ELIGIBILITY: Open only to U.S. educators who are legal residents of the United States (excluding Puerto Rico and Rhode Island), registered users of Scholastic.com and 18 years of age or older at the time of entry. “Educators” are defined herein as all instructional personnel and administrators in Pre-K through 12th grade educational institutions and Pre-K through 12th grade home school teachers. Employees, officers, and directors of Scholastic Inc. and its affiliates and their respective advertising, promotion and production agencies, their immediate families and those living in their households are not eligible. Void where prohibited by law and in Rhode Island and Puerto Rico. Subject to all applicable federal, state and local laws.
NO PURCHASE NECESSARY: To enter the Sweepstakes, take the online tour on Scholastic.com located at http://teacher.scholastic.com/classmakeoversweeps/tour/. Upon completion of the tour, you will automatically be redirected to an entry form for the Sweepstakes. If you are not currently a registered teacher on Scholastic.com, you will be directed to complete teacher registration on the site, and upon completion of registration, you will be redirected to the entry form. Completion of the entry form will enter you in the Sweepstakes. You may only enter this Sweepstakes online, no other method of entry will be accepted. The Scholastic.com Site /Classroom Makeover Sweepstakes begins at 12:00 a.m. Eastern Time (United States) on September 24, 2007 and all entries must be received by 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time (United States) on December 14, 2007. All entries become the exclusive property of the Sponsor and will not be acknowledged or returned. Sponsor and its agencies shall not be liable for electronic, program, network, Internet, or computer failures of any kind; or failed, incomplete, garbled, unintelligible, or delayed computer messages. Incomplete entries will be discarded.
PRIZES: One grand prize winner, one second place winner, one third place winner, one fourth place winner and one fifth place winner will be selected in a random drawing from among all eligible entries on or about December 14, 2007. The grand prize winner will receive an assortment of classroom decoratives, organizers and professional books from Scholastic’s Teacher’s Friend and Teaching Resources (Approximate Retail Value: Eight Hundred Dollars ($800.00), and a digital camera (Approximate Retail Value: Two Hundred Dollars ($200.00), aggregate Approximate Retail Value of the Grand Prize: One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00)). The second-place winner will receive an assortment of classroom decoratives, organizers and professional books from Scholastic’s Teacher’s Friend and Teaching Resources (Approximate Retail Value: Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00)). The third-place winner will receive an assortment of classroom decoratives, organizers and professional books from Scholastic’s Teacher’s Friend and Teaching Resources (Approximate Retail Value: Three Hundred Dollars ($300.00)). The fourth- and fifth-place winners will each receive an assortment of classroom decoratives, organizers and professional books from Scholastic’s Teacher’s Friend and Teaching Resources(Approximate Retail Value: One Hundred Dollars ($100.00)). No substitution or transfer of prizes is permitted by the winners. Sponsor reserves the right to substitute a prize of equal or greater value. Winners are responsible for payment of all federal, state or other tax liabilities (including income taxes) on any prize received. After Sponsor’s reasonable attempt to award prizes, any unclaimed prizes will not be awarded.
PRIZE DRAWING: The winners of the Scholastic.com Site /Classroom Makeover Sweepstakes will be determined by a random drawing on or about December 14, 2007. The winners will be notified by e-mail on or about the same date. Winners will have fourteen (14) days from notification to accept the prize by e-mail. Sponsor and its agencies shall not be liable for unsuccessful efforts to notify a winner. If a winner does not respond to notification of winner status within fourteen (14) days from notification, or if the winner does not meet eligibility criteria, Sponsor reserves the right to select an alternate winner. In the event of a dispute regarding the identity of a person submitting an on-line entry, the entry will be deemed to be submitted by the Authorized Account Holder of the e-mail address at the time of entry. “Authorized Account Holder” is defined as the natural person who is assigned the e-mail address by an Internet access provider, on-line service provider, or other organization (e.g., business, educational institution, etc.) that is responsible for assigning e-mail addresses for the domain associated with the submitted e-mail address.
ODDS OF WINNING: The odds of winning depend upon the number of eligible entries received by the Sweepstakes deadline.
GENERAL CONDITIONS: If the administration or integrity of the Sweepstakes is compromised or corrupted at any time, the Sponsor reserves the right to modify, suspend or cancel the Sweepstakes. Sponsor and its agencies shall not be liable for any injury or damage to an entrant's or any other person's computer related to or resulting from entering the Sweepstakes. Sponsor is not responsible for any human error that may occur in the processing of any entry, nor are they responsible for any error, omission, interruption, deletion, defect, delay in operation or transmission, computer lines failure, theft or destruction or unauthorized access to, or alteration of, entries, whether caused by the sender or any of the equipment or programming associated with or utilized in this Sweepstakes. Entrants agree that the decisions of Sponsor related to this Sweepstakes and all drawings are final. By entering the Sweepstakes, entrants release and hold Sponsor and its agencies harmless from and against any and all damages and claims of any kind in connection with the Sweepstakes or resulting from acceptance, possession or use of any prize. Winners may be required to complete an affidavit of eligibility and liability/right of publicity release, which may require winners to furnish their social security numbers; failure to do so within fourteen (14) days of receipt of such affidavit and release will result in disqualification and the selection of an alternate winner. Except where prohibited, acceptance of a prize shall constitute and signify a winner's consent to the use of his/her name, address (city and state only), voice and/or photograph for promotional purposes in any media, including online, in perpetuity ONLY without further compensation. In addition, one or more winners may also be asked to attend and participate in media and/or public relations events (the “Media Events”) designated by Sponsor and/or requested by various media outlets. Upon Scholastic’s request, and subject to winner’s availability, each winner agrees to participate in such Media Events without any further compensation. Sponsor shall have the right, in its sole discretion, to choose the winners it wishes to participate in such Media Events. By accepting the prize, all winners, whether or not chosen to participate in such Media Events, agree to release Sponsor, and its affiliates, subsidiaries, distributors and agencies, and hold each of them harmless, from any claims relating to their selection, non-selection, participation or non-participation in any Media Events. By registering to enter the Sweepstakes, entrants affirm that they have read and accepted these Official Rules. Any person attempting to defraud or in any way tamper with this Sweepstakes will be ineligible for prize.
SPONSOR: Scholastic Inc., 557 Broadway, New York, New York 10012.
WINNERS’ LIST: To obtain a list of the name(s) of the Sweepstakes winner(s), send a request before January 31st, 2008, along with a self-addressed, stamped envelope to: eScholasitc attention: M. Driscoll, Scholastic Inc., 557 Broadway, New York, New York 10012. Winners will be posted on the Scholastic.com website