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2004 - Winners selected in PPL’s electrical safety poster contest
"Sammy’s House of Hazards" drew nearly 7,000 entries this year in PPL Corporation’s electrical safety poster contest for students in kindergarten through 12th grade. Sammy, a lovable dinosaur, is PPL’s electrical safety mascot for the school program.
"Now in its 18th consecutive year, PPL’s electrical safety poster contest is still the premiere activity for students at the start of the school year," said Larry Sparta, PPL’s education relations director.
In 1986, the poster contest had a modest beginning with only about 2,000 students participating, Sparta said. Since then it has been an enormous success with educators and students. An all-time high was reached in 1998 when 9,980 student posters were entered.
"The contest is the centerpiece of our public outreach about electrical safety awareness," Sparta added. "The number of entries shows educators understand the importance of teaching life skills to youngsters.
"Each year the largest number of posters are entered by students in the intermediate grades levels, grades 3-5," he noted. "Educators tell us that age group is most receptive to our safety message. This shows we are not only getting good quantitative results, but also we are getting the qualitative results we want because we are reaching the right students."
Electrical safety in and around the home was the focus of the students’ artwork. They used crayons, pencils, paints or computer-generated graphics to depict their electrical safety messages.
A team that included PPL representatives and an art teacher from the Allentown School District judged the posters and selected 33 winners in 12 grade-level categories. Winning students receive shares of PPL Corporation stock.
The 12 grand-prize-winning student posters will be highlighted on PPL’s 2004 electrical safety poster calendar. Calendars will be mailed to participating schools in early January 2004.
This year’s winners are:
Kindergarten and Grade 1:
Grand Prize: Abiodun Abebefe, Notre Dame Elementary, East Stroudsburg, Pa., Kindergarten
First Place: Olivia Allegrucci, St. Clare School, Scranton, Pa., First Grade
Honorable Mention: Josemaria Heil, Immaculata Academy Home School, Camp Hill, Pa., Kindergarten
Grade 2:
Grand Prize: Emily Antosh, St. Clare School, Scranton, Pa.
First Place: Grace Cosgrove, St. Clare School, Scranton, Pa.
Honorable Mention: Sergei Bilardi, St. Clare School, Scranton, Pa.
Grade 3:
Grand Prize: Kayla Powell, Valley View Intermediate, Archbald, Pa.
First Place: Annelise Przywara, John S. Clarke Elementary, Pottsville, Pa.
Honorable Mention: Rachel Ryan, John S. Clarke Elementary, Pottsville, Pa.
Grade 4:
Grand Prize: Paige Robinson, Fayette Township Elementary, McAlisterville, Pa. First Place: James Thorpe, Home School, Atglen, Pa.
Honorable Mention: Coleman Kubala, New Danville Mennonite School, Danville, Pa.
Grade 5:
Grand Prize: Erin Marie Sanderson, Abington Heights Middle School, Clarks Summit, Pa.
First Place: Elaina McGann, Newville Elementary, Newville, Pa.
Honorable Mention: Michael Nole, Abington Heights Middle School, Clarks Summit, Pa.
Grade 6:
Grand Prize: Kasey Williams, Queen of Peace Middle School, Coal Township, Pa.
First Place: Lindsay Sutkowski, St. John the Baptist, Pittston, Pa.
Honorable Mention: Matthew Stuckart, Notre Dame Elementary School, East Stroudsburg, Pa.
Grade 7:
Grand Prize: Heidi Leeser, Milton Middle School, Milton, Pa.
First Place: Elizabeth Keiser, Northern Lehigh Middle School, Slatington, Pa.
Honorable Mention: Olivia Haney, St. Joseph School, Danville, Pa.
Grade 8:
Grand Prize: Kristen Isenberg, Mechanicsburg Middle School, Mechanicsburg, Pa.
First Place: Andrew Lacek, St. Joseph the Worker School, Orefield, Pa.
Honorable Mention: Sara Densinger, East Pennsboro Middle School, Enola, Pa.
Grade 9:
Grand Prize: Darya Hrycenko, Lehigh Valley Home School, Allentown, Pa.
First Place: Michael Wuogon, Bishop Hannan, Scranton, Pa.
Grades 10-12:
Grand Prize: Jessica Schwartz, Mechanicsburg Area High, Mechanicsburg, Pa.
First Place: Tara Werley, Central Columbia High, Bloomsburg, Pa.
Honorable Mention: Jennifer Miller, Southern Columbia Area High, Catawissa, Pa.
Grades 6-8 Computer Graphics
Grand Prize: Whitney Schaeffer, Grandview Heights Christian Academy, Ephrata, Pa.
Grades 9-12 Computer Graphics:
Grand Prize: Daniel James Woffington, Brownstown Career and Technical Center, Ephrata, Pa.
First Place: Jason Nelson, Warren County Technical School, Washington, N.J.
Honorable Mention: Tracey Earley, Honesdale High, Honesdale, Pa.
PPL Corporation (NYSE: PPL), headquartered in Allentown, Pa., controls about 11,500 megawatts of generating capacity in the United States, sells energy in key U.S. markets and delivers electricity to customers in Pennsylvania, the United Kingdom and Latin America.
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