Constitution Day 2007 Poster Contest
Constitution Day is a Federal holiday that falls on September 17 to celebrate the signing of the U.S. Constitution by the Constitutional Convention on September 17, 1787. Federally-funded educational institutions are required to hold an educational program pertaining to the United States Constitution on Constitution Day. See the Federal Register: May 24, 2005 (Volume 70, Number 99).
The Gov Doc Kids Group Constitution Day Poster Contest is an easy and fun Constitution Day activity that challenges kids to think about how the Constitution’s guarantees of freedom relate to their lives.
The 2007 contest received entries from eight states and Department of Defense schools in Japan. Entries were judged on artistic merit and intellectual content. Contest judges were Jan Schall, Sanders Sosland Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art, The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO; Brian Oertel, Graphic Designer, Johnson County Library, Shawnee Mission, KS; and Mary Burtzloff, Archivist, National Archives-Central Plains Region, Kansas City, MO.
The Gov Doc Kids Group is a national group of government information librarians based in the Kansas City metro area. Members are also based in Pennsylvania and Virginia. The Group is co-sponsored by Kansas Library Association Government Documents Roundtable (GODORT). "Gov docs" is a librarian’s term for government documents.
2007 Contest Winners
Kansas City Metro Category
1. Kimberly Chungong, Lee’s Summit, MO
2. Courtney Mathews, Lee’s Summit, MO
3. Kanishka Mehra, Overland Park, KS
(Winners below are in alphabetical order)
K-2 Category
Kanishka Mehra, Overland Park, KS
3-4 Category
Kimberly Chungong, Lee’s Summit, MO
Morgan Lamb, Japan (DoD school)
Sally Lambie, Japan (DoD school)
Hannah Piggott, Greenville, AL
Joshua Sebring, Brushton, NY
5-6 Category
Tony Griffith, Pineville, MO
Meiandra Marin, Pineville, MO
Sheldon Russell, Pineville, MO
Tiffany Ward, Pineville, MO
9-12 Category
Nathan Bennett, Zanesville, OH
Megan Burkett, Zanesville, OH
Eui Min Kim, Japan (DoD school)
August Lowry, Zanesville, OH
Grace A. Walker, Japan (DoD school)
