Third Grade Postcard Contest

 To help celebrate Arizona’s birthday a postcard making contest was created for 3rd graders by Dr. Kristen Rex.  Lessons and activities were developed to support teachers’ needs to meet 3rd grade state standards on Arizona history. Over 2,000 students have participated to date, 700 postcard art pieces are scored for creativity, accuracy in art and social studies, and 6 postcards are selected as winners. Winning students earned their class a pizza party, swag bag, and their teachers a year’s membership to the Arizona Historical Society.

Dr. Rex organizes this program and she travels the state, hand delivering the awards to each student and celebrating with the classroom.

What a great way to learn about Arizona history. The students get involved and perhaps continue with the National History Day Arizona program.

Kate from Huachucha Mountain Elementary School 2025 with Dr. Rex

Arizona Postcard Contest Pizza Party winner Dezihray Ciadella

Arizona 3rd Grade Postcard Contest Awards and Pizza Parties have begun thanks to all the work done by Dr. Kristen Rex, Arizona Historical Society Chief Education Officer. 

Congratulations to Buckeye's WestPark Elementary School winner Dezihray Ciadella. She won the pizza party, swag bag and celebrated with her class, her teacher Ms. Fasnacht, and her family. 

To help celebrate Arizona’s 113th birthday a postcard making contest was created for 3rd graders.  Lessons and activities were developed to support teachers’ needs to meet 3rd grade state standards on Arizona history. Over 2,000 students participated, 700 postcard art pieces were scored for creativity, accuracy in art and social studies, and 14 postcards were selected as winners. Winning students earned their class a pizza party, swag bag, and their teachers a year’s membership to the Arizona Historical Society.  The Historical League is happy to provide financial support for this program.

Watch and listen to Dezihray describe her drawing. https://www.youtube.com/shorts/iQy2HAJNQ8A

Winner in Marana/Twin Peaks Elementary Third Grade AZ Postcard Contest

 Historical League is proud to support the 3rd grade AHS Postcard Contest! Congrats to Andy Zhao.

Third Grader Wins Arizona Historical Society Museum's Postcard Contest!

Thanks to Arizona Historical Society V.P. of Education Dr. Kristen Rex for all her efforts promoting Arizona history.

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700 students in 40 classrooms participated in the AHS annual 3rd Grade AZ Postcard Contest.

Remember being in 3rd grade?

Two Greenlee County third-graders were among 14 selected statewide to have their artwork celebrating their home state printed and offered for sale as postcards.

Imagine you were a winner in the AZ 3rd grade postcard contest and your teacher didn't tell you. Cassandra Hernandez surprised her student, Skylar James, when the YouTube announcement video played and her name was announced. "Her eyes lit up and the whole classroom went crazy," Hernandez said. 

AHS invited third graders across the state to creatively celebrate Arizona through the 5 Cs, historical events, landscapes, people or animals. Teachers from participating classes selected one entry to submit to the historical society, where a panel of retired teachers used a rubric to select 18 finalists before narrowing that number down to 14 winners.

The winners' entries will be turned into postcards that will be available in the gift shop of the Arizona History Museum.

Each student also will also receive a visit from historical society representatives for an award presentation and a classroom pizza party. Winners will receive a gift bag, and their teachers will receive a gift as well.

Kristen Rex, AHS vice president of education, said the contest is aimed at third graders because that is the earliest grade in which history and social studies are introduced into the school curriculum. The reason for encouraging the student to design postcards is actually linked to Arizona history: Early settlers didn't have cell phones and computers, so they frequently communicated via penny postcards.

Dates for the pizza parties haven't been set yet, but Duncan's Barker acknowledged it's going to be a big deal for her pupil Addie.

"She's very excited," Barker said.Full story at https://www.eacourier.com/.../article_950126de-fb9f-11ef... 

AZ Postcard Contest winner from Yavapai Elementary School, Scottsdale

 Third grade student Jose Hernandez Salgado proudly displays his winning entry to the AZ postcard contest. This program from the Arizona Historical Society makes history fun for these students, celebrating with a pizza party for the whole class. Thanks to Dr. Kristen Rex!

Postcard Contest Winners

 Congratulations to one of the winners of the Arizona Historical Society Postcard Contest, Yavapai Elementary School’s own: Jose! Gabriela and Ariel were our finalists. Jose’s artwork will be turned into a postcard that can be purchased at the Arizona Historical Society. Thanks to Dr. Kristen Rex for this enriching program.

Congratulations to Avrie Lerman, Twin Peaks Elementary, for being one of the Top 10 Winners in the Arizona Historical Society Postcard Contest. Congratulations! Avrie won a pizza party for Mr. Shult’s third grade class. Thank you to everyone who supported Avrie by voting for her postcard!