Important Announcements:  

Joan Collins
After battling illness, Joan Collins, co-founder and invaluable supporter of LAD, passed away July 31st.

A memorial service will be held at Drury Stone Chapel on September 12th from 2:00 P.M. to 4:00 P.M.

If you are interested in submitting to the Writers Hall of Fame a written tribute to Joan, please contact Linda Benson.

For those of you who are interested in honoring Joan by contributing to the Joan Collins Scholarship, please send your donation to:

LAD
2043 W. Woodhaven Ct.
Springfield, MO 65810

Joan was an inspiration to us all and will be deeply missed.


2011 LAD Fair

Willard High School
515 E. Jackson
Willard, MO

Grades 1-12

8:00 A.M. - 11:30 A.M.

April 30, 2011

Entries must be postmarked by March 4, 2011, or delivered in person on Friday, March 11, by 4:30.


Sponsored by the Southwest Missouri Language Arts Teachers, an affiliate of the National Council of Teachers of English

The Language Arts Fair is open to LAD members only.


Please Join LAD

A $15 individual membership entitles a member's students to full participation in LAD Fair writing categories, the spelling bee, and the scholarship competition. 

Complete the 2011 Individual Membership Form to join.



LAD Executive Board

If your school submits 50 or more entries for the Language Arts Fair, please select a representative from your school to serve on the LAD Executive Board. The officers for LAD will be elected from the members serving on the executive board. LAD must have a full slate of officers in order to be considered in good standing with NCTE; to ensure the future of the Language Arts Department of Southwest Missouri and the Language Arts Fair every spring, please consider volunteering a few hours of your time for this worthwhile cause.


*Remember, if your school participates in career ladder, hours of service on the executive board could be counted.



Spelling Bee

Schools wishing to participate in the spelling bee should complete a school membership form. This membership enables all students in a school to participate in the Language Arts Fair Spelling Bee but does not enable students to compete in the writing categories.

Please familiarize yourself with the 2011 Spelling Bee Information Sheet and the 2011 Spelling Bee Rules and Regulations. 


Complete the 2011 Spelling Bee Entry Form to register your local winners for the 2008-2009 LAD Fair Spelling Bee.

Spelling Bee lists.