WINNERS NAMED IN THIRD ANNUAL CATS POSTER CONTEST
CHICAGO -- The Chicago Area Transportation Study (CATS) has announced the winners of its third annual K-6 Poster Contest. Coinciding with the celebration of National Transportation Week (May 11-17), the contest winners will be honored at a ceremony to be held at 1:00 p.m. on Friday, May 16, at the Chicago Children’s Museum, 700 East Grand Avenue at Navy Pier.
Nearly 1,800 elementary school students from Chicago and the suburbs submitted entries for the contest, the theme of which was "Getting There...Kids Style." The 15 posters selected as winners will illustrate CATS’ 2004 calendar and will be shown on CAN-TV 27. They will also be featured on the CATS Website: www.catsmpo.com.
Contest winners, their grade, school name and location, and their teachers' names are listed as follows:
· Sparkle Shanklin, Grade 6, Lincoln Avenue School, Dolton; Teresa Toune.
· Betsy Murray, Grade 2, Nelson Prairie School, New Lenox; Megan McKinley.· Daniel Rogers, Grade 3, Nelson Prairie School, New Lenox; Jenny Spicka.
· Su Liang, Grade 5, St. Therese School, Chicago; Elisa Wong.
· Lisa Chen, Grade 5, St. Therese School, Chicago; Elisa Wong.
· Veronica Roman, Grade 2, Lacy Foy, Illinois Park Elementary; Elgin.· Kristin Kaiser, Grade 6, St. John Brebeuf, Niles; Carol O'Grady.
· Anna Kasiarz, Grade 5, Dirksen Elementary School, Chicago; Beverly Falbe.
· Sasha Perez, Kindergarten, Divine Providence, Westchester; Beverly Pavichevich.
· Brian Yoo, Grade 6, Brentwood Baptist Christian Academy, Des Plaines; Mary Ann Merrifield.
· Joseph Hassler, Grade 1, May Whitney Elementary School, Lake Zurich; Mimi McMahon.· Cristian Salazar, Grade 4, George W. Curtis Elementary School, Chicago; Leslie Donley.
· Catherine Kolakowski, Kindergarten, Norwood Park Elementary School, Chicago; Helen Graeff.
· Hayato Gondai, Grade 4, River Woods Elementary School, Naperville; Karen Yaeger.
· Kate Fruehling, Grade 5, St. Vincent Ferrer, River Forest; Annette Stocchetti.
The poster contest is designed to showcase the creative abilities of children, while also fostering discussions about transportation issues between them and their parents and teachers. The awards ceremony is held during National Transportation Week, a time set aside for local communities and the transportation community to join together for greater awareness about the importance of transportation.
Sponsors of CATS' 2003 K-6 Poster Contest include: The Field Museum, Santa's Village, the Museum of Science and Industry, Odyssey Fun World, Jeepers, the DuSable Museum of African American History, Bethel New Life, United Parcel Service, Pace and the Illinois Department of Transportation.
The Chicago Area Transportation Study is the Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) for northeastern Illinois, designated by state and local officials to carry out the urban transportation planning process for the region. The area covered by CATS includes all of Cook, DuPage, Kane, Lake, McHenry and Will counties, plus a portion of Kendall County.