Garden City Students Winners in CAPS Poster Contest

Students from Stewart Avenue and Stratford Elementary School are Winners in the Child Abuse Prevention Services Steer Clear of Bullies Bully Prevention Poster Contest

Garden City, NY: Fourth grade students, Michaela Molgano and Analee Salvatico from Stratford ES and Anaïs Bardizbanian and James Logler from Stewart Avenue ES, are winners in the 18TH Annual Child Abuse Prevention Services (CAPS) Bully Prevention Poster and Poetry Contest. More than 600 students from 40 schools on Long Island submitted entries; the winning 12 posters and three poems will be featured in the 2018-2019 CAPS School Year Calendar to be distributed this Fall. Anais is the Grand Prize Winner and her poster will be featured in April for Child Abuse Prevention Month.

“The contest is open to children who participated in our elementary school program, Steer Clear of Bullies™,” said Alane Fagin, CAPS Executive Director. “Having presented prevention-through-education programs in the Garden City schools for more than 30 years, this contest provides the students with a creative opportunity to reinforce their understanding of the social and assertiveness skills they’ve learned through our bully prevention workshop, which promotes empathy, tolerance and a community of caring both in and out of the classroom.”

The Calendar is made possible, each year, through the generosity of Howard and Roz Kroplick of East Hills. Roz is a former CAPS Board Member and chairs the Poster Contest Committee. It will be distributed in September to all private and public elementary and middle schools and libraries on Long Island. It is also available by request through CAPS by calling 516-621-0552 ext. 301.

Founded in 1982, the Roslyn-based Child Abuse Prevention Services - CAPS is a non-profit organization underwritten by private donations, grants, fundraising activities, and a legislative appropriation secured by Senator Kemp Hannon. Visit us at www.capsli.org or call 516-621-0552 for information on how to become a CAPS volunteer, CAPS programs for students, educators, school professionals, and parent workshops.

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PHOTOS CAPTION: CAPS Calendar Sponsors Roz and Howard Kroplick congratulate Stewart Avenue students, Grand Prize Winner Anaïs Bardizbanian and James Logler for their winning poster submissions.

CAPS Executive Director Alane Fagin with Sen. Kemp Hannon Legislative Aide, Jackie Vita, with poster winners, Michaela Molgano and Analee Salvatico, from Stratford ES.