> Emerson Jr. Sr. High School has been named, once again, a U Got Brains
> Champion School for 2012-2013 and has been selected to compete in the “U
> Got Brains Champion Schools Program,” sponsored by the Brain Injury
> Alliance of New Jersey, the New Jersey Division of Highway Traffic
> Safety, the Allstate Foundation and NJ Manufacturers Insurance Company.
> The prize is a driving simulator for the high school.
> Emerson’s “Victims of Volume III” project received $1000 to develop a new
> teen driving safety campaign based on their award-winning programs,
> “Victims of Volume I&II,” that won First Place-runner-up in both year’s
> competition. The top prize is a driving simulator for the school. This
> year the focus is on distracted driving starring “Driver Ed and his Posse”
> who will create scenarios that deal with distracted driving issues.
> On March 11, Detective Arnold Anderson presented his “Smarter Drivers =
> Safer Streets Program.” Det. Anderson is a certified collision
> constructionist and a recognized expert in the field of collision
> investigation and instruction.
>
> His “Smarter Drivers = Safer Streets” program received the Governor’s
> Representative Award for Innovation in Traffic Safety Education and a
> Traffic Safety Education Award from Rutgers University.
>
> In 2012, he was appointed as Coordinator of the Community Traffic Safety
> Program for Essex County sponsored by Essex County College and funded by
> the NJ Division of Highway Traffic safety. He will be speaking to the
> students on March 11 at 9am.
>
> Allstate Insurance Company engaged the students and faculty with their
> popular “X the TXT” event on March 21. Last year over 500 students
> placed their blue thumbprints on the “X the TXT” banner which hangs in
> the cafeteria.
>
> This highly successful, nation-wide program will once again reinforce the
> initiative to not text and drive.
>
> April is Distracted Driver Awareness Month and the Victims of Volume III
> team with Driver Ed and His Posse will be producing many Public Service
> Announcements, focusing on many lesser thought of examples of distracted
> driving, such as driving with an
>
> animal seated on the driver's lap and driving with the volume of the radio
> at a dangerous level.
> For more about this project, please contact Ava Annese at
> aannese@emerson.k12.nj.us<mailto:aannese@emerson.k12.nj.us> and watch ECTV
> on Cablevision Channel 77 in Emerson or on Verizon Fios on Channel 36.
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> Emerson Jr. Sr. High School has been named for the third time as a 2012-13
> Champion School for their winning proposal to develop a teen safe driving
> campaign, “Victims of Volume III.” The contest is sponsored by the Brain
> Injury Alliance of New Jersey, Allstate Insurance, NJM Insurance Group and
> the NJ Department of Transportation. Pictured-Senior Stefan Morton (Driver
> Ed) interviewing Detective Arnold Anderson after the "Smarter
> Drivers=Safer Streets " program which was attended by the sophomores,
> juniors and seniors. The interview can be seen on ECTV on Cablevision and Verizon Fios.
