This year’s theme is Inclusion is within everyone’s ability, we are all ABLE 

Greetings Teachers and Administrators: 

Governor Markell signed House Bill 123 on August 17, 2011, which designated October as Disability History and Awareness Month in Delaware. The bill encourages school districts across Delaware to implement activities to observe Disability History and Awareness Month. A number of districts and charter schools across the State have participated in the past by putting information on their marquees, including information on famous people with disabilities in their morning announcements and newsletters and by inviting individuals with disabilities to share their stories with students. They also had their students develop posters for the statewide poster contest. We are pleased to invite your school district to participate in the annual statewide Disability History and Awareness Month Poster Contest. We hope to have participation from ALL schools this year. 

Please read the Poster Specification and Rules carefully. Entry forms may be duplicated. Posters should be mailed to the GACEC (516 West Loockerman St., Dover, DE 19904) and must be postmarked by Friday November 1, 2019. After receiving the entries, the GACEC will select a winning poster for each of the five divisions (elementary, middle school, high school, adapted art and Computer Aided Art). The winners will be notified no later than November 25, 2019. The students whose posters are selected will be invited to an awards luncheon where there will be individual prizes for the students. 

Your support in this important Disability History and Awareness Month activity is greatly appreciated. Please share this information with all of your faculty and students. We know we have a lot of artistic talent in the State. If you have any questions regarding the poster contest, please contact Sybil Baker, GACEC Administrative Coordinator at (302) 739-4553 or sybil.baker@delaware.gov.

Sincerely,
Wendy S. Strauss
GACEC Executive Director