Grade Six Anti-Vaping Poster Contest
Brought to you by IERHA Tobacco Vaping Cannabis Committee
Grade Six Anti-Vaping Poster Contest
About The Contest
To help combat high levels of vaping in youth, the Interlake- Eastern Regional Health Authority is launching an ‘Anti-vaping’ poster contest with the focus being on the health risks of vaping and reasons not to vape.
Why It’s Important
Data from a recent Health Canada survey showed that 23% of students in grades 7-12 have tried an electronic cigarette. The use of e-cigarettes is not safe for kids, teens or young adults. E-cigarettes usually contain nicotine which is highly addictive to the developing brain. Nicotine can damage the developing brain in adolescents and young adults. In addition, vaping has been linked with lung damage.
Timelines
The contest launches February 1, 2022.
Closing date for students to submit their artwork to their teacher for in-house competition will be determined by each school. The closing date for schools to submit their in-house winners to the Interlake Eastern Regional Health Authority committee for regional selection is March 11, 2022 at 4:00pm.
Regional contest winners will be notified by March 15, 2022.
How It Works
1. We will provide schools with contest rules, timelines and submission criteria, so each school can run its own contest. Students may make a poster on their own or as part of a group.
2. Schools are to choose in-house judges to select their regional submission.
3. Each school can submit one poster to the Interlake Eastern Regional Health Authority committee for final regional judging.
4. Each regional entry must be accompanied by completing the Entry form.
The Interlake Eastern Regional Health Authority committee will select twelve regional winning entries.
Contest Eligibility
The contest will be open to all students attending grade 6 (or grade 5/6 split classes) in the Interlake-Eastern Region.
Homeschooled children in grade 6 are eligible to enter the contest. They will be eligible to win the $100 prize if they are selected as a winning regional entry. Homeschools will not be eligible for the classroom or school prizes.
Prizes
The Interlake Eastern Regional Health Authority Tobacco, Vaping and Cannabis Committee will select 12 winning regional entries.
The students with the winning regional submissions will receive $100 in prizes. Please note: a winning group submission will receive $100 in prizes to be split equally among its members. Winning regional submissions will also be posted on the IERHA website.
The classrooms with the winning regional submissions will receive $200 in prizes for participating.
Each participating school will be entered into a draw for a chance to win $1400 in prizes for the school.
On receipt of prizes, winning regional entries will become property of the Interlake-Eastern Regional Health Authority. Non-winning submissions will be returned, if possible.
The Interlake Eastern Regional Health Authority will distribute cash prizes to the winning schools. Schools & teachers will be responsible for discussing/selecting with the students appropriate prizes from the list below and for purchasing the prizes to be distributed.
Student Prize List
- Hot Lunch ticket(s)
- Milk Tickets
- Scholastic Order
- Gardening supplies/tree(s) for child’s home
- Fieldtrip fee(s)
- Art Supplies
- Back Pack
- Helmet
- Gift certificate from local recreation district for a class/swim lesson
- Physical activity equipment – jump rope, hula hoop, balls, shin pads, etc.
- Other healthy choices are also acceptable
Classroom Prize List
- Gardening supplies/trees
- Art supplies
- Physical activity equipment / Recess Supplies
- Healthy snack supplies
- Scholastic order
- Other healthy choices are also acceptable
School Prize List
- Gardening supplies/trees
- Art supplies
- Physical activity equipment / Recess Supplies
- Healthy snack supplies
- Scholastic order
- Other healthy choices are also acceptable
Enter The Contest
You have the option of submitting your entry online and uploading your poster, or printing out the form and mailing it in with your poster.
Submission Criteria
Please use this scoring sheet to help you choose the best poster for your submission.
| Maximum Possible | Score | |
| Theme 30% | Is the content appropriate? Does it Show Originality? Does it grab the viewer’s interest? |
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| Effect 25% | Does it make the viewer think? | |
| Clarity 30% | Is the poster content clear? Is the message concise? Does the message have an impact on the viewer? |
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| Composition 25% | Is the poster in good taste? Does the drawing fulfil the guidelines for this contest? |
- The Anti-vaping poster contest is open to all students in grade 6 (and grade 5/6 splits) in the Interlake-Eastern Health Region.
- One entry per person or per group.
- The poster must be about the health hazards of vaping or reasons not to vape.
- Entries must be original artwork and not computer generated. Please note: artwork will not be returned.
- Entries must be on an 11-inch by 17-inch sized paper.
- In order to be declared a winner and receive a prize, the selected entrant(s) must include a signed entry/permission form. If participating as a group submission, each participant in the group must provide a signed entry/permission form.
- The decisions of judges are final.
- Any entry that does not comply with Contest Rules and Regulations shall be disqualified.
- The Interlake Eastern Regional Health Authority Tobacco Vaping Cannabis committee may amend, cancel, suspend or reinstate the Contest at any time for any reason and may withdraw or substitute any one or more of the prizes.
- This contest is a learning opportunity for contest entrants and all those who view the posters. The poster must not include hate speech, obscene, offensive, unlawful or violent content, or be disparaging of program and contest partners, program and contest sponsors, their products or services. Posters will be pre-screened, and those containing such offensive content will not be posted and will be excluded from the competition.
- Competition opens February 1, 2022 and closes March 11, 2022 at 4:00 pm local time. To be considered for entry all submissions must be received at Stonewall Community Health Office by March 11, 2022 by 4:00 pm.