Poster Contest Winners Announced

During Earth Week, the ATA sponsored the Every Day is Earth Day Poster and Poetry Competition for students in the Kansas City area. The contest called for posters and poetry around the theme, Every Day is Earth Day, to raise awareness of transit’s environmental benefits through creative, exciting and attention-getting interior bus signs.

Watch a video slideshow of the winning posters.

The winning submissions were drawn by students from grades 1 to 9 and feature a range of environmental themes, from riding the bus to recycling. More than 70 children from around the metro area sent in their drawings. 

Seventeen posters were selected to become interior bus signs. The works of art will be displayed on Metro buses all over the Kansas City area this summer.

ATA brought a new hybrid MAX bus to Derrick Thomas Academy (DTA) on Tuesday, June 22, for a recognition ceremony. ATA General Manager Mark Huffer spoke to the winning students, staff and parents that gathered at the school. Huffer presented the students recognition certificates and a mock-up of their posters. The event concluded with a short bus ride on the hybrid MAX bus.

Click on the poster for a closer view at the winning entries:

Noemi A.

Helene Bechtel

KyJuan Boyles, Derrick Thomas Academy

Taylor Drummer

Shelby Edwards, Kingsville R-1

Mykhel Harris, Derrick Thomas Academy

Alana Hawkins, Derrick Thomas Academy

Charlee Hodson, Kingsville R-1

Lori L.-A., Kingsville R-1

Travis Mayo, Derrick Thomas Academy

Itialya Montgomery-Smith, Derrick Thomas

Harmoni Moore, Kipp Endeavor Academy

Shelby Moses, Pleasant Lea Middle School

Monasia Payton

Anthony Rubin, Derrick Thomas Academy

Terry Standifer, Pathway Academy

Brittany S., Kingsville R-1