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Pages in category "Writing contests" ... PBS Kids Writers Contest; ... This page was last edited on 12 January 2020, ...
The contest was started in 1982 by Professor Scott E. Rice of the English Department at San Jose State University and is named for English novelist and playwright Edward George Bulwer-Lytton, author of the much-quoted first line "It was a dark and stormy night". This opening, from the 1830 novel Paul Clifford, reads in full:
Kennedy High School on WMAQ-TV's It's Academic in 1967 Student quiz shows have appeared on television as both local and national programs since the second half of the 20th century. The following is a list of quiz programs that have aired on local or national television, featuring teams from schools, colleges, or universities in academic ...
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Reach for the Top and SchoolReach – a long-lasting Canadian high school competition, formerly nationally broadcast on the CBC; Schools' Challenge – a U.K. high school tournament; University Challenge – a British television quiz programme featuring university students; Science Bowl – a U.S. high school and middle school tournament ...
Landmark inaugurated the program in the mid-1980s as The National Written and Illustrated by...Awards Contest for Students, [3] and ran it until 1999. [1] A year later, future awards were canceled indefinitely, due to falling sales of their titles caused by "the financial crunch in many schools and libraries". [4]
Copeny's other initiatives include the Dear Flint Kids project, a request for letters of encouragement to the children of Flint; a crowdsourcing effort to distribute free copies of the book, A Wrinkle in Time; [5] Christmas parties and Easter baskets for the underprivileged; and supporting local school systems to provide anti-bullying programming.
A school resource officer tased two students to end a fist fight at Lanphier High School around 1 p.m. Wednesday. Both students were arrested for aggravated battery, but neither met points for ...