Students express creativity in bus safety poster contest
Winning entries advance to state competition
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| A student poster is pictured above. |
May 10, 2010—Students expressed their creativity and
understanding of school bus safety as they designed posters for the New York
Association for Pupil Transportation (NYAPT) 2010 School Bus Safety Poster
Contest.
This year's theme is "Be Aware - Know the Danger Zone!"
Head Bus Driver Pegi Venter awarded the top three elementary school students in
each division with awards on the school's morning news show. Middle school
students also received awards.
Students in first place received a $25 American Express gift card; second place
finishers received $10 cash; and those in third place received a free round of
miniature golf at the Victory Lap.
Division #1 (Grades K-2)
1st Anna White
2nd Zack Gamache
3rd Sarah Lindecke
Division #2 (Grades 3-5)
1st Matt Gamache
2nd Angela Sorrentino
3rd Alison Fiorini
Division #3 (Grades 6-8)
1st Monica Krug
2nd Jena Spinelli
3rd Hayley O'Brien
Winning posters in the schoolwide competition will advance to the state
competition where they will be judged at NYAPT's annual conference in July.
Winning posters may be used by the New York Association for Pupil Transportation
for educational purposes and promotion of the contest.
Entries that win first place in each division at the state level will also be
forwarded to the National Committee and may be eligible for prize awards.