School Initiatives

Legacy/Galileo Student Heritage Essay Contest

Get a head start on the 2008 contest!

With help from a generous, anonymous donor, Legacy is holding its second Legacy/Galileo Student Heritage Essay Contest.

Adopt a local heritage building and write about its structure, about the people who lived in the building, and its significance to the community.

Grades 1-3, 4-6: Take this on as a class project, rather than individual work.  For structure, draw and describe the building.  Essay length: 300 words, plus drawings.

Junior high and high school: Individual entries.  For structure, discuss the style and architectural details.  Essay length: 500 words.

Prize for each selected essay or class project: $100 and publication in Legacy's Summer 2009 issue, on the Legacy web site, and on the Galileo Education Network's web site.

Deadline: January 30, 2009

Please mail entries to: Legacy Magazine, 9667-87 Avenue, Edmonton, Alberta, T6C 1K5

Winter 2009
Complete Contents of Current Issue

We have plans! Watch for a couple of books in the next year: a coffee table book, The Best of Legacy, and a very special travel book, Places of the Heart, containing the essays from writers such as Thomas Wharton, Aritha van Herk, and Myrna Kostash, plus some surprises. We'll announce details on this web site so you can pre-order.