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34th annual Fire Safety Poster Contest

During March Sunnyvale Kindergarten through fifth grade students from schools throughout the city produced Fire Safety Posters for the annual contest. The poster themes included Cool a burn; Firefighters are your friends; Crawl low in smoke and Smoke detectors save lives.

More than 100 posters were submitted from 16 schools. The top three from each grade were recognized on April 3 with a pizza lunch at the fire station and an awards ceremony at city council.

The annual contest is a lot of fun, but the underlying fire safety message is serious. Public Safety Officer provide fire safety presentations in the elementary schools to teach children how to prevent fires and what to do if there is a fire. The poster contest is a way to receive feedback from students about what they've learned. 

2012 Fire Safety Poster Contest Winners

Kindergarten

            1^st         Swastik Purathepparambil, Stratford School, Washington Park

            2^nd        Kayla Lam, Laurelwood Elementary School

            3^rd         Ashley Scott, Laurelwood Elementary School

First Grade

            1^st         Sean O, Challenger

            2^nd        Hetal Kurani, Challenger

            3^rd         Julie Cohen, Cherry Chase Elementary School

Second Grade

            1^st         Adam Mody, Vargas Elementary School

            2^nd        Darpan Singh, Laurelwood Elementary School

            3^rd         Harshini Velchamy, Challenger

Third Grade

            1^st         Aya Darwazeh, Challenger School

            2^nd        Kriti Maiya, Challenger School

            3^rd         Ralph Sapida, Ellis  Elementary School

Fourth Grade

            1^st         Anagha Guliam, Stratford School, Washington Park

            2^nd        Elizabeth Ranch, Laurelwood Elementary School

            3^rd         James Mendoza, San Miguel Elementary School

Fifth Grade

            1^st         Sarah Kim, Cherry Chase Elementary School

            2^nd        Ananya Karthik, Challenger school

            3^rd         Aishwarya Jayadeep, Nimitz Elementary School

Click here to see all winning posters.

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