Character Counts Video Contest

From: Herczog_Michelle <Herczog_Michelle@lacoe.edu>

The Los Angeles County Office of Education
is proud to announce..

Character Counts!
Video Contest

Students are invited to be part of a nation wide contest promoting CHARACTER COUNTS!

CHARACTER COUNTS! video contest is the first part of the CHARACTER COUNTS! effort to develop a comprehensive strategy to utilize the internet and social media like Face Book and MySpace to reach kids directly.

The idea is to have teens submit a short video promoting one of the six pillars. Young film-makers are invited to be creative and have fun. They can win up to $500.

Attached is information on the contest and the rules.
You can also send the link below to others for additional information.

http://charactercounts.org/teens/Video-Contest_Nov-2008.html

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Five Freedoms Project Newsletter

From: Herczog_Michelle <Herczog_Michelle@lacoe.edu>

The Los Angeles County Office of Education
is proud to announce..

Degrees of Freedom
The Monthly Newsletter of the Five Freedoms Project
October 2008

The Five Freedoms Project is a national organization that provides local school leaders with the leadership development, coaching and support they need to address two of America’s greatest challenges — improving the performance of our public schools, and strengthening the quality of our civic discourse — at the same time. The Five Freedoms Project provides an actionable framework for school leadership, based on four overlapping themes: Freedom, Leadership, Voice and Impact.

Educators are invited to use the newsletter with students and visit www.fivefreedoms.org to join the online network.

Spread the word to all friends and colleagues you think would benefit from joining our growing community of people committed to First Amendment freedoms, democratic schools, and the idea that all children deserve to be seen and heard.