Outstanding Teacher Contest Entry Form

Award Entry Form

Contest Information: The Downers Grove Junior Woman’s Club (DGJWC) is sponsoring the 26h Annual Outstanding Teacher Award to recognize a teacher in a Downers Grove area school who is truly special and remarkable in the field of education. In order to participate, a student must write an essay (approximately 60 words for grades K-3, 100 words for grades 4-8, and 200 words for high school) describing the teacher and what makes him/her special or outstanding. The essay does not have to be about the student’s current teacher. Parents may help those who are too young to write, but the entry must be in the child’s own words.

The students with the winning entries will have the opportunity to help honor the teachers they nominated with an in classroom presentation, with a special award for their outstanding teacher.

Deadline and Submission Information: All entries must be postmarked or emailed by Wednesday, February 1, in order to be considered.

Entries can be scanned and emailed to [email protected] or mailed to the following address:

Downers Grove Junior Woman’s Club/ Attention: Rita Brezina/ 5256 Lyman Ave/ Downers Grove, IL 60515 ------Please complete the entry blanks below about yourself (the student nominator) and about the “outstanding teacher” in your life. To fill in the requested information, simply double click on each gray text field and begin typing. Save your completed nomination form to your computer, then either print it and mail it to the address above, or email it as an attachment to the email address listed above.

Student Information

Mailing Address:

Phone Number:

E-mail Address:

Current School: Current Grade in School:

Information about Teacher Being Nominated Teacher’s Name:

School Teacher Works At:

Essay is (check one): Typed within this form Typed separately Handwritten

Student’s Name: Nominated Teacher’s Name:

Outstanding Teacher Entry Essay. Type your essay in the space below. Follow the length guidelines for your grade level as specified in the “Contest Information” section.