What a GREAT way to showcase your school! ALL ENTRIES DUE January 29, 2027 Winning entries will have their poster displayed in the St Patrick Parade Program Book. 1st place Winners will be featured on RCN Spotlight show. The 1st place winners and YOUR SCHOOL will walk in parade. The contest is open to children grades 1st to 8th grade. Each entry is judged on originality, artistic merit and most importantly if poster depicts a St Patrick Parade. 1st, 2nd, 3rd and Honorable Mention prizes, will be awarded to the two different age divisions. Rules: - ALL POSTERS MUST READ: "2027 Allentown St. Patrick Parade" DO NOT ADD personal names, businesses or school names to poster. REMEMBER this hsould look like a parade! - Drawing must be on a 8 1/2 x 11 horizontal paper. Original artwork please. No 3D images or glitter. Crayon, marker, colored pencils only. - Mail artwork to Allentown St. Patrick's Day Parade c/o Out of Our Minds Art Studio 65 Lea Street, Macungie, PA 18062 ON OR BEFORE; Janurary 29, 2027 (teachers please email for pickup if you are doing this as a school wide or classroom project) Submissions MUST include the following information on the back or will be disqualified. Full Name of STUDENT/Grade/School attending or home school. (winners will be required to give parent's email and phoen numbers to contact for events) PLEASE WRITE CLEARLY

Contact Person Angela 610-762-5694 artclasses@faidley.net NOTE TO TEACHERS Your students have a better chance to win if this is done in class or as a class assignment. Great PR for YOUR SCHOOL!

Senior Division (Grades 4-8) First Place: TJ Rohe St. Thomas More Second Place: James Witchin St. Joseph the Worker Third Place: Sopia Gorniak St. Joseph the Worker Honorable Mention: Elayna Storm St. Elizabeth RS

Junior Division (Grades K-3) First Place: Blair Szivos Joseph the Worker Second Place: Guy Morse St. Thomas More Third Place: Anthony Bednarek St. Joseph the Worker

Senior Division (Grades 4-8) 1st Place Jade Sellers Ritter Elementary School 2nd Place Nouhaila Ben Ali Ritter Elementary School 3rd Place Jhossel Almonte Serrano Ritter Elementary School

Junior Division (Grades K-3) 1st Place Ava Gehringer St. Joseph the Worker School 2nd Place Jacob Samuelson St. Joseph the Worker School 3rd Place Payton Donely St. Thomas More

Senior Division (Grades 4-8) 1st Place Emily Moi - 5th Grade St. Joseph the Worker 2nd Place Anastasia Orbita - 5th Grade St. Joseph the Worker 3rd Place Chris Bledsoe - 4th Grade Arts Academy Elementary Charter School

Junior Division (Grades K-3) 1st Place Eliana Do - 4th Grade St. Joseph the Worker School 2nd Place Zuzanna Stopyra - 3rd Grade St. Joseph the Worker School 3rd Place Sofia Salcedo - 4th Grade St. Elizabeth's Regional School

Senior Division (Grades 4-8) 1st Place Alexah Nunez - 5th Grade St. Joseph the Worker 2nd Place Emily Ma- 6th Grade St. Joseph the Worker 3rd Place Kayla Huynh - 8th Grade St. Elizabeth Regional School

Junior Division (Grades K-3) 1st Place Gia Potocnie - 1st Grade St. Joseph the Worker School 2nd Place Elise Bus - 2nd Grade St. Joseph the Worker School 3rd Place Lucy Mutscher - 3rd Grade St. Joseph the Worker School Honorable Mention Aubrey Bruno - 3rd Grade St. John Vianney

About The Parade		About Saint Patrick
	Around the turn of the century the sixth ward in Allentown was the heart of the Irish community. There was a Young Men's Temperance Society and the Hibernia Fire Company Social Club where many Irishmen belonged for social activities, a number of which took place on or around St. Patrick's Day. In 1955 a committee of business and political leaders formed a St. Patrick's Day Observance Society. By 1958, the parade was large enough to run from 12th & Hamilton to the Immaculate Conception Church on Ridge Ave.	Saint Patrick was a 5th-century Romano-British Christian missionary and bishop in Ireland. Known as the "Apostle of Ireland", he is the primary patron saint of Ireland along with Saints Brigid and Columba. The dates of Patrick's life cannot be fixed with certainty but, on a widespread interpretation, he was active as a missionary in Ireland during the second half of the fifth century. He is generally credited with being the first bishop of Armagh, Primate of Ireland. READ MORE