Annual Poster Contest

Be Aware – Know the Danger Zone!

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You’re invited to participate in the National School Bus Safety Week annual poster contest. This year’s theme is “Be Aware – Know the Danger Zone!” Enter by submitting a poster, with these guidelines in mind: · Include the theme: “Be Aware – Know the Danger Zone!” · Use 11” x 17” or 12” x 18” quality tag, poster, illustration board, or heavy paper. · Use any media (paint, print, crayon, pen, etc.) that you want. · Do not use stencils, stickers, tracings, glued paper, wood, plastic, glass, or metal as part of your design. · All drawings and lettering must be freehand. · Do not laminate your poster. · Do not use any copyrighted characters, photographs, and magazine or newspaper illustrations. · Securely attach a 3” x 5” card with your name, grade, age, school name, school address, name of county, and teacher’s name to the back of your poster. Click here for a printable card you can use. · Send your poster to the address listed below. · By not following these guidelines, you will be disqualified from the poster contest. Using the table below, find your school’s county and submit your entries to the contact person(s) as indicated.			*Who May Enter?* Any student in public or private school may enter. Entries are divided into these categories: Division 1 — Grades K-2 Division 2 — Grades 3-5 Division 3 — Grades 6-8 Division 4 — Special Education (any grade) Division 5 — Computer-Aided Drawing (any grade)
			*Regional and State Prizes!!* $100.00—1st place in each division $ 50.00—2nd place in each division Prizes may be awarded in cash or savings bonds. All winners will be notified by mail. Each poster winner who is to receive a U.S. Savings Bond will need to supply their social security number in order to obtain it. If the winner decides not to release their social security number for the bond, they may opt to receive a check from OPTA for half the amount of the bond’s value (i.e. $100 Savings Bond = $50 check). For a list of winners, please include a self-addressed, stamped envelope with your entry.
Northwest Chapter		South Willamette Valley Chapter
Baker Clackamas Grant Colombia Clatsop Gilliam Harney Hood River Malheur Morrow	Multnomah Sherman Tillamook Umatilla Union Wallowa Wasco Washington Wheeler Yamhill	Benton Coos Crook Curry Deschutes Douglas Jackson Jefferson		Josephine Klamath Lake Lane Lincoln Linn Marion Polk
Contact Person: Charisse Wall Portland Public Schools Student Transportation 716 NE Marine Drive Portland, OR 97211-1061 503-916-6901-Opt1-Ext 7185 This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it		Contact Persons: Tom & Kay Saddler Freelance Trainer & Sub-Drivers P.O. Box 227 Beaver, OR 97108-0227 503-398-5000 This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

All Entries Must Be Postmarked By: April 16, 2010
All entries become the property of the Oregon Pupil Transportation Association.
For a complete set of rules visit: http://www.optaschoolbus.org or www.napt.org

National School Bus Safety Week

Poster Contest

National School Bus Safety Week is an active and evolving public education program designed to promote school bus safety. For Oregon, this annual event is held during the first week after SPRING BREAK. This year it will be March 20^ththrough 28^th.
National School Bus Safety Week is an excellent way for everyone - parents, students, teachers, motorists, school bus operators, school administrators, and other interested parties – to join forces and address the importance of school bus safety.

Some History

In the early 1990’s, the National Association for Pupil Transportation, the National Association of State Directors of Pupil Transportation Services and the National School Transportation Association joined forces to form the National School Bus Safety Week Committee and coordinate School Bus Safety Week activities throughout the country. The members of the committee, joined by several other sponsors, such as the Pupil Transportation Institute, make this annual event possible. As a result, what once was a disparate series of loosely connected state-level events has now become a national celebration of school bus safety.

The National School Bus Safety Poster Contest is supported by a state/province level infrastructure. The national contest is open only to winners of state/province contests or contests held by overseas U.S. military installations. No other posters will be accepted.

The centerpiece of National School Bus Safety Week is the National SBSW Poster Contest. Thousands of school districts in all 50 states, Canadian provinces and on overseas U.S. military installations participate in local and state-level competitions to select art work that depicts school bus safety-related themes and encourages and promotes school bus safety. The winning posters are used to promote safer school transportation for everyone.

Who May Enter

Any student enrolled in a public, parochial or other private elementary or middle school may submit an entry. Categories are: Division #1 – Grades K-2; Division #2 – Grades 3-5; Division #3 – Grade 6-8; Division #4 – Special Education; Division #5 – CAD (Computer Aided Drawing). There is a separate contest for international entries.
Please Note: Divisions #5 and International entries are eligible for competition within those respective divisions but are not eligible to be the Overall Contest Winner.

Poster Themes

Every poster and slogan must harmonize with the theme for 2009/10 school year:

“Be Aware - Know the Danger Zone!”

(Contestants must illustrate above theme only, and the theme must be exactly as shown above.)

Because Oregon’s School Bus Safety Week and selection of the winning posters are in the spring, we use the National approved theme for the next school year. The National winning poster from this contest will be used during the National School Bus Safety Week in 2011 (October 17^th through 21^st) in posters, placemats, and other media.

Drawings must be original, correct in safety concept and the exclusive work of the student entering the contest in idea, design and execution. All artwork should be positive in approach, demonstrating only proper school bus safety behaviors. At least a part of a yellow school bus must be present in the poster.

An art instructor or art teacher should supervise all work.

Poster Specifications

Completed poster size must be 11” x 17” or 12” x 18”. There must be a 3” x 5” card/entry blank securely fastened to the back of the poster which includes the student’s name, grade, age, teacher’s name, school name and school address. Please print clearly. Posters may be illustrated on the vertical or horizontal axis. Do NOT roll posters. They must be mailed/delivered flat.

Designs should be submitted on quality tag, poster illustration board or heavy paper. Construction paper may be used but winning entries must be mounted on quality tag poster board. Lamination is not permitted, and will disqualify the poster. Cut paper/stencils (freehand or pre-drawn stick-on stencils) are not permitted and will disqualify the poster.

There is no limitation on the use and number of colors.

There is no limitation on the type of media – such as print, crayon, felt pen, etc. – used on the poster design; however, wood, plastic, glass or metal should not be part of the poster. Collage materials should not be used. Glued on pieces will disqualify the poster.

Poster designs may not incorporate any copyrighted characters (i.e., comic and /or television characters), photographs, and magazine or newspaper illustrations.

Poster Lettering & Drawing

The poster design may incorporate freehand drawn letters only. Stenciled, pre-printed, manufactured stick-on or press-on letters or tracings may not be used and will disqualify poster. Lettering should be clearly legible, even if used as part of the poster design.

Judging / Deadlines

Our state is divided into two chapters, Northwest and South Willamette Valley. Using the table below, find your school’s county and submit your entries to the contact person(s) as indicated:

Northwest Chapter

South Willamette Valley Chapter

Baker

Clackamas

Grant

Colombia

Clatsop

Gilliam

Harney

Hood River

Malheur

Morrow

Multnomah

Sherman

Tillamook

Umatilla

Union

Wallowa

Wasco

Washington

Wheeler

Yamhill

Benton

Coos

Crook

Curry

Deschutes

Douglas

Jackson

Jefferson

Josephine

Klamath

Lake

Lane

Lincoln

Linn

Marion

Polk

Contact Person:

Charisse Wall

Portland Public Schools

Student Transportation

716 NE Marine Drive

Portland, OR 97211-1061

503-916-6901 Opt 1 ext 7185

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Contact Persons:

Tom & Kay Saddler

Freelance Trainer & Sub-Drivers

P.O. Box 227

Beaver, OR 97108-0227
503-398-5000

This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

Each Chapter will award a 1^st and 2^nd place prize in each division. These winners will then advance to the state competition.

All entries must be to the contact persons by April 16, 2010.

State level judging for 1^st and 2^nd places in each division will be held on June 22, 2010 during the annual conference for the Oregon Pupil Transportation Association.

PRIZES

Prizes for both Chapters, as well as the State Competition, will be awarded for 1^st and 2^nd places in each division as follows:

1^st Place $100.00

2^nd Place $50.00

Please note: All winners will be contacted after the results are announced. For the Northwest Chapter each poster winner will need to supply their social security number in order to obtain a U.S. Savings Bond. If the poster winner decides not to release their social security number for the bond, they may opt to receive a check from the chapter for half the amount of the U.S. Savings bond’s value (i.e. $100 Savings Bond = $50 check). The check will be made payable to the poster contest winner.

All entries become the property of the Oregon Pupil Transportation Association and are not returned.

NATIONAL COMPETITION

1^st Place Winners in each division at the State level will be entered into the National competition, during the annual Conference & Trade Show for the National Association for Pupil Transportation held in Portland, Oregon between Oct. 29 & Nov. 4, 2010.

National Prizes:

1^st Place and Overall winner $1000 Savings Bond
1^st Place winners of remaining 3 divisions $500 Savings Bond
2^nd Place winners of each 4 divisions $250 Savings Bond
3^rd Place winners of each 4 divisions $100 Savings Bond
1^st Place winner – CAD division $100 Savings Bond
1^st Place winner – International division $100 Savings Bond

The 1st Place/Overall winning poster will be used to promote

National School Bus Safety Week in 2011!!

Please note: All winners at the National level will be contacted after the results are announced. Each poster winner will need to supply their social security number in order to obtain a U.S. Savings Bond. If the poster winner decides not to release their social security number for the bond, they may opt to receive a check from NAPT for half the amount of the U.S. Savings bond’s value (i.e. $1000 Savings Bond = $500 check). The check will be made payable to the poster contest winner.

All rules regarding poster specifications, themes, lettering, etc. must be followed. The penalty for non-compliance will be disqualification of the poster. The right to modify any poster for reproduction is reserved by the NSBSW Committee.

All posters forwarded to the National level and related intellectual property rights become the property of the National Association for Pupil Transportation upon receipt and are not returned to the artist, his/her parents/legal guardians, art instructor or art teacher, school, state or contest sponsor, or any other person(s) claiming a right, title or other interest in the poster.

Criteria for the selection of award-winning posters are:

§ Relationship of the poster design to the 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.

How to promote School Bus Safety During School Bus Safety Week
There are a wide variety of things you can do to promote school bus safety during National School Bus Safety Week. Here are some examples:
Work with the local media
· Encourage your local newspaper, radio station or TV stations media to do a POSITIVE story about school bus safety
· Public Service Announcements (PSA’s) – Prepare and distribute public service announcements for both television and radio.
· News Releases - Prepare and distribute a news release or releases to your local newspaper(s).
· Feature articles in local newspaper(s) – You have a wealth of information available at your fingertips, which is of great interest to the public. Reporters love facts so give them information about your district transportation such as number of buses, local policies, cost, etc, you may also want to give your local newspaper a news story that they can print during SBSW.
· Radio and TV – If you have these services available, provide them with the necessary information so they can tell your story. Furnish them the same type of information you supplied the newspaper(s). Ask student’s favorite disc jockeys to dedicate songs to school bus drivers.
Encourage Local Businesses to Offer Public Support
· Display Equipment – Park buses at shopping centers or supermarkets with drivers available to answer questions or hand out materials about your transportation program. You may want to display signs showing the cost of each vehicle. Display vehicles for special needs students, if you have them. Conduct mock evacuation drills to show the public what you are doing.
· Window Displays – Contact local business people and arrange for transportation displays in the windows. Many elementary teachers are looking for poster projects for their students. Display poster contest winners. High school or vocational school classes in sales and advertising may be called on to set up displays.
· Electronic Signs – Sometimes local businesses, like banks and/or Savings and Loan institutions, will have electronic signs with a moving message. Encourage them to post a school Bus safety message during SBSW.
· Restaurant Place Mats – Some restaurants would be willing to use place mats with public service messages. Suggested topics could be: poster contest winner; school bus driver pictures; national, state and district transportation data; explanation of 8-lamp system; and a school bus laws quiz.
Encourage the School Board and Administrators to take action
· Speakers – Form a speakers’ bureau of people who can explain the importance of transportation to the overall educational mission. Include transportation supervisors, safety personnel and school bus drivers. Let local civic organizations know that you have a number of speakers available for meeting programs.
· Community Notices – Consider using SBSW theme or logo on all school district mailings the week (or, better yet, month) before SBSW.
· District Newsletters – Publish school bus riding rules, transportation policies, pictures and transportation data.
· Bulletin Boards – Make full use of school district bulletin boards, both inside and outside the building.
· Bus Driver Meeting – Hold a bus driver meeting during SBSW. Invite local media.
· Open House – Let your community know your transportation facilities will be open for their inspection. Conduct brief tours.
· Driver Recognition Dinner – Sponsor a dinner in recognition of bus drivers.
· Safety Award Banquet – If you plan a safety awards banquet, schedule it during SBSW. Seek news media coverage.
Get Teachers and Students Involved
· Classroom Activities – In addition to participating in the National School Bus Safety Week Poster Contest, there are a variety of classroom activities that can be especially effective ways to teach school bus safety. Ask the teachers in your community for their ideas and encourage them to add a session on school bus safety education to their lesson plans.
· SBSW Proclamation – Compose a proclamation and encourage the local governing body i.e. mayor, supervisor or council, to sign it. (This can be a great media event!)
· Tech Ed Projects – Some schools operate their own radio stations, some have classes in advertising, photography, and other subjects, which lend themselves to student projects revolving around SBSW. What about a student-produced radio program on pupil transportation? What about a photography contest on the subject of SBSW? (Professional photographers in the community could be used for judging.) What about a student-produced video tape program for presentation to the school board, PTSA and community groups? What about a slide and brief narration for use on TV? You can probably think of many other, even better ideas.