24 years ago in 1984, Shedeck Elementary held a contest to design the school’s official t-shirt. I was in fifth grade at the time. Each student was handed one entry form, a white piece of paper with a black outline of a t-shirt on it. The contest winning design would be used on school t-shirts for years to come. One detail I remember about the contest was that the design should be single-color in design, as that’s how the shirts would be printed.<\/p>\n

In fifth grade I was really into perspective drawing, so for my entry across the top I wrote our school’s name in big block letters (SHEDECK) with lines coming down off the letters to make it look 3D. Across the bottom I drew a big pencil, on which I wrote, “in a class all our own.” I colored the shirt in red and did the design in black. I also colored the pencil yellow with a pink eraser. If I won I knew they wouldn’t color the pencil, but I thought it looked better that way.<\/p>\n

A week or so later all the entries were hung outside the principal’s office — I had won! A big 1st Place Ribbon was hanging on my entry. The principal sent a note home with my that my parents had to sign, giving the school permission to use my design. A few days later, the school counselor and I drove down to the local t-shirt printing shop, design in hand. My dad joking told me to ask them if I was getting a cut of the sales. When I asked the counselor, she replied “well, i guess we could always use the second place winner’s design …” and left it at that. After that I kept my mouth shut about the royalties. A few weeks later at school, the shirts arrived. They were red with white printing, and looks for all practical purposes just like my original entry.<\/p>\n

While cleaning out the garage last weekend I ran across a box full of keepsakes, including my old t-shirt. It still looks new; I must not have worn it much. I showed the shirt to Mason, who attends Shedeck Elementary, and talked him into wearing it to school today. Initially I thought some of the teachers would get a kick out of it, but on second thought I doubt any of the teachers will even recognize it. The only one that might was a classmate of mine when I went to Shedeck! So, along with Mason, I sent a note to his teacher, explaining what the shirt was. Hopefully she’ll get a kick out of it. The shirt’s older than she is.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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