Cranford Student Awarded In AAA Traffic Safety Poster Contest

CRANFORD, NJ - Cranford High School's Sydney Connors was awarded third place in the AAA Northeast’s Traffic Safety Poster Contest.

The goal of AAA’s Traffic Safety Poster & Video Contest is peer-to-peer education, hoping young people will learn and consider safe behaviors in traffic through a poster with a creative slogan or a powerful video the public can easily recall.

“Young people are visual; educating through art and media is an ideal method to impact today’s student. Some are gifted artists, others use their technology skills as a powerful education tool,” said Shani Jarvis, Assistant Manager of Public Affairs for AAA Northeast in New Jersey. “Traffic and automobile crashes are the leading cause of death for children ages two to 18 years. One student’s message could save a life.”

Poster entries were judged on a state-by-state basis and from each of the three grade levels, elementary, middle and high school. First, second and third place winners were awarded $300, $200, and $100 respectively.

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