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School Bus Safety
School
Bus Safety Poster Contest – Overview
Theme
for the Year 2009 - 2010 School Bus Poster Contest
"Be Aware – Know the Danger Zone"
Guidelines (click here
for printable guidelines)
Entries
will be received in the following five divisions: Grades K-2, Grades
3-5, Grades 6-8, Special Education and computer generated posters (CAD –
All Age Groups eligible).
All
posters that are submitted for the State and National Contest are
required to comply with the national guidelines. All posters that do
not comply with the national standards will not be considered.
Colorado Springs School District 11 Poster Contest
Students
may draw posters during October 2009 through April 16, 2010. The
posters must be in one of the five divisions mentioned above.
Send your posters to the D-11 Transportation Department (Attention:
Training, Certification & Safety). The Transportation Department should
receive the posters no later than April 16, 2010.
All
posters will be judged by the D-11 Transportation Association and
members of the D-11 Transportation Advisory Committee during April
2010. Prizes will be awarded to the top three posters in each
Division within the District. The top three posters in each division
will be submitted to the Colorado State Pupil Transportation Association
(CSPTA) for competition at the state level in June 2010.
All
entries not selected for state completion will be returned to the
school. Posters selected for state competition will not be returned.
1st Place Winners: $30 gift card
2nd Place Winners: $20 gift card
3rd Place Winners: $10 gift card
Criteria for Selection
·
Relationship of the poster to school bus safety practices.
·
Originality of the poster and how the idea is expressed in the poster
design.
·
Artwork and its execution.
·
Visual impact of the poster design.
Colorado State Poster Contest
All
posters will be judged by members of the CSPTA and Colorado Department
of Education (Transportation Unit) during the annual CDE School Bus
Training Week in June. Prizes will be awarded to the first place through
third place poster in each Division from the State of Colorado. The
first place poster in each division will be submitted to The National
School Bus Safety Week Committee for national competition.
All
district entries become the property of CSPTA School Bus Safety Poster
Contest Committee.
National Poster Contest
Entries
in the national contest are from the first place winners in all
divisions from each state. These state winners are judged by a national
board of judges, comprised of prominent individuals in the field of
pupil transportation safety. The national winners will be selected at
the National Association For Pupil Transportation (NAPT) annual
conference in November.
Prizes at
the national level will be awarded for the first, second, and third
place in each division as follows:
Overall
Winner: $1,000 savings bond
1st Place Winners: $500 savings bond
2nd Place Winners: $250 savings bond
3rd Place Winners: $100 savings bond
All
state/province entries become the property of the National School Bus
Safety Week Committee. The right to modify any poster for reproduction
is reserved by the NSBSW Committee.
District Point of Contact
Sue Dean,
Team Leader, Colorado Springs School District 11.
Phone –
(719) 520-2937 E-mail –
deansl@d11.org
Future
School Bus Safety Poster Themes
Poster
Contest Theme for 2010 - 2011:
I See the Driver - The Driver Sees Me!
Poster
Contest Theme for 2011 - 2012:
Stand Back from the Yellow and Black
Poster Contest Theme for 2012 - 2013:
At my Stop - You Stop!
Poster
Contest Theme for 2013 - 2014:
Be Smart - Be Seen, I wait in a safe place! |
