2002 Poster Contest:

Mrs. Cook (grade 6 teacher) and I were looking for a way to mark Earth Day 2002. We thought that a poster contest advertising the next International Walk to School Day, might be fun.

Students interested in entering, picked up sheets of recycled paper from Mrs. Cook. They were encouraged to let their imaginations run wild, and to use recycled materials if the spirit so moved them. The words "International Walk to School Day" were to be included somewhere in the design, but not the date - we thought we could use the posters for several years by taping a dated slip of paper to the bottom of each poster...now that's recycling! Every student who handed in a poster received an Earth Day pencil. More lucrative prizes were promised to the winners and honourable mentions.

The prizes were funded out of the $300 of seed money we received for signing up to the "Way to Go" program in Fall 2000. I was the judge. I took into consideration the age of the participants when judging the entries.
The results were fantastic. Have a look....

Poster Gallery