Page 17 - February 2021 SARIZONA

Arizona Student Recognized by
NSSAR Brochure Contest By Mike Fisch,
Arizona SAR Brochure Contest Chairman
The Arizona SAR was pleased to honor Canyon Ridge Student Emilia R. Escobar for achieving an Honorable Mention in the 2020 National SAR Sgt. Moses Adams History Brochure Contest.
Emilia was the 2020 Barry M. Goldwater Chapter winner and then won the Arizona SAR first place award.
Emilia Escobar’s brochure advanced to the national level of the contest. Her selection as an Honorable Mention winner was the result of being selected from a field of hundreds of entries in the combined local, state, and national contest.
For all of her hard work on this patriotic endeavor, Emilia received a certificate of merit, cash prizes on the state and local levels, a gift card, a liberty pen, SAR challenge coin and a medal achievement from our friends at the National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution.
The brochure contest provides middle level learners with an opportunity to formulate a creative brochure regarding a seminal document from American history.
Learners perform research and formulate an artistic hand drawn brochure that balances factual information, historical perspectives and colorful
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illustrations. Seventh and eighth grade social studies classes incorporate the contest into the parameters of their curriculum and lessons. Learners evaluate the meaning and significance of: the Declaration of Independence, Articles of Confederation, United States Constitution, Bill of Rights, and the Federalist Papers. Students then pick one of these foundational documents as the topic of their brochure. Class research is then combined with many hours of effort spent outside of school in the layout design and decorating process.
For the third consecutive year, seventh and eighth grade teams generated over one hundred entries for the 2020 contest. Members of the Arizona SAR judged each brochure and three winners were selected by each participating SAR Chapters; Saguaro, Prescott and the Barry M. Goldwater chapters.
In preparation for the 2021 Arizona SAR brochure contest, the current middle level teams at Canyon Ridge School have prepared one hundred and twenty entries for the competition. Judging is underway for the 2021 entries.
Saguaro SAR Chapter President Mike Fisch presented Emilia her special recognition for her national award January 22nd at Canyon Ridge School. On hand were her parents, school officials, teachers and Mr. Christopher Raso the leader of the history teaching efforts at Canyon Ridge School.
Above is a screen shot of one side of Emilia’s winning brochure from the 2020 Sgt. Moses Adams Brochure Contest.