Step Three: Upload your Class Song for Judging

The teaching artist records the song and uploads the lyrics to a confidential portal. In March, all entries will be judged by a cohort of volunteer readers from across the country. All entries will be anonymous to the readers. Each entry will be read and scored three times. The top two entries in middle school and top two entries in high school will be named and announced publicly on a Stop the Hate Award website in May.

Step Four: See Who Wins the Awards

All participating schools receive money: 
Every Northeast Ohio school within the 12 country radius that participates in a workshop package or uses Stop the Hate learning progression in their classroom is eligible to receive anti-bias education grant money from a pool of $30,000 that will be split evenly. 

Winners in middle and high school categories receive anti-bias education grants:
1st place in both categories receives $3,500 and an invitation to perform at the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.
2nd place in both categories receives $2,000

Everyone who participates receives recognition:
Participating students & schools receive congratulatory upstander certificates that can be printed.

Teacher of the Year to be named:
New this year, the Museum will present a $1,000 cash prize to the Stop the Hate Youth Sing Out Teacher of the Year for personal commitment to anti-bias education.

Step One: Take the Stop the Hate Digital Tour

Teachers will assign the Stop the Hate Digital Tour (there are activities that can be utilized or ignored). As a next step the class can hear from a local Cleveland Holocaust Survivor through digital recording followed by a live Q&A with the survivor on Zoom.

Step Two: Work with a Teaching Artist

A teaching artist from Lake Erie Ink meets with your classroom online, classes may be divided into groups with more than one teaching artist depending on size, and over the course of six sessions works with students to:

Step Three: Upload your Personal Essay for Judging

The teaching artist uploads the lyrics to a confidential portal. In March, all entries will be judged by a cohort of volunteer readers from across the country. All entries will be anonymous to the readers. Each entry will be read and scored three times. With the highest scoring 11th & 12th grade entries receiving a final reading by a selct group of anti-bias experts. Following, the top 25 entries in 6 – 12th grade will be named publicly on a Stop the Hate Award website in May.

Step Four: See Who Wins the Awards

All participating schools receive money: 
Every Northeast Ohio school within the 12 country radius that participates in a workshop package or uses Stop the Hate learning progression in their classroom is eligible to receive anti-bias education grant money from a pool of $30,000 that will be split evenly.

Top scoring students receive individual awards and their schools receive anti-bias education grants:

Top Ten Awards for Grades 11 & 12
Grand Prize Winner: $20,000 scholarship
Student’s school: $5,000 

First Runner Up: $10,000 scholarship
Student’s school: $2,000

Second Runner Up: $5,000 scholarship
Student’s school: $2,000

(7) Honorable Mentions: $1,000 cash prize
Students’ schools: $500 each

Top Awards for Grades 6 – 10
1st place winners (in each grade): $500 cash prize
2nd place winners (in each grade): Trophy

All winning students receive a free family membership to the Maltz Museum for one year.

Everyone who participates receives recognition:
Participating students & schools receive congratulatory upstander certificates that can be printed.

Teacher of the Year to be named:
New this year, the Museum will present a $1,000 cash prize to the Stop the Hate Youth Speak Out Teacher of the Year for personal commitment to anti-bias education.

Youth Sing Out meets Ohio’s Standards for Music including:

Career and College Readiness Anchor Standards for 6th, 7th, and 8th for Creating (6.2CR, 7.2CR, 8.2CR), Performing (7.2PE. 8.2PE), Responding (6,7,8.6RE, 8.1RE) Connecting (6.4CO, 7.4CO, 8.7CO) and Speaking and Listening (1-2).

Career and College Readiness Anchor Standards for High School for Creating (ENN.1CR, ENN.2CR, ENN.3CR), Performing (ENN.1PE, ENN.2PE, ENN.8PE), Responding (ENN.1RE, ENN.2RE, ENN.3RE)

Youth Sing Out meets Ohio’s Standards for ELA including:

Career and College Readiness Anchor Standards for Writing (3-6), Language (3); and Speaking and Listening (1-2).

Youth Speak Out meets Ohio’s Standards for ELA including:

Career and College Readiness Anchor Standards for Reading (1-7, 9-10); Writing (3-6), Language (1-3 & 5); and Speaking and Listening (1-2).