From Everett Independent
Two fifth-grade students from the Keverian School in Everett have earned top honors in the 2014 Massachusetts Medical Society and Alliance Anti-Tobacco Poster Contest, an annual educational event to alert schoolchildren to the dangers of tobacco and smoking.
Alexandra Tran. Photo from Everett Independent.
Gavin Kane and Alexandra Tran were two of just 12 winners selected from more than 3,500 entries to the competition. The contest is open to youngsters in grades 1-6 throughout Massachusetts.
Kane’s entry, entitled I will not smoke because, showed the ill effects of smoking including lung cancer, yellow teeth, wrinkles on one’s face, and the possibility of fire. Tran’s poster, I won’t start smoking because, portrayed the effects of smoking on a person’s voice, breath, and appearance.
Alexandra Tran’s winning poster. Photo from Everett Independent.
The competition, open to students in grades 1-6 throughout Massachusetts, asks students to create an original poster that ties in with certain themes for their grade. The themes by grades are: Grades 1 and 2: Show how tobacco is bad for your body; Grades 3 and 4: Show how using tobacco affects other people; Grades 5 and 6: Why I won’t start. Four entries are selected in each category, and the winning entries are chosen on the basis of originality, artistic merit, and relevance to the theme for the grades.
Kane and Tran were recognized at a special May 28 event at the Massachusetts State House in Boston honoring the winners, where they received a certificate from the Medical Society and a gift card for books as prizes. Winning entries will also be included in a 2015 calendar produced by the Medical Society that will be distributed to schools, pediatricians, and family physicians across the Commonwealth.
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