BARNES & NOBLE LAUNCHES ANNUAL “MY FAVORITE TEACHER” CONTEST
Middle & High School Students Nominate Their Teachers
Winners to be Awarded $5,000 Cash Prizes, NOOK® eReaders and More
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[CORTE MADERA, CA] – [Jan.20, 2014] – Barnes & Noble, Inc. (NYSE: BKS), one of the nation’s largest booksellers and the leading retailer of content, digital media and educational products, announced the start of the 2014 “Barnes & Noble My Favorite Teacher Contest.” The Barnes & Noble My Favorite Teacher program provides middle and high school students with the opportunity to tell their communities how much they appreciate their teachers. Teachers from grades 1 through 12 are eligible for nomination. Awards include cash prizes for the teachers and schools, NOOKs and more. The contest is broken down into local and regional winners, from which the Barnes & Noble Teacher of the Year will be chosen.
Middle and high school students can nominate their teacher by writing essays, poems or thank you letters that share how their teacher has influenced their life and why they appreciate and admire their teacher. Participating schools collect the essays and submit them to the Corte Madera Barnes & Noble store for consideration. Entries will be judged on the compelling nature of the teacher’s qualities, the sincerity of the student’s appreciation and the quality of expression and writing.
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The local winning teacher will be recognized at an event at the Corte Madera Barnes & Noble at 313 Corte Madera Town Center, Corte Madera, CA 94925 where they will receive a special award acknowledging their achievement and additional recognition and praise from their community. The student who wrote the winning essays or poems will receive a certificate of recognition and will be honored at the Corte Madera store during a ceremony for the winning teacher.
The winning teacher from the Corte Madera store will be entered into the regional contest. Each regional winner will receive a NOOK and a $500 Barnes & Noble Gift Card. From the pool of regional winners, Barnes & Noble will name one teacher the Barnes & Noble National Teacher of the Year. The winning teacher will receive $5,000 and the title of “My Favorite Teacher.” The winner will be recognized at a special community celebration at their local Barnes & Noble store. The winning teacher’s school will receive $5,000.
“The Barnes & Noble My Favorite Teacher Contest is just one more way for Barnes & Noble and the community to recognize how important teachers can be in their students’ lives,” said Laurel Kidd, Community Relations Manager. “A gesture as simple and pure as a child writing kind words about their teacher and reading it aloud to them at a My Favorite Teacher celebration often prompts tears among many involved. A bookstore is much like a school—both are places of learning and aspirations. And Barnes & Noble has always supported education through our Bookfairs, and B&N Educator Program, offering educators 20% off all purchases for classroom use and 25% on classroom and personal purchases during the Barnes & Noble Educator Appreciation Weeks. The B&N@School section in our stores provides educational tools for parents, teachers and librarians.”
The Barnes & Noble My Favorite Teacher ends March 1, 2014. Only middle and high school students and active teachers employed in elementary, middle or high schools in the United States are eligible to win. More details on the contest rules can be found at www.bn.com/myfavoriteteacher.
Students who want to participate should submit their essay or poem to Laurel Kidd, Community Relations Manager at 313 Corte Madera Town Center, Corte Madera, CA 94925 by March 1, 2014. Please email crm2274@bn.com with any questions. You can follow Barnes & Noble Corte Madera’s News & Events on Twitter @CorteMaderaBN.
