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By Susan Flanigan Lily McNamara, 12, placed first and Franco Maddox, 9, was runner-up in the Elementary category of the Sorenson Communications National Art Contest for Deaf and Hard of Hearing Students. Jackelin Choque, 10, won third place in the National School Bus Safety Poster Contest. Wendy Brehm, 10, and Andrew Duncan, 13, won first place in the Optimist Club of Virginia’s Communication Contest for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing in the Elementary and Secondary levels. McNamara won for her work, We Are Proud of ASL. Maddox’s piece was titled, Our Language—ASL. The students were awarded $750 and $500, respectively, for the school to purchase art materials. Over 300 students from around the country entered the contest. The work of McNamara and Maddox and other winning students will be displayed in Sorenson’s corporate offices in Salt Lake City, Utah. “The response to the art contest far exceeded our expectations,” said Pat Nola, Sorenson president and CEO. “The students and teachers at the deaf schools thoughtfully considered the project and supported it with the same kind of enthusiasm we often see from the deaf community.” Choque will receive a $100 savings bond from the National Association of Pupil Transportation for her poster emphasizing the importance of vision in bus safety. Choque’s poster was sent to the national contest after it placed first in KDES’s poster contest. Kelly Doleac, 10, placed second and Wendy Brehm, 10, placed third in the KDES contest. “The KDES Transportation Department expressed appreciation to Wei-Min Shen, art teacher, and the KDES team leaders for supporting the contest and providing guidance to the students,” said Kim Craig, supervisor of KDES Services. The Transportation Department will sponsor a pizza party for all the students who participated in the poster contest. Brehm and Duncan will each receive a $1,500 college scholarship. The theme of the 2006 contest was “My Future is Bright because….” Patterned after the Optimist Oratorical Contest, the Communication Contest for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing offers deaf and hard of hearing youths the chance to compete in speech or sign language. The objective of this competition is to encourage deaf and hard of hearing children and teens to speak publicly, to build their confidence, and to promote an interest in writing. “I love doing this [contest] because it increases the students’ interest and motivation to write,” said Elizabeth Hall, KDES teacher and contest representative, praising the value of contest participation. “They learn to write about a topic…learn how to break down their paper into paragraphs, learn how to use public speaking skills, learn to speak out their feelings on a particular topic, and most of all, they have fun.”
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