Poster Contest 2022
“Valorando nuestras raíces y construyendo nuestro futuro”
“Valorizando nossas raízes e construindo nosso futuro”
“Valorizando nossas raízes e construindo nosso futuro”
Dear NJAATSP Members,
Every year since 2013, NJAATSP has coordinated the AATSP Poster Contest for our New Jersey Chapter. We have often placed nationally. In 2021, four of our New Jersey Chapter winners were national winners: 1st place digital, 1st place hand-drawn, 3rd place digital for the 9-12 category, and 2nd place grades 6-8!
All posters become the property of the AATSP and will not be returned. With submission of the entry, permission is automatically granted to the AATSP to use the poster or poster image, the school’s name, and the student’s name. It is very important that you make a digital copy of the posters to be submitted (that can be used on our website if your student’s poster has won on a state or national level) before sending it to the New Jersey Poster Contest Coordinator.
Some rules have changed. Please follow these rules carefully to ensure eligibility! Note that the requirements for hand-drawn posters are somewhat different from the requirements for digital posters.
HAND-DRAWN POSTER RULES:
1. Sponsoring teachers must be AATSP members whose dues are current for 2022.
2.The Spanish and Portuguese themes MUST BOTH BE WRITTEN, word for word on the poster.
The 2022 theme is:
Valorando nuestras raíces y construyendo nuestro futuro
Valorizando nossas raízes e construindo nosso futuro
3. Each poster must be the original work of one student; no group entries.
4. Posters should measure approximately 12 X 18 inches (but NO LARGER than ½ poster board size).
5. Bold colors, clear artwork, and easy-to-read messages are best. Please, no 3D or raised pieces allowed.
6. Primary captions and most of the poster dialogue, text, or writing MUST BE in Spanish or Portuguese, and artwork should represent the Hispanic and/or Luso-Brazilian cultures and Spanish and/or Portuguese languages in a prominent way. You do not have to write either dialogue or captions, but you do have to write the theme in both Spanish and Portuguese.
7. All posters must be the student’s original, creative artwork, including illustrations, images, or quotations. Depictions of cartoon, video game, movie, television, or theme characters, or recreations of past poster designs do not constitute creativity or originality. ABSOLUTELY NO COPYRIGHTED images, figures, or wording are to be used. AATSP holds no liability for copyright infringement.
8. JUDGING CRITERIA: Posters will be judged on their visual impact, overall appealing effect, applicability to the theme, neatness, creativity, and originality.
9. Each poster must be accompanied by the “Student Information Form.” Please TAPE the form to the back of the poster.
10. LIMIT: Each Chapter Contest Coordinator may submit a maximum of THREE (3) posters per category. The FIVE hand-drawn categories are: (1) K–1ST, (2) 2ND-3RD, (3) 4TH-5TH, (4) 6TH-8TH, and (5) 9TH-12TH grades.
Each teacher may submit THREE (3) poster per category depending on the grades taught.
11. Package posters flat. A full-sized, folded poster board works great. Please DO NOT roll or fold posters. Please remember to scan your poster and your completed Student Information Sheet.
Mail to: Ina Gurman, NJ Coordinator, AATSP Poster Contest, 158 W Renaissance Blvd., Farmingdale, NJ 07727 (Note that this is my new address.)
12. Your posters must be received by Tuesday, March 22nd. If you are running late, please mail the posters by priority or overnight mail.
13. Individual entries that bypass an AATSP Chapter Contest will NOT be considered.
14. As state coordinator, I must get the winning posters to the national coordinator by April 1, 2022. Your deadline to get the posters to me is Tuesday, March 22nd. If you are running late, please send me the posters by overnight (if very late) or priority mail. Make sure that your students have scanned their posters and Student Information Sheets and have a digital copy of them.
15. Teachers of winning students will be notified by the end of May 2022. Winning posters will be displayed on the AATSP website, showcased at the annual conference, and reprinted as necessary.
Please take the time to examine your students’ posters to determine whether they have adhered to the rules. Also check for spelling and grammatical errors (if extra words are included)!
DIGITAL POSTER RULES (9th –12th grades only)
1. Sponsoring teachers must be AATSP members whose dues are current for 2022.
2. The Spanish and Portuguese themes MUST BOTH BE WRITTEN on the poster.
The 2022 theme is:
Valorando nuestras raíces y construyendo nuestro futuro
Valorizando nossas raízes e construindo nosso futuro
3. Each poster must be the original work of one student; no group entries.
4. Primary captions and most of the poster dialogue, text, or writing MUST BE in Spanish or Portuguese, and artwork should represent the Hispanic and/or Luso-Brazilian cultures and Spanish and/or Portuguese languages in a prominent way.
5. All posters must be the student’s original, creative artwork, including illustrations, images, or quotations. Depictions of cartoon, video game, movie, television, or theme characters, or recreations of past poster designs do not constitute creativity or originality. ABSOLUTELY NO COPYRIGHTED images, figures, or wording are to be used. AATSP holds no liability for copyright infringement.
6. Bold colors, clear artwork, and easy-to-read messages are best.
Posters may be in the form of graphic designs, digital illustrations, or photographs. Students may use any available design applications/programs.
7. JUDGING CRITERIA: Posters will be judged on their visual impact, overall appealing effect, applicability to the theme, neatness, creativity, and originality. Please tell your students that they should produce a poster that is neat, clear, creative, and one that will look great in a photo. Small letters and details do not always show up clearly. St, must include both themes, word for word, on their posters
Valorando nuestras raíces y construyendo nuestro futuro
Valorizando nossas raízes e construindo nosso futuro
8. Save the design into a high resolution .jpg format, NOT PDF as [ChapterName_StudentFirstname_Lastname, Teacher, School].
(NJAATSP_Student First Name_Last Name, Teacher, School)
9. LIMIT: Each teacher may submit THREE (3) posters for the 9th–12th digital category. Individual entries that bypass an AATSP Chapter Contest will NOT be considered.
10. Each digital entry must be accompanied by the “Student Information” form. Email the .jpg image and the “Student Information” form TOGETHER to the AATSP Chapter Poster Coordinator, Ina Gurman.
Email address: inargurman@gmail.com
Chapter Poster Contest submissions must be received by me (the New Jersey AATSP Coordinator) by Tuesday, March 22, 2022.
12. Teachers of winning students will be notified by the end of May 2022. Winning posters will be displayed on the AATSP website, showcased at the annual conference, and reprinted as necessary.
PRIZES (new for national winners):
Along with a certificate suitable for framing, cash prizes are awarded to 1st ($100), 2nd ($75), and 3rd ($50) place winners in each of the six following categories. All other participants receive participation medallions.
- Category grades K–1st
- Category grades 2nd–3rd
- Category grades 4th–5th
- Category grades 6th–8th
- Category grades 9th–12th Hand-drawn
- Category grades 9th–12th Digital
RECAP:
Extremely important pointers for hand-drawn and digital posters for all categories (i.e., grades):
- Posters will be judged on their visual impact, overall appealing effect, applicability to the theme, neatness, creativity, and originality. Please tell your students that they should produce a poster that is neat, clear, creative, and one that will look great on a website (in a digital photo). In other words, students should create posters that are neat, clear, creative and look great in a photo!
- Small letters and details do not always show up clearly.
- Students must include both (Spanish and Portuguese) themes in these exact words:
Valorizando nossas raízes e construindo nosso futuro
- Please check your students’ posters to make sure that they have adhered to the rules. Also please check for spelling and grammatical errors.
- Please have your students make digital copies of their posters and the Student Information Sheet.
- Please make sure that the Student Information Sheet is complete with the full name of the teacher, the student, the school, the school address, the teacher’s AATSP number and his/her email address, in addition to all required signatures. Please note that the posters will not be returned. Each student should make a copy of his/her poster and the Student Information Sheet.
- Please tape the Student Information Sheet to the back of all hand-drawn posters
- Please email me your students’ Digital Posters (or have your students email them) to inargurman@gmail.com. In the email subject line please write:
- Please mail all hand-drawn posters to
Please find here the Student Information Sheet, which can also be found on the AATSP website. Google AATSP Poster Contest. The deadline for all posters in New Jersey is Tuesday, March 22.
Please do not hesitate to contact me if you have any questions.
Thank you for participating in this amazing contest.
Best wishes,
Ina Gurman
NJAATSP Poster Contest Coordinator
158 W Renaissance Blvd.
Farmingdale, NJ 07727
inargurman@gmail.com
732-713-8722
P.S. All posters must be sent to the state coordinator (to me). If you send your posters to the national coordinator, you will be disqualified. Thank you for your dedication and hard work. Your students appreciate your affording them the opportunity to excel through an artistic outlet. Every year, when our students go to the top of the national awards, I am reminded how great our students and teachers are! Last year, some teachers from other states could not believe that the same state wins every year on a national level. The national coordinator explained that it is a “blind” process (no names, just numbers) and that the best-in-class wins. Bravo, New Jersey!
Poster contest 2021
CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR 2021 POSTER CONTEST WINNERS!
Hand drawing - grades 4-5
HAND DRAWING - GRADES 6-8
HAND DRAWING - GRADES 9-12
Digital Winning posters
Dear NJAATSP Members,
Every year since approximately 2012, NJAATSP has coordinated the AATSP Poster Contest in New Jersey. We have placed on a national level multiple years, and we are immensely proud of our NJ teachers and students! Each year the AATSP sponsors the Poster Contest that is open to K-12 Spanish and Portuguese students whose teachers are current AATSP members. The posters are a demonstration of student understanding of the importance and uses for learning new languages and an excellent project for Hispanic Heritage Month and World Languages Celebrations!
The AATSP Poster Contest...
1. The 2021 theme is:
Celebrando la diversidad: El español y el portugués
Celebrando a diversidade: O espanhol e o português
*YOUR STUDENTS MUST WRITE THE THEME IN BOTH SPANISH AND PORTUGUESE ON THE POSTER.
2. OUR NJ DEADLINE IS MARCH 15th. To qualify for this contest, all New Jersey students posters must arrive on or before March 15th. If you are running late, overnight or priority mail are good options.
3. Each teacher may submit 3 handwritten and 3 digital posters.
PLEASE SEND THE HANDWRITTEN POSTERS WITH THE STUDENT INFORMATION FORM, WHICH YOU WILL DOWNLOAD AND ON WHICH YOU WILL TYPE ALL REQUIRED INFORMATION. PLEASE TAPE THE STUDENT INFORMATION FORM TO THE BACK OF THE POSTER AND SEND YOUR POSTERS (3 PER TEACHER) BY MARCH 15th TO ME:
Ina Gurman
NJAATSP Poster Contest Coordinator
10 South Westfield Road
Howell, NJ 07731
THE TEACHER WHOSE STUDENT HAS SUBMITTED A POSTER MUST BE AN AATSP MEMBER.
PLEASE EMAIL YOUR STUDENTS’ DIGITAL POSTERS TO ME: igurman@optonline.net Save the design into a high resolution .jpg format as NJAATSP_StudentFirstname_Lastname. PLEASE SEND THE STUDENT INFORMATION FORM WITH YOUR DIGITAL POSTER. In the email subject line, please write NJAATSP DIGITAL POSTER WITH THE STUDENT’S AND TEACHER’S NAMES.
4.“Posters will be judged on their visual impact, overall appealing effect, applicability to the theme, neatness, creativity, and originality.” Tell your students that they should produce a poster that is neat, clear, creative, and one that will look great in a photo. Small letters and details do not always show up clearly. Students must include both themes in writing on their posters:
Celebrando la diversidad: El español y el portugués
Celebrando a diversidade: O espanhol e o português
5. Please take the time to examine your students’ posters to determine whether they have adhered to the rules. Also, check for spelling and grammatical errors! In addition, please tell your students to create posters that will look sharp, neat and clear when photographed.
Please do not hesitate to contact me if you have any questions. Please read very carefully and print the Poster Contest Guidelines and the Student Information Sheet that are on our website.
Thank you for your participation in this amazing contest!
Best wishes,
Ina Gurman
NJAATSP Poster Contest Coordinator
10 S. Westfield Road
Howell, NJ 07731
inargurman@gmail.com
732-713-8722
Every year since approximately 2012, NJAATSP has coordinated the AATSP Poster Contest in New Jersey. We have placed on a national level multiple years, and we are immensely proud of our NJ teachers and students! Each year the AATSP sponsors the Poster Contest that is open to K-12 Spanish and Portuguese students whose teachers are current AATSP members. The posters are a demonstration of student understanding of the importance and uses for learning new languages and an excellent project for Hispanic Heritage Month and World Languages Celebrations!
The AATSP Poster Contest...
- Encourages cross-curriculum collaboration (social studies and art)
- Encourages discussion of language study
- Promotes creative thinking
- Celebrates visual learners
- Celebrates artistic expression
- Verbalizes appreciation for other languages
- Is a great program advocacy tool
- Provides student recognition
- Is an excellent way to engage the enthusiasm of our students!
1. The 2021 theme is:
Celebrando la diversidad: El español y el portugués
Celebrando a diversidade: O espanhol e o português
*YOUR STUDENTS MUST WRITE THE THEME IN BOTH SPANISH AND PORTUGUESE ON THE POSTER.
2. OUR NJ DEADLINE IS MARCH 15th. To qualify for this contest, all New Jersey students posters must arrive on or before March 15th. If you are running late, overnight or priority mail are good options.
3. Each teacher may submit 3 handwritten and 3 digital posters.
PLEASE SEND THE HANDWRITTEN POSTERS WITH THE STUDENT INFORMATION FORM, WHICH YOU WILL DOWNLOAD AND ON WHICH YOU WILL TYPE ALL REQUIRED INFORMATION. PLEASE TAPE THE STUDENT INFORMATION FORM TO THE BACK OF THE POSTER AND SEND YOUR POSTERS (3 PER TEACHER) BY MARCH 15th TO ME:
Ina Gurman
NJAATSP Poster Contest Coordinator
10 South Westfield Road
Howell, NJ 07731
THE TEACHER WHOSE STUDENT HAS SUBMITTED A POSTER MUST BE AN AATSP MEMBER.
PLEASE EMAIL YOUR STUDENTS’ DIGITAL POSTERS TO ME: igurman@optonline.net Save the design into a high resolution .jpg format as NJAATSP_StudentFirstname_Lastname. PLEASE SEND THE STUDENT INFORMATION FORM WITH YOUR DIGITAL POSTER. In the email subject line, please write NJAATSP DIGITAL POSTER WITH THE STUDENT’S AND TEACHER’S NAMES.
4.“Posters will be judged on their visual impact, overall appealing effect, applicability to the theme, neatness, creativity, and originality.” Tell your students that they should produce a poster that is neat, clear, creative, and one that will look great in a photo. Small letters and details do not always show up clearly. Students must include both themes in writing on their posters:
Celebrando la diversidad: El español y el portugués
Celebrando a diversidade: O espanhol e o português
5. Please take the time to examine your students’ posters to determine whether they have adhered to the rules. Also, check for spelling and grammatical errors! In addition, please tell your students to create posters that will look sharp, neat and clear when photographed.
Please do not hesitate to contact me if you have any questions. Please read very carefully and print the Poster Contest Guidelines and the Student Information Sheet that are on our website.
Thank you for your participation in this amazing contest!
Best wishes,
Ina Gurman
NJAATSP Poster Contest Coordinator
10 S. Westfield Road
Howell, NJ 07731
inargurman@gmail.com
732-713-8722
congratulations to our 2020 poster contest winners!
Poster contest 2020
Dear NJAATSP Members,
Every year since approximately 2012, NJAATSP has coordinated the AATSP Poster Contest in New Jersey. We have placed on a national level multiple years, and we are very proud of our NJ teachers and students!
Please access AATSP Poster Contest 2020 to see the Contest Rules, Organizing a Contest and to print the Student Information Form. These pages contain everything you need to know- almost!
Here are the highlights:
1. The 2020 theme is:
Español y Portugués para un mundo multilingüe y multicultural
Espanhol e Português para um mundo multilíngue e multicultural
*YOUR STUDENTS MUST WRITE THE THEME IN BOTH SPANISH AND PORTUGUESE ON THE POSTER.
2. In addition, the deadline for the national coordinator Crystal Vicente is April 1st.
OUR NJ DEADLINE IS MARCH 6TH BECAUSE OUR PANEL OF JUDGES MUST MEET AND THEN
I HAVE TO SUBMIT THE WINNING POSTERS TO CRYSTAL FOR THE APRIL 1ST DEADLINE.
3. Each teacher may submit 3 handwritten and 3 digital posters.
PLEASE SEND THE HANDWRITTEN POSTERS WITH THE STUDENT INFORMATION FORM
(WHICH YOU WILL DOWNLOAD AND ON WHICH YOU WILL TYPE ALL REQUIRED INFORMATION.
PLEASE TAPE THE STUDENT INFORMATION FORM TO THE BACK OF THE POSTER AND SEND YOUR
POSTERS (3 PER TEACHER) BY MARCH 6 TO ME:
Ina Gurman
10 South Westfield Road
Howell, NJ 07731
Every year since approximately 2012, NJAATSP has coordinated the AATSP Poster Contest in New Jersey. We have placed on a national level multiple years, and we are very proud of our NJ teachers and students!
Please access AATSP Poster Contest 2020 to see the Contest Rules, Organizing a Contest and to print the Student Information Form. These pages contain everything you need to know- almost!
Here are the highlights:
1. The 2020 theme is:
Español y Portugués para un mundo multilingüe y multicultural
Espanhol e Português para um mundo multilíngue e multicultural
*YOUR STUDENTS MUST WRITE THE THEME IN BOTH SPANISH AND PORTUGUESE ON THE POSTER.
2. In addition, the deadline for the national coordinator Crystal Vicente is April 1st.
OUR NJ DEADLINE IS MARCH 6TH BECAUSE OUR PANEL OF JUDGES MUST MEET AND THEN
I HAVE TO SUBMIT THE WINNING POSTERS TO CRYSTAL FOR THE APRIL 1ST DEADLINE.
3. Each teacher may submit 3 handwritten and 3 digital posters.
PLEASE SEND THE HANDWRITTEN POSTERS WITH THE STUDENT INFORMATION FORM
(WHICH YOU WILL DOWNLOAD AND ON WHICH YOU WILL TYPE ALL REQUIRED INFORMATION.
PLEASE TAPE THE STUDENT INFORMATION FORM TO THE BACK OF THE POSTER AND SEND YOUR
POSTERS (3 PER TEACHER) BY MARCH 6 TO ME:
Ina Gurman
10 South Westfield Road
Howell, NJ 07731
THE TEACHER WHOSE STUDENT HAS SUBMITTED A POSTER MUST BE AN AATSP MEMBER.
PLEASE EMAIL YOUR STUDENTS’ DIGITAL POSTERS TO ME: igurman@optonline.net Save the design into a high resolution .jpg format as NJAATSP_StudentFirstname_Lastname. PLEASE SEND THE STUDENT INFORMATION FORM WITH YOUR DIGITAL POSTER. In the email subject line, please write NJAATSP DIGITAL POSTER WITH THE STUDENT’S AND TEACHER’S NAMES.
Tips for success:
PLEASE EMAIL YOUR STUDENTS’ DIGITAL POSTERS TO ME: igurman@optonline.net Save the design into a high resolution .jpg format as NJAATSP_StudentFirstname_Lastname. PLEASE SEND THE STUDENT INFORMATION FORM WITH YOUR DIGITAL POSTER. In the email subject line, please write NJAATSP DIGITAL POSTER WITH THE STUDENT’S AND TEACHER’S NAMES.
Tips for success:
- Read all of the instructions on the AATSP Poster Contest 2020 site.
- “Posters will be judged on their visual impact, overall appealing effect, applicability to the theme, neatness, creativity, and originality.” AATSP Poster Contest 2020 site
Tell your students that they should produce a poster that is neat, clear, creative, and one that will look great in a photo. Small letters and details do not always show up clearly. They must include in writing both themes:
Español y Portugués para un mundo multilingüe y multicultural
Espanhol e Português para um mundo multilíngue e multicultural
Please take the time to examine your students’ posters to determine whether they have adhered to the rules. Also, check for spelling and grammatical errors! - Please do not hesitate to contact me if you have any questions.
Thank you for your participation in this amazing contest!
Best wishes,
Ina Gurman
NJAATSP Poster Contest Coordinator
732-713-8722
igurman@optonline.net
Best wishes,
Ina Gurman
NJAATSP Poster Contest Coordinator
732-713-8722
igurman@optonline.net
poster contest rules
Each year the AATSP sponsors the Poster Contest that is open to K-12 Spanish and Portuguese students whose teachers are current AATSP members. The posters are a demonstration of student understanding of the importance and uses for learning new languages and an excellent project for Hispanic Heritage Month and Foreign Language Celebrations! Rules are listed on AATSP's website. AATSP Poster Contest Rules.
The AATSP Poster Contest...
NJ Poster Contest Deadline: March 1, 2019 - By overnight, 2nd day or express mail.
Teachers of winning students will be notified by the end of May 2019.
The AATSP Poster Contest...
- Encourages cross-curriculum collaboration (social studies and art)
- Encourages discussion of language study
- Promotes creative thinking
- Celebrates visual learners
- Celebrates artistic expression
- Verbalizes appreciation for other languages
- Is a great program advocacy tool
- Provides student recognition
- Is an excellent way to engage the enthusiasm of our students!
NJ Poster Contest Deadline: March 1, 2019 - By overnight, 2nd day or express mail.
Teachers of winning students will be notified by the end of May 2019.
CONGRATULATIONS
TO OUR 2019 POSTER CONTEST winners!
Our 2018 poster contest winners
We are so proud of our New Jersey Chapter 2018 Poster Winners!
1st Prize Hand Entry: Sharmaine Pascual, a 12th grade student of Linda Castaneda at Union High School.
1st Place Digital Entry: Rogelio Marte, an 11th grade student of Beatriz Ashe and Johana Chica at the School of Government and Administration in Paterson.
2nd Place Hand Entry: Juliana Saling,12th grade, Villa Walsh Academy, Teacher: Sister Josephine Palmeri, MPF
3rd Place Hand Entry: Ivonne Millan, 9th grade, Randolph High School, Teacher: Sybil Sánchez González
1st Prize Hand Entry: Sharmaine Pascual, a 12th grade student of Linda Castaneda at Union High School.
1st Place Digital Entry: Rogelio Marte, an 11th grade student of Beatriz Ashe and Johana Chica at the School of Government and Administration in Paterson.
2nd Place Hand Entry: Juliana Saling,12th grade, Villa Walsh Academy, Teacher: Sister Josephine Palmeri, MPF
3rd Place Hand Entry: Ivonne Millan, 9th grade, Randolph High School, Teacher: Sybil Sánchez González
