{"id":11327,"date":"2012-04-17T12:35:28","date_gmt":"2012-04-17T12:35:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/d45h139.public.uconn.edu\/sites\/news\/?p=11327"},"modified":"2025-01-30T23:36:15","modified_gmt":"2025-01-31T04:36:15","slug":"2012-roadway-safety-poster-contest-winners-chosen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/2012\/04\/2012-roadway-safety-poster-contest-winners-chosen\/","title":{"rendered":"2012 Roadway Safety Poster Contest Winners Chosen"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>By Mary McCarthy<\/p>\n

The CT Technology Transfer Center’s\u00a0second annual Roadway Safety Poster Contest for Children gained momentum this year and\u00a0was focused on the theme of “Every Life Counts in Connecticut.”\u00a0 Children across the state in grades kindergarten – 6th grade were asked to design posters with messages on how all road users can help to improve safety on our state’s transportation system.<\/p>\n

The entries were very creative and many depicted scenes from the recent storms, highlighting how road users can help create a safe environment during storm clean up efforts.\u00a0 Others focused on distracted driving messages and different types of road users.<\/p>\n

Madison Moran\u00a0a 5th grader from Tolland Intermediate School, took first place with her distracted driving message.\u00a0 Vanessa Polidoro, a fourth grader from Tolland, took second place with her poster\u00a0depicting the rules of the road.\u00a0 Olivia Brancati (fifth grade) from Tolland Intermediate School\u00a0came in third place.\u00a0 An Honorable Mention\u00a0was given\u00a0to\u00a0Aishwarya Benzy, a third grader from Thomas Hooker School in Meriden and Kate McAvoy, a second grader\u00a0from Center School in Willington, won for the K-2nd grade category with her poster\u00a0highlighting some of the\u00a0different types of road users.<\/p>\n

Winners will be recognized at a ceremony during the\u00a02012 Work Zone Safety Press Conference; an annual recognition and promotion of National Work Zone Safety Awareness week (April 23-27) which is being held on April 24, 2012 at the Department of Transportation headquarters in Newington.\u00a0 They will all receive certificates of recognition as well as prizes for their winning posters.<\/p>\n

To learn more about the CT Roadway Safety Poster Contest for Children or Connecticut’s Every Life Counts in Connecticut Roadway Safety Initiative, please visit our website at www.t2center.uconn.edu<\/a> or contact Mary McCarthy\u00a0 at mary@engr.cuonn.edu<\/a><\/p>\n

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