandlatinomenread@gmail.com.
• Due Date: December 18, 2017 (Monday) and winners will be announced in January 2018.
Fall 2017 Reading Advocate Challenge Proposal
Directions: Download the Challenge Proposal by clicking here.
• Type and submit completed answers + video to blackandlatinomenread@gmail.com.
Literacy Project Criteria
• The answers on the Challenge Proposal are typed and clearly conveys the literacy problem, solution, and its impact on the community.
• The literacy activity did not cost more than $25 to implement.
• The literacy activity can be easily replicated by other high school students.
• The video clearly conveys the literacy solution.
