Parents for Inclusive Education and the NYC Division of Students with Disabilities and English Language Learners are inviting students to enter a 2011 - Inclusion Contestanswering this question: "How does Inclusive Education make my school great?"

Students from kindergarten to 12th grade may submit poems, essays, stories, audio clips and video clips up until April 8. Contest participants will be celebrated in the spring, and will present their work.

Last year's celebration was lauded as an event that was "a very public statement of the DOE’s growing commitment to inclusion," according to Maggie Moroff of the ARISE Coalition, and was "really about the children." Performers included the Peace on Earth Singers, a chorus from a District 75 high school.

Students can submit their entries by April 8 to celebrateinclusion@schools.nyc.gov or mail to:

Celebrate Inclusion

New York City Department of Education

52 Chambers Street, Room 220

New York, NY   10007

See more information on the DOE's website.