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2021 Roadway Safety Poster

Contest for Children
Contest Participation Packet
In this packet you will find:

Introduction of the Roadway Safety Poster Contest............................................................2

Examples of Past Winners...............................................................................................................3

Classroom Resources (including roadway safety videos)...................................................4

Instructions to submit your (or your students’) poster.......................................................5

Poster release form...........................................................................................................................6

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Introduction

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The Connecticut Training & Technical Assistance Center (T2 Center) at UConn, with support from
agencies and organizations around the state, is holding the eleventh annual Connecticut Roadway
Safety Poster Contest for Children. We want to make roadway safety, which includes ALL users, a
priority and are asking the children of Connecticut to help promote roadway safety through art.

Our theme, “Let’s Walk! Pedestrian Safety for Everybody,” focuses on the fact that all of Connecticut’s
pedestrians deserve a safe space to walk. Everyone is a pedestrian at some point, whether walking to
school or work, to the bus or train or even just from their car to a store. We all play a part in making
pedestrians safe on our roadways.

Students in grades K-5 are invited to submit their original impressions of pedestrian safety. Students
should depict those concepts and actions they think are vital to improving all pedestrian safety. Some
examples of these concepts are: drivers should slowdown and pay extra attention at crosswalks and
intersections; pedestrians should use sidewalks when available; and all users must avoid distractions.

The contest categories are K-1st grade, 2nd – 3rd grade and 4th – 5th grade. Posters must be
submitted to the UConn T2 Center by March 12, 2021. Once the entries are received, they will be
voted on by a panel of roadway safety professionals.

The top posters in each category will receive their awards and prizes in conjunction with Work Zone
Safety Week during April 2021. All winners will be featured on the home page of the UConn T2
Center’s website. Winners will be notified in writing by April 9, 2021.

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Past Winners
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Former K-1 Winner

Former 2-3 Winner

Former 4-5 Winner

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Classroom Resources
How to be Safe on the Roadway Video
It is important for us all to know how to stay safe when
we’re on the roadway. This video is designed for children
and discusses three different types of roadway safety-
pedestrian safety, bicycle safety and ways to be safe as a
passenger in a car. We encourage teachers to play this video
for students when explaining the Roadway Safety Poster
Contest.
Watch our video using the following link:
http://youtu.be/SwKVEAKBLKc
Ruff Ruffman - Driving
The “Driving” digital initiative provides resources to
encourage kids to become better passengers and to play an
active role in helping parents to keep their eyes on the road.
The campaign’s unusual approach tunes into the idea that
kids are acutely aware of their parents’ distraction, especially
when they are driving.
To visit the Website use the following link:
http://pbskids.org/fetch/ruff/driving/

Web Links for Kids Web Links for Teachers & Parents
FHWA - Pedestrian Safer Journey Watch for Me CT
http://www.pedbikeinfo.org/pedsaferjourney/ http://www.watchformect.org/

Elmer the Safety Elephant Connecticut Safe Routes to School

www.elmer.ca/safety-village/traffic-safety www.ct.gov/dot/cwp/view.asp?a=2094&q=587938

Elementary Safety - Road & Car Safety Walk Bike to School Day
https://elementarysafety.com/comic/road-car-safe- www.walkbiketoschool.org
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Pedestrian & Bicycle Information Centers
Road Safety - Traffic Rules and Signs for Kids - Video www.pedbikeinfo.org
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_NeEF1fwT4k
The National SAFE KIDS Campaign
How to be Safe on the Roadway Video www.safekids.org
http://youtu.be/SwKVEAKBLKc
Federal Highway Administration
PBS Kids - Ruff Ruffman - Driving www.fhwa.dot.gov/environment/bicycle_pedestrian
http://pbskids.org/fetch/ruff/driving/
NHTSA - Parents Center
Otto Club - AAA http://www.safercar.gov/parents/index.htm
http://hartford.aaa.com/traffic-safety/otto-the-auto

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Instructions
1. Send submissions to:

Regina Hackett, Program Assistant

CT Training & Technical Assistance Center
University of Connecticut
270 Middle Turnpike, U-5202
Storrs, CT 06269

2. Categories: The three categories for the 2021 poster contest are K-1, 2-3, and 4-5.

3. Deadline: To be eligible for the contest, all submissions must be postmarked no later than
March 12, 2021.

4. Materials: To be considered, posters must be no larger than 8 1/2” x 11” and should be created
on standard paper. All submissions need to be drawn horizontally (landscape orientation).
Submissions that do not meet this criteria will not be considered, no exceptions.

5. Identification: Be sure to write the student’s name, grade and contact information on the back
of the poster in pencil or ball point pen so that we can identify the artist. Do not use marker or
anything that will bleed through to the front of the poster.

6. Release Form: A Release Form (copy enclosed) must be completed and signed by a parent or
legal guardian for each poster submitted. (Please note: A release form must be submitted with
each child’s artwork in order for him or her to be eligible.)

7. Notification/Awards: Winners will be notified by April 9, 2021.

8. Use of Artwork: Artwork becomes the property of the University of Connecticut and may be used
for promotional and other purposes at the University’s discretion.

9. For more information: Please contact Regina Hackett, University of Connecticut, at

regina.hackett@uconn.edu.

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Release Form (one per submission)

This document confirms the agreement between you and the University of Connecticut regarding
your participation in the 2021 Roadway Safety Poster Contest for Children.

You hereby irrevocably grant to the University and its partners in the contest (CT Department of
Transportation, CT Police Chiefs Association, AAA and Federal Highway Administration – CT Division
Office) perpetually, exclusively, and for all media (print, electronic, video or any other formats), the
right to use the artwork submitted for this contest by you or through your child’s school, and any
reproductions of that artwork, and to identify your child as the artist, in any promotional materials at
the exclusive discretion of the University and its contest partners. All artwork is the property of the
University and will not be returned to the artist.

You hereby agree that you will not bring or consent to others bringing any claim or action against
the University or its contest partners on the grounds that the identification of your child by name as
the artist, or the use of anything contained in the artwork or in the promotion thereof, violates any
rights whatsoever, including without limitation rights of privacy and publicity. You hereby release the
University, its employees and those of its contest partners from any and all claims, demands. actions.
causes of action, suits, costs, expenses, liabilities, and damages whatsoever that you may hereafter
have against the University and/or its contest partners in connection with the artwork or the
identification of your child as the artist.

This agreement shall not obligate the University or its contest partners to use the name of the
artwork, or to use any of the rights granted hereunder, or to prepare, produce, exhibit, distribute or in
any way exploit the artwork.

The University shall retain the right to assign its rights hereunder without your consent, in whole or in
part, to any person, firm, organization or corporation.

AGREED TO AND ACCEPTED on this date: ______________________

Month, Day, Year

__________________________________ ____________________________________
Signature of Parent or Guardian Witness

Print Name of Parent or Guardian: ____________________________________________________

Print Name of Child / Artist: ___________________________Grade: _______________________
Home Address: __________________________________________________________________
Home Telephone Number: _________________________________________________________
Email Address: __________________________________________________________________

Additional Information:
Name of School: _________________________________________________________________
School Address: _________________________________________________________________
School Phone: ____________________________ Fax: __________________________________
Print Name of Teacher: ____________________________________________________________
Teacher Email Address: ___________________________________________________________