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Before we get into how we chose the winners, we would first like to say that reviewing these submissions was a lot of fun…and hard! They were all really good and displayed real imagination and thoughtfulness. Common themes included swimming pools, roller coasters, and five star lunch menus. There was also a lot of emphasis on improved technology in the classroom, more time for creativity, and friendship.
So, how did we choose the Grand Prize Winners? Well first we judged each submission using three categories: creativity, message, and following the rules (i.e positivity). We then divided them into groups: videos, power-points, and drawings/essays. Those entries that ranked the highest in their group were selected as our “My Dream School” Grand Prize Contest Winners. The winners scored Target gift cards! Let’s take a look at their submissions:
Grand Prize Winner: Video
Asha Reichenbach – Age 6 – Greenwood Elementary School
From fairy teachers to mouse that makes popcorn, we loved the creativity behind Asha’s video. We also loved that she wanted her school to make the world a better place.
Grand Prize Winner: Powerpoint
Frances Fleming – Grade 4 – Lowell Elementary
We thought that France’s entry message of enabling more enrichment classes and unity at school meetings was fantastic. We also wouldn’t mind taking a science course where we could create “mixtures that blow up.”
Grand Prize Winner: Drawing/Essay
Ashritha Aroun – Grade 4 – Bear Creek Elementary
We really liked that Ashritha put such an emphasis on children learning and student participation. Riding elephants to class sounds pretty cool too.
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 Like we said, we had the best time going through these submissions. In fact, we loved them so much, we couldn’t pick just three, so were opening it up for you to decide.
Look at the entries below and then vote for your favorite entry by 9pm on Monday, February 20th. Your choice just might be our People’s Choice Grand Prize Winner! And don’t forget to share our page with your friends! Join Our Email List!Ladies and gentlemen, we present to you “The People’s Choice” nominees: |
 The voting for People’s Choice has ended! Thanks to everyone who voted!
Here are the final results: |
Hannah Gonzales, Audubon Elementary, essay
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Saad Bhatti, Miller Junior High, video
Johnny Satterlee, Academy for Precision Learning, PowerPoint
Caroline Herting, Corissa Cruzen, Kylyn Tripp, Terry Knight, Skylar Reep, Lela Morgan, Anna Flathers, STEM Naches Valley Middle School, video
Hannah Zizza, age 9, Whittier Elementary, video
Although they couldn’t all be Grand Prize winners, we think the imagination, wisdom and creativity behind these submissions are fantastic, and we wanted to share that experience with you! Check out some of our favorite “My Dream School” ideas. Download your favorite and share it on Facebook!
“There is a mouse in every classroom and the mouse even has a wheel that it spins on and makes popcorn.”
Asha Reichenbach
Greenwood Elementary School
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“The teachers are fairies.”
Asha Reichenbach
Greenwood Elementary School
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“My dream school has science (mixtures that blow up).”
Frances Fleming
Lowell Elementary
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“Hot dog by teleportation!”
Saad Bhatti
Miller Junior High
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“My school is anti-gravity.”
Saad Bhatti
Miller Junior High
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“My school would go 6 days a week so the children can learn more. In the summer, you would take field trips to the beach unless kids were bad then we would have to write an apology.”
Maryellen Moral
Pleasant Glade Elementary
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“In this classroom 6 year olds learn whatever 6 year olds need. What they need is – multiplication, division, fine motor skills, reading, drawing, writing, history of the world war, how things work, how to make laptop brains, human body, baseball, martial arts, music, dancing.”
Aaditya Rao
Bellevue Montessori
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“There will have to be a class or you will be dumb when you grow up.”
Milan Chavez-Haley
Lowell Elementary
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“Principal gets to be in multiple classrooms at the same time so he/she can help kids, parents and teachers.”
Anirudh Prakash
Spiritridge Elementary
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“Our dream school will be kitty kat shaped and have green fuzzy desks.”
April Twibell and Katurah Martin
Miller Junior High
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“My dream school has a robot teacher who knows anything and everything.But I will miss my real teacher a lot.”
Lokesh Sathish
Crystal Springs Elementary
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“The walls would be blue. Why? Not because Beyoncé’s baby is named blue. Actually its because light blue helps students focus on what their teacher tells them to do, so they can get all A+’s.”
Max Pleskoff
Bryany Elementary
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“The cafeteria would serve anything you want! (non-alcholic, of course)”
Olivia Geist
Lowell Elementary
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“If you fall in the toilet, you can dry off in a time machine. Be careful! (If you don’t want to get other people’s business on you!)”
Clara Ford, Rosie K, Giselle Y.
Lowell Elementary
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“My dream school understands that learning does not begin at 7:45am and end at 2:30pm because students live every hour of the day.”
Daniel Warwick
Interlake High School
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“At our dream school we get gumballs every day! (and not the sugar free ones either!)”
Ben Lagan
Lowell Elementary
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