The Middle School Brochure Contest is a contest for 8th graders in California. The contest is to create a tri-fold brochure out of an 8 ½” x 11″ piece of paper while following the prescribed guidelines. The complete 9-page instruction Guide is available as Resource Material below. Also available, and highly recommended, is a single page, Rules-at-a-Glance.
The Brochure Contest started in California in the school year 2010-11 and became a National program in the school year 2013-14. As a National program it is named, “The Sgt. Moses Adams Memorial Middle School Brochure Contest“.
The California Brochure Contest is open to 8th grade children attending: public school, private school, home schooled and when a child’s school is not participating in the contest, the contest is open to them as members of the: C.A.R. (Children of the American Revolution), and/or when involved in scouting. Class judging must be completed no later than February and the winners submission forwarded to us by February 1st.
Brochures are submitted in the fall and the winners are announced the following spring. If you need further information please contact our Brochure Contest coordinator brochure@SARsandiego.org.
The National SAR Americanism Committee has changed the Brochure Contest theme to now fit with middle school curriculums across the nation. While the Poster Contest will continue to follow the traditional annual contest theme approach, the middle school brochure contest will follow the essay contest model by establishing a broader theme. Here are the Committee’s guidelines:
The permanent Middle School Brochure Contest theme is “The Foundational Documents of the United States“. These documents include:
- Articles of Confederation
- Declaration of Independence
- Constitution
- Federalist Papers
- Bill of Rights
The theme for the Brochure Contest is structured to match up with the Government curricula that is found in the majority of states during the middle school years. The students will be encouraged to pick a particular founding document and produce a brochure within the established criteria. Having a permanent theme will eliminate the need to revisit the theme on an annual basis while providing a significant amount of flexibility to adapt to the established curricula.
- The brochures are to be made on a single 8 1/2 x 11 sheet of paper.
- Paper should be in the 20-32 pound range.
- Color paper is acceptable.
- All graphics must be hand drawn. No clip-art or pasting cut outs from a publication.
- Text is typically hand written, typed text can be pasted however this must be original text written by the student.
- Click here for the complete guidelines document.
Chapter Brochure winners receive recognition at the Chapter level. Chapter winners then compete at the State level; and the California State winner will compete in the National Competition for even more prizes.
Please participate in next year’s contest!
2018 Winners – The San Diego Chapter had over 150 entries from the Muirlands Middle School in La Jolla.
The top three winners in the photo are, from left to right, 1st place Basanti Valerio, 2nd place Sylvie Bass, 3rd place winner Ariana Domenico. Basanti’s entry also won an Honorable Mention medal and a check at the California State society competition.
All of the entries were wonderful, and that made judging especially difficult this year. Because so many of the entries were exceptional, the Chapter Board decided to award certificates for the top three winners in each of seven classes along with the top three winners.
The picture (left) shows all of the class winners and their entries on class poster boards with San Diego Color Guard Commander Skip Cox and Chapter President Barry Key.
2017 Winners
The San Diego Chapter is proud to announce this year’s winners of the National Society, S.A.R., Americanism Middle School Brochure Contest! The winners are shown receiving their S.A.R. certificates. Congratulations to all!
