[nabs-l] FW: [AERNet] 2010-2011 Braille Readers Are Leaders Contest

[Liz Bottner]

Hey all,

 

I'm passing this out. I don't think it was posted previously. I participated
last year, and it was tons of fun! Maybe we could form NABS teams or
something. Hahaha!

 

Take care all,

 

Liz

 

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Subject: [AERNet] 2010-2011 Braille Readers Are Leaders Contest

 

Braille Readers Are Leaders Contest 2010-2011

November 1, 2010-January 4, 2011

 

The National Federation of the Blind Jernigan Institute, the National
Association to Promote the Use of Braille (NAPUB), and the National
Organization of Parents of Blind Children are pleased to announce the 28th
annual Braille Readers are Leaders contest for students grades K-12.  This
contest encourages children around the country to be proud of their ability
to read Braille and continually work to improve their skills.  As in
previous years students will read as many Braille pages as they can in two
months (November 1, 2010, through January 4, 2011) to compete for ribbons,
cash prizes, and an all-expenses-paid trip to the 2011 NFB national
convention in Orlando, Florida. After a successful 2009-2010 adult Braille
Readers Are Leaders Contest, NAPUB and the NFB Jernigan Institute are again
offering a contest for mature Braille readers. Adults will compete for cash
prizes, national recognition, and bragging rights!  Teams of two to five
participants are welcome to compete in both the K-12 and adult contests
again this year. Registration begins October 1, 2010; form your teams, get
some interesting reading material, and warm up your fingers!  For detailed
information about the K-12 and adult contests please visit www.nfb.org/BRAL.


 

Seven Simple Steps

1.      Register: fill out the simple online form at www.nfb.org/BRAL to
enter the contest. 

2.      Gather: collect leisure reading material (books, magazines, and
whatever else you enjoy reading that has a title, author, and date of
publication). 

3.      Log it: download the spreadsheet at www.nfb.org/BRAL. Save it where
you will be able to access it easily, or print it and keep a hard copy log. 

4.      Read: put your fingers to the paper.

5.      Leader Board: update your "Pages Read" on the Leader Board to
compete for additional prizes.

6.      Letters: contestants competing for a special award must submit at
least one letter of recommendation for each award. 

7.      Turn it in: submit your reading log, special award documentation,
and final entry form no later than January 18, 2011, at www.nfb.org/BRAL. 

 

Mark your calendar with the important dates below.


Important Dates


.        October 1, 2010: registration for the contest opens and continues
through the end of the contest.

.        November 1, 2010: contest begins, and participants start tracking
their reading. 

.        January 4, 2011: Louis Braille's birthday marks the end of the
contest and the last day participants can count their pages. 

.        January 18, 2011: all final entry documentation for the regular
contest and special awards must be submitted to the NFB Jernigan Institute
by midnight. This includes reading logs, letters of nomination, and final
entry forms. 

.        March 2011: prizes are mailed out.

 

Paper forms may be requested by e-mail, mail, telephone, or fax from:

 

BrailleReadersAreLeaders at nfb.org, or

Braille Readers Are Leaders

200 East Wells Street

at Jernigan Place

Baltimore, Maryland 21230

Phone: (410) 659-9314, extension 2293

Fax: (410) 659-5129