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MIDDLEBURY, Conn. – Aspiring student photographers will have the opportunity to focus in on their classrooms as they click away in hopes of winning digital cameras for their school and having their work displayed. Quassy Amusement Park in Middlebury, Conn., and Olympus Imaging America Inc. are teaming up to present the Fourth Annual Photo Essay Contest For Students with divisions for elementary, middle and high schools.  The theme of this year’s essay is “Our School: Preparing Youth For Life.” There is no fee to participate.

Prizes For All Divisions

Olympus donated three digital cameras, a STYLUS-7000, STYLUS-1020 and an FE-3010, which will be awarded to the first-place entry in all three divisions. First place entries will also receive 20 Quassy Amusement Park passes that may be used for school fundraisers or student awards. Second place entries will receive 10 park passes and third place entries five park passes. Distinguished Excellence Awards will be presented in all three divisions, provided by Quassy Amusement Park. The award-winning photo essays will be displayed at the park at the conclusion of the contest.

“Students love taking pictures as much as they love being in them,” said Nadine Clark, product manager, Olympus Imaging America Inc. “Digital cameras are becoming popular for classroom use. What a great way to be recognized by their peers and families while earning prizes for their school.”

Contest Rules

Photos must be shot by student teams (up to four students on a team) or individual students at their school. Film or digital cameras may be used. Up to 12 essays may be entered from each school (teams and individual). Essays must consist of at least eight photos with prints not larger than 5 by 7 inches. Photos must be mounted on a single piece of poster board with the entry form, signed by a faculty member at the participating school, attached to the back. Essays may be dropped off at the park office or mailed to: Photo Essay Contest, Quassy Amusement Park, Route 64, PO Box  887, Middlebury, CT 06762. All entries must be received by May 1, 2010. Finalists will be invited to the awards ceremony to be held at Quassy Amusement Park on May 16, 2010. Official entry forms are available at Quassy dot com  on the Press Room page. For more information about Olympus Imaging America, Inc. visit Get Olympus dot com.

Quassy is presenting a number of other educational programs this year, including a new “Fun With Physics” project complemented by a 38-page booklet.  A complete listing of educational programs is available on the park’s Web site.