“October National Health Observances of Youth Sports.” Blog Article Contest
Contest Rules and Judging
- Students in Grades 9 – 12 can enter with parent and teacher permission.
- Small groups or individual project submissions are permitted.
- Incorporate personal examples and tips for teens to live a healthy lifestyle
- Include how youth sports help to encourage a healthy lifestyle!
- Following Rubrics for judging contest
Please submit the final article for consideration by October 30 via email to Healthycommunitylifespaces@gmail.com
or mail to: Healthy Community Lifespaces
620 Keebler Road
King of Prussia PA 19406
Ensure your submission includes: Student Name: Email: Teacher: School: Grade: Signed Consent Form
| Contest RUBRIC | 4 Strong | 3 Developing | 2 Emerging | 1 Beginning |
| Introduction Score: | The writer captivates the reader’s interest in the topic by providing a compelling fact, statistic, or anecdote, and effectively conveys the significance of the subject matter. The introduction clearly outlines the specific aspects of the topic that the text will address, offering a clear roadmap for the reader to follow. | The writer constructs an introduction that engages the reader’s curiosity and comprehension of the subject. The introduction effectively generates interest and provides an overview of the subtopics to be explored, including their sequence. | The writer’s introduction lacks some depth in capturing the topic’s significance, but it still manages to interest a reader to a certain extent. The introduction provides a basic understanding of the subtopics that will be covered later | The writer’s introduction offers minimal insight into the topic’s significance and may struggle to engage the reader effectively. |
| Overall Score: | The writer skillfully combines ideas and information related to a healthy lifestyle in a text that thoroughly develops subtopics and ideas. The article seamlessly incorporates a variety of text structures, including argument, explanation, narrative, and procedural passages, enhancing the overall quality of the content. | The writer’s content demonstrates some development of ideas related to a healthy lifestyle, but it may lack depth and coherence in certain areas. While the text incorporates various text structures, there is room for improvement in terms of organization and clarity. | The content presents ideas related to a healthy lifestyle, but it is limited in its development and coherence. The text may struggle to effectively utilize different text structures, leading to confusion and lack of clarity. | The writer’s content demonstrates some development of ideas related to a healthy lifestyle, but it may lack depth and coherence in certain areas. While the text incorporates various text structures, there is room for improvement in terms of organization and clarity. |
Student Article for Health Promotion on Blog Consent Form
By signing this Consent Form, you understand and agree that the student author intends to give an unlimited license to Healthy Community Lifespaces to, at a minimum, use the student-article’s submitted for publication, advertising, or any other purpose related to furthering the goals of Healthy Community Lifespaces and promoting healthy lifestyles. Additionally, you understand, acknowledge, and agree that the student-author’s name, grade, and/or school may be associated with the submitted article whenever it is displayed. Finally, you understand, acknowledge, and agree that any article submitted may be disclosed to or become available to the public. Should you be selected as one of the winners of the contest, you agree to use the prize monies towards participation in physical fitness activity in your community and take responsibility for any and all liability pertaining to the activity and transportation to and from the activity.
Student name: ___________________________________________________
Teacher/Coach: _________________________________________________________
School: __________________________________________________________
Grade: ___________________________________________________________
Student signature: ___________________________________________________
Parent signature___________________________________________________
This Consent Form must be signed by the following:
- The student author who created the work.
- A parent/guardian of the student-artist if the student-artist is a minor (under age 18).