ABOUT THE 2008 COMPETITION
Secretary of State Harriet Smith Windsor presented the Signers’ Awards—named after Delaware’s signers of the Constitution—to the schools who best answered questions about citizen involvement, petitioning, and the ratification process. Their submissions included narrative responses to the competition questions; petitions reflecting student ideas for celebrating Delaware Day; and hand-drawn illustrations, poems, cheers, political cartoons, and other creative and artistic displays demonstrating their knowledge.
The winners of this year’s Signers’ Awards are:
George Read Award -North Star Elementary School, Hockessin
Gunning Bedford, Jr. Award-
Olive B. Loss Elementary School, Bear
John Dickinson Award (tie) - Booker T. Washington Elementary School, Dover and
Lake Forest Central Elementary School, Felton
Richard Bassett Award -
East Millsboro Elementary School, Millsboro
Jacob Broom Award -Epworth Christian School, Laurel and
St. John’s Lutheran School, Dover
Honorable mention was also given to the following schools for their participation:
New Castle County
Cedar Lane Elementary School, Middletown
Claymont Elementary School, Claymont
Leasure Elementary School, Newark
Marshall Elementary School, Newark
MOT Charter School, Middletown
Richey Elementary School, Wilmington
West Park Elementary School, Newark
Wilson Elementary School, Newark
Kent County
Central Delaware Christian Academy, Dover
East Dover Elementary School, Dover
Nellie Stokes Elementary School, Dover
Sussex County
H.O. Brittingham Elementary School, Milton
Jefferson School, Georgetown
Long Neck Elementary School, Millsboro
West Seaford Elementary School, Seaford
Secretary of State Windsor developed the competition in 2002 to encourage students to study the Constitution and to understand Delaware's role in its writing and ratification. Over the past seven years 5,132 students, under the direction of 269 teachers, have participated in the competition program.
