Thomas Built Buses names essay contest winner
HIGH POINT, N.C. — Hundreds of children across the country nominated their favorite school bus driver for Thomas Built Buses' second annual Chil...
HIGH POINT, N.C. — Hundreds of children across the country nominated their favorite school bus driver for Thomas Built Buses' second annual Children's Choice School Bus Driver of the Year national essay contest.
The winning essay was submitted by Acworth, Ga., fifth-grader, Keirra. Her 90-word essay listed the reasons why driver Angelia Woodie of Georgia's Cobb County School District deserved to be recognized.
Woodie has been driving school buses for the past 14 years. As Thomas Built Buses' 2007 School Bus Driver of the year, she will receive a $1,000 Visa gift card. Keirra will be awarded a $1,000 educational savings bond and a laptop computer. The two also get Thomas Built jackets and Saf-T-Liner C2 school bus lunch boxes.
Thomas Built Buses created the national Children's Choice School Bus Driver of the Year essay contest in 2006 during its 90th anniversary year. Representatives from Durham School Services, part of National Express Corp., School Bus Fleet magazine and Thomas Built Buses judged the entries for content and originality. Thomas Built Buses verified driver qualifications with each district.
For more information on the contest, photos and scans of top-placing essays and accompanying illustrations, visit www.thomasbus.com/contest.
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