2010 Better Hearing and Speech Month WINNERS
Congratulations to our winners! And thanks to all students who submitted entries for the annual
statewide Better Hearing and Speech Month coloring and essay
contests. We are pleased to announce the grand prize winners and
runners up in each category.
Each student received a certificate and a monetary prize.
Coloring Contest
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Grand Prize
Brayden Kile,
Kindergarten
Central Columbia, PA |
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Runner Up
Autumn Patterson,
third grade
Trinity South Elementary
School, Washington, PA |
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Runner Up
Haze Henwood, second
grade
Mary Devine Elementary
School, Croydon, PA |
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Runner Up
Andrew Parobek, first
grade
Tri-Valley School District,
Valley View, PA |
Essay Contest
Grand Prize
Trenton Lafferty, Fourth Grade
Cyber School -
Janet Pennington, SLP
Following is Trenton’s essay
Communication is a very important thing to talk and ask
for something. Communication allows a person to tell others how much they
are loved. Communication lets me talk to my best friend, Janet.
Communication means to say please and thank you to others. Communication
helps me to use my inside voice. It is nice to say hello and good-bye to
others. It is important to tell others if I’m sick or lost. Communication
helps me to learn more facts.
Runners Up
Melsita Torres
Benjamin Rush
Elementary -
Jill Seidman, SLP
Bensalem, PA
Following is Melsita's essay
I am going to tell you about how me and my friends
communicate with each other. We communicate in many different ways, we talk
to each other we text each other, or if someone can't listen you can do sign
language with them or even through computers. But the most people who
communicate is by texting each other. Also by emailing. When you have
friends it doesn't matter what way you communicate you can text, talk, email
and in different ways but having friends you can try to do many thing as
long as you want to communicate and if your friends do the same thing.
Jonathan Potter
Erin Dudley
Forbes Charter School - Karen King, SLP
Oxford, PA
Following is Jonathan's essay
The teacher communicates with me. She puts me in the
front of the room, uses the fm system and looks at me. One person talks and
one listens. You use good eye contact and language. If you don't use the
same language you can't understand what they're saying. Deaf people use sign
language. People talk on cell phones. Cell phones allow you to talk without
meeting him/her. Also you can talk on the internet because there's Club
Penguin, Roblox.com, You Tube and email. You can communicate by radio and
that's all I have to say.
Lucas Stehle
Pottsgrove School
District - Erin Myers, SLP
Pottstown, PA
Following is Lucas' essay
There are different ways of communicating. Like when you
talk to people you are communicating to people. Sign language is another way
to communicate with people. When you instant message you are communicating
with people on the internet. Another way to communicate on the internet is
Facebook. One way of communicating is the telephone which a lot of people
do. Texting is what a very many people do just like my sister and mother.
Another thing that you can communicate with on the phone is voicemail. The
thing you can communicate with on the computer is video chat. And that is
all the ways you can communicate.
Congratulations to our winners and a special thank
you to all students who participated in the contests!
Watch for the campaign kick off announcement next year on the PSHA
website.
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