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3rd Annual School Bus Safety Speech Contest Theme: “Are School Buses the Safest Form of Transportation, and if so, Why?” The contest at the Region 12 Education Service Center will be held on February 3, 2004. The contest will begin at 9 a.m. with participants checking in by 8:45 a.m. One 11th grade and one 12th grade winner will continue to the state competition. All Regional contests must be completed by February 13, 2004 with regional winners registered for the state competition to be held at the Texas Department of Public Safety offices in Austin on April 2, 2004. There will be a 1st, 2nd and 3rd place winner from each grade level. The overall winner will present the speech before the Texas Association for Pupil Transportation at the June conference in Galveston. The winner will also be entered in the next level of competition which is a multi-state regional contest. The winner of that contest will advance to the national level. The Texas winner for 2002 from Lubbock, Corrie Bridges won the National Competition and an additional $2000 award. The Texas winner for 2003 from Royce City ISD, Christa Bieker won 2nd place at the National Competition and an additional $1000 award. Flyers and letters regarding this contest were mailed to each school district in Texas. The flier includes complete rules and instructions as well as the scoring rubric for the speeches. Should you have questions you may contact Pam McCurdy at pmccurdy@esc12.net. You may obtain registration forms from TAPT at http://www.tapt.com. Awards:
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The Education Service Center Region 12 does
not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin,
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Sponsored by the Texas Department of Public
Safety and the Texas Association for Pupil Transportation,
this contest is open to all 11th and 12th grade students in
Texas. Each district may select one participant from each
grade level to participate in the regional contest to be held
at the Regional Education Service Center. The district must
register their participants with the Texas Department of Public
Safety by January 16, 2004.