[Grovenet] Community discussion re: Immigration 4/24/07

[Alana Graham]

If Immigration in America is a topic of interest to
you:

Heads up on a date to put on your calendar.

As part of The Great America Speech Series, The
Friends of the Forest Grove Library and The Forest
Grove Library in cooperation with the Forest Grove
School District will be having a program on
"Immigration in America" on Tuesday, 4/24/07, 7 PM in
the Community Auditorium.

The program will be based on the poem by Emma Lazarus:

The New Colossus

Not like the brazen giant of Greek fame
With conquering limbs astride from land to land;
Here at our sea-washed, sunset gates shall stand
A mighty woman with a torch, whose flame
Is the imprisoned lightning, and her name
Mother of Exiles.  From her beacon-hand
Glows world-wide welcome; her mild eyes command
The air-bridged harbor that twin cities frame
"Keep, ancient lands, your storied pomp!" cries she
With silent lips.  "Give me your tired, your poor,
Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,
The wretched refuse of your teeming shore,
Send these, the homeless, tempest-tossed to me,
I lift my lamp beside the golden door.

                 Emma Lazarus, 1883
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Students in the Forest Grove School district are
invited to write an essay or create an art project
that expresses their opinion or feelings about
Immigration in America. The best works receive a
prize.

The program will consist of a reading of "The New
Colussus" , the winners will receive their prizes,
read their pieces and show their art work, after which
will follow a public discussion about immigration in
America and a reception.

If your child is interested in competing, please see
the information on entries below. We are still in the
planning stages so if any of the details change on
this, I will let folks on Grovenet know.  Alana

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TOPIC:  Immigration in America

CATEGORIES
Essays are limited to 500 words and must be typed and
double spaced, or Works of Art.

ENTRIES

Each Category will be open to entries from three
age-groups of students:

  5th to   6th grade
  7th to   9th grade
  10th to 12th grade 

The competition is limited to students attending
public schools, private schools or home schools
located in the Forest Grove School District.  ENTRIES
MAY BE MADE ONLY BY TEACHERS who will be the first
screeners of essays and art work.

All entries must be submitted to the Forest Grove
Public Library by 8:00 p.m., March <>, 2007.  They
will be available for pick-up for three days after the
at the April 24, 2007 event.   Afterwards, they will
become the property of the Forest Grove Library.  The
sponsors may make copies of all entries for any use it
deems appropriate.

JUDGING OF ENTRIES

A panel of judges will be appointed by the event
sponsors.  The identity of the judges will not be made
public or be known to those submitting entries. 
Decisions of the judges will be final.

PRIZES

Prizes will be awarded to winning entries from each
age-group in each category (regardless of topic).  The
winning essays will be read and the winning works of
art will be displayed at the April 25, 2006 event. 
 
Prizes will be awarded in each age-group of each
category:

1st Place B   				$30.00
2nd Place B  				$20.00
Honorable Mention		        $10.00




 
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