Poster Contest
Encourage your
students to participate in the 2011 School Bus Safety Poster
Contest
begins in September -
winners selected in February 2011
Winners
have been selected for
the 2010 Poster
Contest "
Miles of Smiles in the Yellow School Bus" Check out winning
posters!!
2011 Theme
"There is Pride in our
Ride"
Get
your
Poster Contest
Entry Forms Here!
Printable
Poster
Specifications Available!
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and print these files. To
obtain a free copy click here.
Who May Enter
Students
enrolled in any school for which West County
Transportation Agency provides bus transportation may
submit entries. Four winning posters will be selected,
one from each division. (Division #1 - Grades K-3,
Division #2 - Grades
4-6,
Division #3 - Grade
7-8,
Division #4 – Special Education, Division #5 – Grade
9-12 ) One Overall winner will be selected from
the division winners to receive the free field trip.
Each division winner will receive $100 savings bond.
When can Posters be drawn
Posters
can be drawn anytime between August 1, 2010 and
the deadline of February 26, 2011 to be eligible
for the Free Field Trip. Entries received by
November 30, 2010 will also be entered in the
local CASTO Chapter contest and then the State CASTO
(California Association of School Transportation
Officials), contest in January. Prizes in the CASTO
Poster contest are Savings Bonds.
Poster Specifications
Completed poster size must be 12" X 18"
ONLY, with a one-inch (1") space left at the
bottom of the poster for the entry blank. This
space must be available due to printing requirements.
If not provided, poster will be disqualified.
Posters may be illustrated on the vertical or
horizontal axis.
WCTA
entry blank, or a reasonable facsimile, with
information typed or printed clearly should be
securely glued to the lower left-hand corner of the
poster. Age and grade level should be listed on
the entry blank. Please print clearly.
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. 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
eliminate the poster. Poster designs may not
incorporate any copyrighted characters (i.e., comic
and/or television characters), photographs, magazine
or newspaper illustrations.
Lettering
Freehand
drawn letters only may be used on the poster design. 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.
Poster Themes
Poster themes must be original, correct in safety
concept and the exclusive work of the student entering
the contest in idea, design and execution.
Instructors should supervise all work created.
Completion of art should be done in school during the
months of August to February, coordinating with the
state's poster contest.
Poster and slogan must harmonize with the theme of:
"There is Pride in our
Ride"
(Contestants must illustrate above theme only, and
the theme must be exactly as shown above.)
Illustrations 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.
Judging
Posters
selected for final judging will be reviewed by the
board of judges, comprised of the Board of Directors
of West County Transportation Agency & the School
Bus Safety Training Staff. The winning poster will be
submitted to the State and National Competitions.
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.
All rules regarding
poster specifications, themes, lettering, etc. must be
followed. The penalty for non-compliance will be
disqualification of the poster.
Prizes
Prizes
will be awarded for first place in each division as
follows:
·
1st Place and Overall Winner: A Field
Trip* for the classroom & a $100 Savings Bond.
(*Limited to 4 hrs.)
·
1st Place Winners of remaining 4
divisions: $100 Savings Bond
All entries become the
property of West County Transportation Agency.
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