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Scholastic Book Fairs Fall 2012 National Middle School Student Crew

Enter for a chance to win a credit of 2,000 Scholas- tic Dollars™ redeemable through the Scholastic Book Fairs School Resource Catalog or at a Scholastic Book Fairs warehouse location, plus a visit to your school from Tom Angleberger, the author of the Origami Yoda books. RULES NO PURCHASE NECESSARY. Contest open to middle schools, junior high schools, the 6th - 8th grade levels of K-8 schools, and the 6th - 8th grade levels of K-12 schools in the U.S. that use student volunteers (a Student Crew) to TABLE OF CONTENTS conduct a Scholastic Book Fair between May 9, 2012, and December 16, 2012. Entries must be Pg. 1 post-marked by midnight December 27, 2012. Void where prohibited by law. Assemblies will Scholastic Fall Book Fair and recognize the Book Fair achievements of the Rules Student Crew and will include a question and Pg. 2 answer exchange with students. A drawing for Prizes and How to Enter door prizes will also be conducted prior to the conclusion of each assembly. Appearance will Pg. 3 be targeted between April 2, 2013 and May 14, General Information and Winner 2013, depending on the winning school’s desire Selection and the availability of Tom Angleberger. Pg. 4 20th Anniversary FIRST PLACE How to Enter One first-place winning school will receive a credit of 2,000 Scholastic Dollars redeemable through the Scholastic Book Fairs School Resource Catalog or Complete the official entry form at a Scholastic Book Fairs warehouse location, plus and send us your story about how a personal appearance by author Tom Angleberger. you and your Crew planned and Tom Angleberger will be available for autographs conducted the most successful Book and will co-host special school assemblies to ac- Fair event your school has ever seen commodate the school’s student enrollment, up to (500-word maximum). Provide de- a maximum of three (3) assemblies. tails on ideas and strategies that you and your Student Crew volunteer team developed and implemented to attract and increase student and adult interest in the Book Fair, as SECOND PLACE well as in books and in reading. Four individual second-place winning schools Include information on activities, will each receive a credit of 1,000 Scholastic Dol- programs, contests, challenges, spe- lars redeemable through the Scholastic Book Fairs cial events, and advertising strategies School Resource Catalog or at a Scholastic Book used to promote your Book Fair, as Fairs warehouse location. well as to encourage students, par- Scholastic Dollars must be redeemed within 180 ents, grandparents, and faculty to attend and participate in the Book Fair and in reading activities. Be sure to include photographs of materials and activities and of your volun- teer team in action. Please provide PRESIDENT’S AWARD printed copies of all photos and the Up to eight individual schools will be awarded the 500-word essay. Electronic submis- President’s Award for Exceptional Performance. sions, incomplete or illegible entries Judges will select up to eight individual schools who will not be considered. Entry forms performed exceptionally in a single area related to can be accessed here or on the back promoting or conducting the Book Fair, includ- cover of the Ideas Guidebook. ing: theme, decorations, advertising tactics, student us your story about how you and engagement activities, principal/faculty involve- your Crew planned and conducted ment activities, Book Fair Rally, Family Event, All the most successful Book Fair event for Books™, Grand Event, Student Crew, or What your school has ever seen (500- Would You Do for Reading? ® challenge. Each win- word maximum). Provide details ning school will win a credit of 500 Scholastic Dollars on ideas and strategies that you and redeemable through the Scholastic Book Fairs School Resource Catalog or at a Scholastic Book Fairs ware- house location. GENERAL INFO WINNER SELECTION All entrants, as a condition Eligible entries will be evaluated and winners of entry, agree to release and hold selected based on the following equally- harmless Scholastic Book Fairs, Inc., weighted criteria: its parent, affiliates, subsidiaries, •Originality and creativity of ideas, activities, agents, and employees from any and all themes, materials, and programs developed liability for injuries or damages of any to promote the Book Fair, books, and kind sustained through participation reading. in this contest and/or possession, •Quantity and effectiveness of ideas acceptance, misuse and/or use of organized and executed by the Student a prize once accepted and/or any Crew to attract and increase student, parent, participation in any contest-related grandparent, faculty, and community activity and/or for any claims based on interest in the publicity rights, defamation, invasion Book Fair, of privacy, copyright or trademark books, and infringement, or any other intellectual reading. property-related cause of action. Entries will No substitutions, transfers, or be judged on assignments of prizes are allowed, content, not except by Scholastic Book Fairs, Inc. presentation. in case of prize unavailability, in which Entries will case a prize of equal or greater value be judged by will be awarded. Scholastic Book marketing Fairs, Inc. shall have the right, in its professionals sole discretion, to cancel, terminate, from Scholastic Book Fairs, Inc. modify, or suspend the contest at any Winners will be notified the week of time, without notice. All taxes on February 11, 2013, by mail, email, and/or prizes and unspecified expenses are telephone. solely the responsibility of the winners. Each winning school will be required to All entrants, as a condition of entry, sign, have notarized, and return an Affidavit grant to Scholastic Book Fairs, Inc. the of Eligibility and Release form. Both forms right to use photos, ideas, materials, must be returned within seven (7) days of and information from entries, prize notification or an alternate winner may including winner’s name, likeness, be selected. hometown, biographical information, Entries will be judged on content, not and entry for purposes of advertising presentation. Entries will be judged by and promotion, including in Planning marketing professionals from Scholastic Kit materials and on the Scholastic Book Fairs, Inc. website, www.scholastic.com without Winners will be notified the week of further notice or compensation, except February 11, 2013, by mail, email, and/or where prohibited by law. Goosebumps 20th Anniversary It’s the haunting season! And you know • Goosebumps books from Scholastic have what that means. . . It’s time to GET been translated into more than 32 languages. GOOSEBUMPS! 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