The Countryside Fire Protection District is sponsoring a Middle School Variety Show Contest focusing on Fire Safety & Burn Prevention.
BACKGROUND:
Fire Prevention Week is designed to provide an opportunity for fire and life safety educators to unite in sharing fire safety awareness and prevention messages in our communities.
CONTEST RULES:
Contest is open to 8th grade middles school groups at Freemont, Hawthorn North, Hawthorn South, West Oak, and Woodlawn.
- Students must be in 8th grade.
- The skit should be between 1 1/2 – 2 minutes long exploring fire safety/burn prevention topics. We highly encourage skits, songs, dances, etc. Be CREATIVE and IMAGINATIVE for this show!
- Material and performances should be safe, educational, informational and appropriate for middle school.
- Students must present at least three (3) informative and accurate facts about topic (try to stay with one fire safety topic).
- All students in the team must participate at some level.
- Performances to take place live on stage.
- There can be no actual fire. All props and materials to be approved by Fireman Tony Rodkey.
- Registration form must be completed by each team.
- For a copy of the Variety Show Rubric, click here.
Students are strongly encouraged to visit the following websites for more fire safety topics and informative facts. They are as follows: National Fire Protection Association (www.nfpa.org), Campus Firewatch (www.campus-firewatch.com), and Firesafety.gov for kids.
ASSEMBLY LOCATIONS & JUDGING:
The entries will be judged by Countryside Firefighter/Paramedics and based on how well the rules above were met. Assembly locations and dates are as follows:
Hawthorn Middle South – Friday, March 27, 2015 at 1:30 p.m.
Hawthorn Middle North – Friday, April 10, 2015 at 1:30 p.m.
Woodlawn Middle – Friday, April 17, 2015 at 1:30 p.m.
The top teams will then move on to the Grand Finale Variety Show scheduled for Friday, May 8th at 7 p.m. (doors open at 6 p.m.) at the Vernon Hills Park District – Sullivan Center located at 635 Aspen Drive, Vernon Hills, IL. The event is free of charge to all patrons.
PRIZES:
Grand Prize – $500.00 in American Express cards and a Buffalo Wild Wings party.
Second Place Team – $400.00 in American Express Cards and a Cold Stone Creamery party.
Third Place Team – $300.00 and a Wendy’s party.
**Students on a winning team performing live in Grand Finale will share the prize. SPECIAL NOTE: Any students that cannot make the Grand Finale as scheduled forfeit the opportunity to win prizes.**
NOTE: There will be an assembly at participating middle schools, and the top three performances will then perform their routine at a location (date/location to be determined) before spring break of the 2014/2015 school year.
Contact our Public Education Coordinator, Tony Rodkey, via email at arodkey@countrysidefire.com or at (847) 367-5511, if you should need further details on the contest. Good luck everyone!
