South Fallsburg, N.Y. (Dec. 9, 2022) – Twelve students from four Hudson Valley school districts received awards for creating posters that promote school bus safety in a contest run by the Rolling V Bus Corp. The company held the contest to mark National School Bus Safety Week.
“We received an overwhelming response to our contest,” said Rolling V Executive Vice President Nick Vallone. “It was wonderful to see so many students thinking about school bus safety, and even more, to see the creative, heartfelt posters they created. Our safety team had an extremely difficult job choosing the winners.”
The winners, by school district, were:
Fallsburg Central School District
1st Place: Jocelyn Zempoaltecatl, grade 5
2nd Place: Leonardo Sabovic, grade 1
3rd Place: Maydelin Jacobo Lopez, grade 2
Ellenville Central School District
1st Place: Shazia Zaara, grade 5
2nd Place: William Turner, grade 6
3rd Place: Yascen Rahmon, grade 2
Livingston Manor Central School District
1st Place: Aubree Wheeler, grade 2
2nd Place: Cierra Johnson, grade 2
3rd Place: Gage Rogers, grade 2
Tri-Valley Central School District
1st Place: Maria Gelsomino, grade 5
2nd Place: Adele Drown, grade 5
3rd Place: Abigail Kennedy, grade 5
The winners received gift cards of $100 for first place, $50 for second place and $25 for third place. Students received the awards from Rolling V leaders in presentations held in each district.
The contest began during National School Bus Safety Week, the third week in October. It was open to all elementary school students in the districts that Rolling V serves. They are the Ellenville, Fallsburg, Liberty, Livingston Manor, Tri-Valley and Walton Central School Districts as well as the Roscoe Central School. Rolling V buses travel more than 3 million miles each year.
The Rolling V Safety Team, which judged the contest, looked for original drawings and artwork illustrating the theme, “Rolling Safely to My Destination.” The posters took a positive look at safety, illustrating proper school bus safety behaviors. Rolling V encouraged art teachers and instructors to supervise the work.
“The contest was a huge success,” Vallone said. “While we chose posters for first, second and third place, every student who entered gained something valuable by keeping school bus safety in mind and promoting it to others.”
About Rolling V
Rolling V is a family-owned and managed full-service transportation company based in South Fallsburg, N.Y. It is known for exceptional school-bus services, and also provides regional charter coach services. Rolling V has provided safe and dependable transportation for more than 50 years. Learn more at RollingV.com.
Photo caption: Presentation at the Fallsburg Central School District’s Benjamin Cosor Elementary school, Nov. 29. (From Left) Rolling V Manager for the Fallsburg District Edgar Espinoza, First Place Winner Jocelyn Zempoaltecatl, second place winner Leonardo Sabovic, third place winner Maydelin Jacobo Lopez, Benjamin Cosor Elementary School art teacher Heidi Camacho.
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