The Washington Imagination Award

Calling all elementary schools in Washington State that encourage and incorporate imaginative thinking!

Win $5000.00 and other prizes for your school!
Deadline to apply is February 9, 2009.

What is the Imagination Award?

In 2007, at the prompting of Governor Christine Gregoire, a group of education, civic and business leaders gathered in Tacoma to hold a summit called Creativity Matters.  The purpose of that gathering was to discuss and demonstrate how vital it is for us to Imagination Awardinject more imagination and creativity into public education, and to foster a culture in our schools that rewards imagination.  One of our partners and sponsors at the summit was the Lincoln Center Institute (LCI), a national leader in arts and education.  LCI, created an annual Imagination Award to recognize and highlight imaginative thinking in the teaching and learning practice of New York City's public schools. At the Creativity Matters gathering, LCI announced it would be partnering with community leaders from across Washington to create an Imagination Award for our state.

In 2009 the award will be presented to an elementary school in Washington State that encourages and incorporates imaginative thinking across the curriculum, from art to English to the natural sciences.  Such a school's curriculum promotes the development of the Capacities (as outlined on the following pages) which were developed to recognize and foster imagination; and demonstrates the ability to construct learning environments in which the Capacities and imagination are cultivated and flourish.

This Award process will:

  • Honor schools (educators, administrators, students, and their community) that make a difference to their communities by valuing and educating for imagination
  • Highlight the importance of imagination in schools
  • Demonstrate the connection between educational practices and the development of imagination in students

How to participate:

It is easy to apply for the 2009 Washington State Imagination Award. Download the Washington Imagination Award Criteria and Application form below and follow the instructions. 

Applications must be postmarked by February 9, 2009.


Mail application to:  
 
Imagination Award Application
c/o The Guiding Lights Network
3518 Fremont Ave. N.  Box 583
Seattle, WA 98103

Questions?  Please email info@creativitymatters.net