Reminder to Southeast MNPS Students and Parents: Keep Nashville Beautiful Art Contest deadline of October 22 approaching!

PUT WASTE IN ITS PLACE:
KEEP NASHVILLE BEAUTIFUL!
Art Contest
WHAT: An art contest to remind our citizens about the importance of beautification and recycling efforts. The contest is sponsored by Metro Public Works, Metro Beautification & Environment Commission and Metropolitan Nashville Public Schools, and Red River Service Corporation, Nashville’s household waste collection service provider.
The winning entry from each MNPS grade school will be featured on the side of a Red River
waste collection truck! All trucks with winning artwork will be on display in the Piedmont Gas
Christmas Parade on December 5, 2008.
WHO: Contest is open to 3rd and 4th grade students in the Metropolitan Nashville Public Schools system.
PURPOSE: To promote the ways we can Keep Nashville Beautiful by recycling, reducing waste and protecting our environment!
AWARDS: Three grand prize winners will be chosen from all the winners submitted from each school. Prize money will be offered to the art departments of each grand prize winning contestant’s school in the amount of $1,500 (1st Place), $1,000 (2nd Place) and $500 (3rd Place).
The winning entry from each school will be depicted on the sides of the Red River Waste
Collection trucks from December 8, 2008 through May 1, 2009. Art depicted on the sides of waste collection trucks will be seen by more than 9,000 people each day while the trucks are on route!
BACKGROUND ENVIRONMENTAL INFORMATION:
Did you know? Four quick things everyone can do every day to take better care of Nashville are:
1. To save paper and to save trees, use both sides of you paper when writing.
2. Start a composting at your home. For more information on composting, visit
http://www.nashville.gov/beautification/compost.htm.
3. Nashville’s recycling programs recycle aluminum, metal cans, glass bottles, plastic bottles
and containers numbered 1 - 7, cardboard, newspaper, mixed paper and more through
household collection services or through convenience and drop off centers located throughout
the city. For more information, visit http://www.nashville.gov/recycle/main.htm.
4. To protect streams and rivers, pick up litter and throw it in the trash can.
Did you know? Yard trimmings compose as much as 15 percent of all waste sent to landfills.
Grasscycling is the natural recycling of grass. Grass clippings left on the lawn after mowing
decompose and release nutrients back into the soil, so we don’t need as many dangerous chemical
fertilizers. Grasscycling saves time (no more bagging), valuable landfill space and money.
Did you know? One ton of Recycled Paper,
♦ Saves approximately 17 trees
♦ Saves enough energy to power the average home for six months
♦ Saves 7,000 gallons of water
♦ Turns "trash" into valuable resources, protecting natural resources
from being wasted
Did you know? Used motor oil contains lots of toxic materials. In fact, 40 percent of the pollution
in America’s waterways is from used oil! Recycling used motor oil is a smart way to
handle this kind of hazardous waste.
Did you know? Using products made of recycled materials saves natural resources,
saves energy and reduces the amount of trash that goes into our landfills. Look for
the recycled symbol when shopping. Many paper products are now made of recycled materials.
Did you know? Tennessee spends about $11 million picking up litter every year. Litter is ugly
and dangerous. Cigarette butts thrown out windows start fires and kill birds and animals who try to eat them. A lot of litter ends up in our creeks and lakes, polluting the water and harming the
fish and plants who live there.
Did you know? One of the best things you can do help keep air clean is to ride your bike and walk more. Too many cars equal lots of air pollution.
For more information contact Jared Manzo 615-242-8856
or visit our website at www.nashville.gov/pw
Good Luck!!
CONTEST RULES
1. Entries are limited to grades 3 and 4 only.
2. Posters must be 10 x 10 inches in size (roughly ¼ of a poster board).
3. Posters must be done in marker, crayon, watercolor, ink, acrylic or tempera paint. Posters must be
reproducible. Computer generated art is not acceptable. No group project posters.
4. The original art must be supplied. Each school will be responsible for picking up its entries after the contest.
All entries will be available for pick up at the announced public viewing or through the Metro Public Works
Department.
5. Posters must be flat -- folded, matted, mounted or framed posters are not acceptable.
6. The theme must be illustrated on the poster. Any writing used should be spelled correctly and easy to read.
7. The use of cartoon characters or television, movie or sports figures is not acceptable. The use of business or
company names should not be included anywhere on the poster.
8. The artist’s signature must be in the lower right-hand corner of the front. The student’s name, grade, school,
art teacher, parent or guardian name and home address must be printed legibly on the back of each entry.
9. Each school is to prejudge the posters and submit one winner and one runner up to the contest. Submissions must be mailed and postmarked by October 22 or hand delivered by October 24. Winning entries with parent or guardian permission forms for each should be mailed or hand-delivered to the following address:
Beautification Art Contest
Metro Public Works
750 South 5th Street
Nashville, TN 37206
10. Posters should be judged using the following criteria:
- Does the poster express the contest theme?
- Does the poster show originality?
- Does the poster show artistic merit and creativity?
- Is the poster neat?
11. Winners will be announced at the end of November by letter and press release.
12. At least two winning entries will be on display on the sides of the Metro Waste Collection vehicles during the
Nashville Gas Parade on December 5.