SCRPA POSTER CONTEST

6 Fullerton students are citywide winners in 2010 Railroad Safety Poster Contest

An awards presentation ceremony was held during the June 8 Fullerton School District board meeting to honor the following six students who captured the top prizes in the 12th annual Railroad Safety Poster Contest:

The six citywide winners show their posters at the Fullerton School Board awards presentation. Front row (l-r): Bryant Chung, “Stay Off the Tracks”; Kelvin Chung, “Stop, Look, Listen.” Back row (l-r): Donghyeon Lee, “Keep Clear”; Jenna Estrada, “Stop, Look and Listen”; Guillermo Fernandez, “Danger!”; and Andrew Rodriguez, “Don’t Try to Race a Train.” Photo by T. Galvin

1st Place Guillermo Fernandez Fourth Grade Pacific Drive School Teacher - Grover			1st Place Kelvin Chung   Third Grade Fisler School Teacher - Hancock
2nd Place Donghyeon Lee Sixth Grade Sunset Lane School Teacher - Jenisch			2nd Place Jenna Estrada Second Grade Raymond School Teacher - DiDonato
3rd Place Andrew Rodriguez Sixth Grade Acacia School      Teacher - Cockerill			3rd Place Bryant Chung Third Grade Acacia School Teacher - Jue

More than 13,000 students were invited to participate in the contest sponsored by the Southern California Railway Plaza Association, Amtrak® and Coast Rail Services. The project aims to make children in Fullerton aware of the hazards associated with moving trains and the potential for serious injury in being around rail crossings and train tracks.

The citywide winning posters and about 75 school-level winners from 15 Fullerton schools were on display through the month of May in the Fullerton Library’s Children’s Room.

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Six Students are Top Winners in 2009 Railroad Safety Poster Contest

An awards presentation ceremony honored six Fullerton students chosen as the citywide winners in this year's Railroad Safety Poster Contest during the May 12 Fullerton School District board meeting.

Contest Winners of 2009 Railroad Safety Poster Contest: (left to right)Andrea Chapero, Andrew Kim, Connor Nash, Joon Woo, Emily Ong, William Chwa, . Photo by Terry Galvin.

The 11th annual contest was sponsored by the Southern California Railway Plaza Association, Amtrak and the Fullerton Rotary Club in an effort to familiarize children in Fullerton with the need to be aware of the hazards associated with moving trains and the potential for serious injury in being around rail crossings and train tracks.

Nearly 12,000 Fullerton elementary students were offered an opportunity to participate. Poster themes included: Don't Mess with Trains! Never Stop on the Tracks! and Don't Try to Race a Train Across - You'll Lose! Our judges selected six citywide winners from nearly 80 school-level winners submitted by 15 elementary campuses. The students' posters were judged in two categories: kindergartners through third-graders and fourth- through sixth-graders.

Here are the top winners:

The Southern California Railway Plaza Association awarded cash prizes of $100 for first place, $75 for second place and $50 for third place. Amtrak again presented four round-trip tickets for the winners' families to their choice destination of San Diego or Santa Barbara. And the Fullerton Rotary Club donated $500 toward the contest.

Posters created by all winners from the 15 schools are on display for the month of May in the Fullerton Main Library's Children's Room.

SCRPA poster co-chairmen Stan Swanson and Sharon Frazier organized this year's competition, working with Lauralyn Eschner, Visual and Performing Arts coordinator for the Fullerton School District.