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2008 Topic:
Helping Animals by
Working Together
 

Lesson tips and links

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2008 Be Kind to Animals
Poster and Essay Contest

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 6th Annual Be Kind to Animals
Week Poster and Essay Contest
2008 Poster and Essay Winners

Grade 1 Poster
 1st Place - Isabella Mays, Zoller Elementary School, Schenectady

 Grade 1 Poster
 2nd Place - Kristin Berhaupt, Woodlawn Elementary School, Schenectady

Grade 1 Poster
 3rd Place - Luigi Battaglioli, Duanesburg Elementary School, Duanesburg

Grade 1 Poster
 Honorable Mention - Tyasia Johnson, Henry Johnson Charter School, Albany

Grade 2 Poster
1ST Place- Davi Ginsburg, Hebrew Academy, Albany

 Grade 2 Poster
 2nd Place - Naseem Kimble, Van Corlaer Elementary School, Schenectady

Grade 2 Poster
 3rd Place - Kate Horan, Orenda Elementary School, Clifton Park

Grade 3 Poster
 1st Place - Taylor Temple, Sacandaga Elementary School, Scotia

Grade 3 Poster
 2nd Place - Grace Romania, Loudonville Elementary School, Loudonville		 Grade 3 Poster
 3rd Place - Matthew Burgess, St. Gregory’s Elementary School, Loudonville

Grade 4 Poster
 1st Place - Christina Tran, Saddlewood Elementary School, Colonie

 Grade 4 Poster
2nd Place - Shelby Kislowski, Pashley Elementary School, Burnt Hills

Grade 4 Poster
 3rd Place - Chelsey Albright, Hamilton Elementary School, Schenectady		 Grade 4 Poster
Honorable Mention - Natalie Schurman, St. Helen’s Elementary School, Niskayuna

Grade 5 Poster
 1st Place - Max Charlton, Pashley Elementary School, Burnt Hills

 Grade 5 Poster
2nd Place - Hyeonjung Choi, Arongen Elementary School, Clifton Park
Grade 5 Poster
 3rd Place - Madison Healy, W.B. Tecler Elementary School, Amsterdam		 Grade 5 Poster
 Honorable Mention - Daniel Goss, St. Jude the Apostle School, Wynantskill


ESSAY WINNERS

Grade 5 Essay
1st Place - Daniel Derusha, Pashley Elementary School, Burnt Hills
2nd Place - Logan Alaxanian, Latham Ridge Elementary School, Latham
3rd Place - Eileen Quinn, Cairo Elementary School, Cairo

 Grade 4 Essay
 1st Place - Connor Walton, Paige Elementary School, Schenectady
2nd Place - Elizabeth Palmer, Home Schooled, Queensbury
3rd Place - Jianna Benardo, Paige Elementary School, Schenectady

 Grade 3 Essay
 1st Place - Allison Goetz, Arongen Elementary School, Clifton Park
2nd Place - Casey Friedlander, Broadalbin-Perth Elementary School, Broadalbin
3rd Place - Sara Mitchell, Arongen Elementary School, Clifton Park
Honorable Mention - Jordyn Kerr, Arongen Elementary School, Clifton Park

Grade 2 Essay
 1st Place - Greg Van Epps, H.L. Bradt Elementary School, Rotterdam
2nd Place - Kate Murray, Van Corlaer Elementary School, Schenectady
3rd Place - Daniel Yapo, Blessed Sacrament Elementary School, Albany
Honorable Mention - Israel Sharp, Cobb Memorial School, Altamont

Grade 1 Essay
 1st Place - Sean McDuffee, Jefferson Elementary School, Rotterdam
2nd Place - Meyika White, Zoller Elementary School, Schenectady
3rd Place - Justin O’Dell, Red Mill Elementary School, Rensselaer

Thanks to all who entered! We received over
1,000 wonderful posters and essays.

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Attention Teachers and Parents: here are some great sites for activities and lesson plans for kids!

www.kindnews.org 
NAHEE’s website for elementary-school children features games, stories, project ideas, and more fun for kids.

www.animaland.org
The ASPCA’s humane education site is a fantastic resource for learning about pet care, exploring animal careers and learning about all types of animals, from A-Z.

www.americanhumane.org/kids/index.html
The American Humane Association’s “Just for Kids” site has lots of animal info and fun facts for kids.

www.nwf.org/kids
The National Wildlife Federation’s KidZone offers excellent resource for classroom activities and projects for kids of all ages.

www.avma.org/careforanimals
The American Veterinary Medical Association’s site has worksheets and activities that teach kids how to care for pets and much more.

www.nahee.org
The National Association for Humane and Environmental Education (a division of HSUS) has lots of info for teachers and students on many animal and environment related topics; kids’ links too.

www.sharetheworld.com 
Download free curriculum materials on many humane education topics at this site.

www.humaneteen.org
NAHEE’s website for middle- and high-school students features downloadable study and activity guides, guidelines for forming a club, and more.

www.IIHEd.org 
The International Institute for Humane Education promotes comprehensive humane education through distance-learning certificate and degree programs, workshops, and publications.

www.nhes.org
The National Humane Education Society provides humane education, rescue and relief assistance for animals, and screened adoption services.

  
 


National Be Kind to Animals Week
(May 4-10, 2008) is dedicated to raising awareness about treating animals with kindness and respect. It takes an entire community (including children) cooperating together and showing compassion and support to make a difference for the many unwanted animals in our neighborhoods.

Thank you to all who entered the 2008
"Be Kind to Animals" Poster and Essay Contest - we received over 1,000 great posters and essays from all over the Capital Region. Congratulations to all the winners!

A wonderful awards reception was held for the 35 contest winners on Monday evening, May 5th and we would like to thank Schenectady County Community College for letting us host the event at their site. We would also like to thank Allied Advertising in Syracuse for donating many movie-themed goodies for prizes and the authors and publishers of the books listed below for donating and signing their wonderful animal books for the winners.

A special thank you to Ruth Tietz and our friends at Family Medical Care in Scotia who underwrote the cost of the reception. Without the support of the community, we could not offer this contest and reception!

We recommend these wonderful animal books:

All Around Cats!
   by Dolly Viscardi
Badger’s Fancy Meal
   by Keido Kasza
Batbaby Finds a Home
   by Robert Quackenbush
Coyote Raid
   by Jim Arnosky
Grandfather Buffalo
   by Jim Arnosky
If You Give a Mouse a Cookie
   by Laura Joffe Numeroff
Little Monkey Lost
   by Keith DuQuette
One-Dog Canoe
   by Mary Casanova
Pillow Pup
   by Dianne Ochiltree
The Brave Little Parrot
   by Rafe Martin
The Friendship of Milly and Tug
   by Dian Curtis Regan
City of Dogs
   by Livi Michael
Dog of Discovery
   by Laurence Pringle
Dog Sense
   by Sneed B. Callard III
Eight Paws to Georgia
   by Pamela Bauer Mueller
Friendship According to Humphrey
   by Betty G. Birney
Hello, Goodbye, I Love You
   by Pamela Bauer Mueller
How to Steal a Dog
   by Barbara O’Connor
Life is Good Now (as told by Floyd)
   by Valerie Blettner
Lucky Boy
   by Susan Boase
Rain City Cats
   by Pamela Bauer Mueller
Star in the Storm
   by Joan Hiatt Harlow
Straydog by Kathe Koja
The Bumpedy Road
   by Pamela Bauer Mueller
The Cat Sitter Mystery
   by Carol Adorjan
The Copy Cat Mystery
   by Carol Adorjan
The World According to Humphrey
   by Betty G. Birney
Thunder from the Sea
   by Joan Hiatt Harlow

Some inspiring quotes:

"Unless someone like you cares a whole, awful lot, things are not going to get better, they're NOT!"

~Dr. Seuss, "The Lorax"

"Kindness gives birth to kindness."

~Sophocles

"Snowflakes are one of nature's most fragile things, but just look what they can do when they stick together."

~V. Kelly

"It isn't that they can't see the solution. It is that they can't see the problem."

~GK Chesterton

 

"A candle loses nothing of its light when lighting another."

~Kahlil Gibran

 

 

 

 

 

  
 
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