The Michigan City Area Schools Transportation Dept. surprised students at Lake Hills Elementary, Pine Elementary, and Barker Middle School on October 28, when bus drivers and monitors stopped in at these buildings to award students prizes for first, second, and third place finishes in the district-wide School Bus Safety Week poster contest.
Lake Hills STEM Elementary School sisters Kamari'a Tillman (pictured, second from left) and Kierra Newson created school bus safety posters that were selected as winners from close to 100 entries. Kierra, who is a fifth grader, won first place for her design, which earned her a NuVision Tablet PC device, while sixth grader Kamari'a received a Wolves sweatshirt. The sisters are pictured with their school bus monitor Aquilla Edwards (far left) and school bus driver Sheila Davis (far right).
Other winners in the safety poster contest, which was judged by MCAS Transportation Staff, law enforcement officers, and other special guests during School Bus Safety Week, included:
Kaiden Crowel (tied for 2nd place), Pine Elementary
Estefon Cuellar (tied for 2nd place), Barker Middle School
Brooklyn Accardi (3rd place), Pine Elementary