Two San Carlos Kids Snag Art Honors

Two Tierra Linda middle schoolers from San Carlos walked away winners at the Art Takes a Bus Ride event Wednesday afternoon at the SamTrans building.

Fifth-grader Sakina Bambot and sixth-grader Meiling Lin, both taught by Jennifer Xavier, were among the six winners whose artwork will be featured on ad cards inside SamTrans buses and on the outside of the SamTrans “Art Bus” - exposing their work to nearly 12,000 young people who ride SamTrans buses, more than 25 percent of the District’s total ridership.

Taking two of the six awards, San Carlos was the only city on the Peninsula to feature two victorious young artists.

Sakina’s winning entry was a colorful, crayon-drawn work of family and friends strolling from the bus into a large, Earth-toned history museum; Meiling’s piece was a depiction of the Skyline College-bound bus making a stop for a book store.

Winning for their respective grade-levels, Bambot and Lin both also received a SamTrans monthly pass, a certificate and a framed copy of the bus ad card that displays their art, and an assortment of art supplies. 

Other winners from the event were first-grader Olivia Pon from Belmont’s Central Elementary, second-grader Nikaella Mariano from South City’s Ponderosa Elementary, third-grader Isaih Crump from Sandpiper Elementary in Redwood City, and Cabrillo Elementray fourth-grader Sara Ababseh out of Pacifica.