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MMarch 7, 2014

53 Tel: 781-316-3745

Website: www.arlington.k12.ma.us/ottoson/

Principal:truggere@arlington.k12.ma.us

Editor: emoisand@arlington.k12.ma.us

C ontents

Eoin Colfer’s Visit Guideline

Preorder Form

Eoin Colfer Time Travel Contest Rules

Submission form

Barnes & Noble Book Fair Voucher

S ave the Date

3/31/14- Last day for Arlington Students to submit their art project for the Eoin Colfer’s Time Travel Contest.

3/31/14- Last day to preorder a signed copy of W.A.R.P. The re-luctant assassin or of The last Guardian by Eoin Colfer and at-tend the Presentation

4/5/14 to 4/6/14 Book Fair at Barnes & Noble Store Burlington MA.

4/6/14– Go to Barnes and Noble to see the Time Travel submissions. Read, look and vote for your fa-vorites

4/7/14– 4:00 pm Eoin Colfer’s presentation takes place in the Wood Gym,

We are proud to announce that Barnes & Noble and the Ottoson Media Center

teamed up again to sponsor and organize an all town event:

Eoin Colfer,

Author of the Artemis Fowl Series

will visit

the Ottoson Middle School!

Save the date:

Monday April 7th at 4:00pm

Eoin Colfer , acclaimed Irish author of the Artemis Fowl

Series, as well as ‘Benny and Omar”, “Supernaturalists”,

“The wish list” and more , will come to the Ottoson Mid-

dle School on April 7, 2014 at 4:00pm to present his

new Middle Grade Series “W.AR.P. the Reluctant Assas-

sin”. The event will last for approximately one hour and a

half. The author will read an excerpt from his new book,

talk about his life and career during the first 45 minutes,

then answer questions from the audience.

The event will take place in the Wood Gym. April 7,

2014 (date of the release of the author’s new book in a

paperback format) . The Ottoson is one of the few lucky

American venues. To be able to attend the event, fami-

lies will have to pre-order a copy of the new book

“W.AR.P. the Reluctant Assassin” (Grade 7-10) or of Ar-

temis Fowl: The last Guardian (Grade 4-6), using the

preorder form on page 3.

The pre-order admits 1 adult and 1 Student or 1 Student

and 1 friend (Middle School or high School students).

The only exception to that rule is for families with multi-

ple children in the Arlington Public or private schools.

These families need to buy only one copy of the book

and indicate on the form how many people will be at-

tending the event.

You will have until March 31st, to preorder a signed

copy of either book. If you miss that deadline you will

have to buy a copy at the door. this copy won’t be

signed.

Between April 1st and 4th, Ottoson families will receive

a colored wristband in an envelop given by your stu-

dent’s homeroom teacher . (Don’t loose them, you

will have to show them to be admitted to the event.)

Elementary school parents or High School students

who don’t have children in the Ottoson, Robbins and

Fox library patrons, homeschooled students or any

other students from Arlington private schools or from

any school out of the Arlington district will have to

come to the Ottoson Media Center to get their col-

ored wristbands.

Parents will sit on the bleachers and students on the

floor in front of the stage, so they can interact with the

author.

EEoin olfer’s Visit Guideline

On the day of the presentation attendees will have to

show their wristbands and will se seated by the color . The

doors of the Wood Gym will open around 3:00 pm.

When Eoin Colfer is done talking and answering ques-

tions, we ask that you remain seated as he exits the

building .

We will call attendees by the color of their wristband,

small groups at a time and they will reclaim their pre-

ordered copy of the book in the main lobby of the Ot-

toson, at the book tables . A Book table will be set-up

at the back of the Wood Gym, so people can buy cop-

ies of Eoin Colfer’s other books!

EEoin olfer’s Visit Guideline (end)

Barnes & Noble Burlington Partners with the

Ottoson Middle School to Welcome Author

Eoin Colfer Pre-order Form-Order 1 copy to be admitted to the event April 7th, 2014 at 4:00pm in the Wood Gym

Ottoson Middle School 63 Acton Street Arlington MA 02476

Student Name:________________________________________________________________

Homeroom Teacher: ____________________________________________________

Make checks payable to Ottoson Middle School

Pre-Orders Due by Friday, March 31, 2014

Student Name _____________________________________

# of adult attending # of children attending

_______________ ___________________

School, Grade

TITLE Format Quantity x Price Total

W.A.R.P. The reluctant assassin Paperback _______x $8.99

Artemis Fowl: the last Guardian Paperback _______x $8.99

Grade 7-10

Grade 4-6

SPECIFICATIONS

Artwork:

Drawing Category: the format for the artwork may not be more that 8”x 11”. It needs to be matted on con-struction paper. The final dimension of the matted artwork should not exceed 10”x12”. You can draw, paint, use photography, paper collage, watercolors, glitter or anything of use in your Art Class or Art Club. No 3D allowed. Please fill out the submission form on page 5 and glue it on the back

Diorama Category: must be the size of a shoe box . You can use material you want ,except edible materials (we don’t want to bring mice into Barnes & Noble store). If you want to go 3D, you will use this category for your submission. Please fill out the submission form on page 5 and glue it on the back.

Essays:

Short Story Category: no more than 5 pages of single space typed work (Please use Word, Google doc or PDF format). You can draw a short story in a graphic novel format too, as long as you submit it in a PDF Form.

If you need help with electronic submission, please talk to Ms. Moisand. All submissions need to be sent elec-tronically to Ms. Moisand via e-mail:

emoisand@arlington.k12.ma.us.

Non-Fiction Essay; may be a research paper about time machines, Time travel (backward or forward) or the latest advance in molecular deconstruction (theme used in Eoin Colfer’s new book).

The submission can’t be more than 5 pages of single spaced typed work. You can use pictures and diagrams as long as there is no copyright infringement.

All submissions need to be sent electronically to Ms. Moisand via e-mail: emoisand@arlington.k12.ma.us.

Please submit your story or essay with a copy of the submission form on page 6.

EEoin olfer ’s Time Travel ontest

Are you, like Eoin Colfer,

fascinated by time machines,

time travel, molecular de-

construction, the grand fa-

ther paradox? Did you read

H.G. Wells multiple times?

Do you enjoy TV shows like

Dr. Who? Now is your time to shine!

PURPOSE

The purpose of the Eoin Colfer Time Travel Contest is to showcase the Ottoson Middle School students’ artis-tic or writing abilities and to celebrate the visit of Eoin Colfer to our school.

ELIGIBILITY

The contest is open to any student of the Arlington Public Schools system.

THEME

The Theme for the contest is Time Travel/Time ma-chine. Students can choose from these options:

Art work (drawing, painting, collage, photography)

Diorama (not bigger that a shoebox)

Short story involving time travel

Non-fiction essay or research paper about time travel theories or your own ideas about time travel

The artwork , story, or essay must be original, i.e. not copied from any existing work . Any scene, character, symbol, or creature from the Artemis Fowl books or the new W.A.R.P. series can be picked for the artwork or the Diorama.

ble customers will vote for their favorite.

RECOGNITION

Barnes & Noble will let us know the 4 winners. One in each category (short story, essay, artwork and diorama) will be recognized on the After-noon of Eoin Colfer’s visit:

they will spend the half hour before the show, with the author, who will personalize one of his books (according to the grade of the winner).

Each winner will get a $25 Barnes and Noble Gift card.

Beginning May 2014, we will make a album out of all the stories, essays and artworks (pictures), as a special memorabilia of the event. It will be part of the Media Center Collection and available for check out. Another copy will be sent to the Au-thor !

GOOD LUCK TO ALL!

EEoin olfer ’s Time Machine ontest

Submissions must all be turned in by March 31st, 2014 midnight for the electronic submission, 4:30 pm for the artwork submission

JUDGING

A panel composed of Ms. Serafini, Ms. Duke, Mr. Zierk, Ms. Hardesty and Ms. Moisand will select up to 50 art-works, stories or essays according to these criteria:

Technical and artistic abilities and artistic rendering for the artwork category

Writing capabilities for the short story category

Research accuracy for the Non-fiction essay

The selected artwork and essays will be exhibited at the Burlington Barnes & Noble Store 98 Middlesex Turnpike Burlington, MA 01803) on April 6, 2014.

Student’s artwork will be assigned a number and Barnes and Noble customers will vote for their fa-vorite.

Students essays and stories will be gathered in a binder and assigned a number too. Barnes and No-

EEoin olfer’s Time Machine ontest

E ubmission For m

OTTOSON MIDDLE SCHOOL

Eoin Colfer’s Time Machine Contest

March 31st, 2014 deadline submission

Student Name: Grade:____________

Homeroom Teacher: Cluster:

Title of Story/Essay/Artwork

We, the student and parent(s)/guardian(s), certify that we have read and understand the Eoin Colfer’s Time Travel Guide-lines. We certify that this is the student’s own work and artistic idea. We hereby grant permission to the Ottoson Middle School and Barnes and Noble Store in Burlington, MA to display the artwork, essay or short story.

We understand that the Barnes & Noble Store in Burlington, MA and the Ottoson Middle School are not responsible for loss, theft, or damage of the artwork, story, essay. We acknowledge that the Barnes & Noble and the Ottoson Middle School have the right to publish, print, reproduce and use in all forms of public media the student artwork in whatever way deemed appropriate.

Student Signature Parent/Guardian Signature

(This form can be copied and serve as front page for the electronic submission of Essays and Short Stories)

Ottos on Book Fair @ Barn es & Noble The Barnes & Noble Store in Burlington (98 Mid-dlesex Turnpike Burlington MA 01803) will run a book Fair for Ottoson Media Center on Sunday April 6, 2014. If you go to the store to purchase a book, pre-order a Eoin Colfer book copy (if you miss the march deadline) the Media Center will get a percentage of the sales. Don’t Forget to take the Voucher with you. Don’t forget to vote for your favorite artwork or essay or short story for the Eoin Colfer’s Time travel Contest.

Any question: contact our Librarian Ms. Moisand

emoisand@arlington.k12.ma.us

Sunday April 6, 2014 Barnes & Noble Burlington

• Winners of the Eoin Colfer Essay contest will be announced! • Winners will meet with the author at the Ottoson on April 7, 2014

at 3:30 pm

• Shop to support Ottoson Media Center!

Visit BN.COM/bookfairs to support us

online from 4/6/14 to 4/11/14 by entering

Bookfair ID 11327335 at checkout.

Ottoson Middle School

Supporting

Ottoson Middle School

Sunday April 6, 2014

Barnes and Noble Burlington

98 Middlesex Turnpike

11327335

Supporting

Ottoson Middle School

Sunday April 6, 2014

Barnes and Noble Burlington

98 Middlesex Turnpike

11327335