From left are Jennalyn Roth (Calvary Christian), Rylie Siever (Berean Academy), Aleea Petty (Big Ridge Elementary), Zachary Varga (St. Jude School), Evan Jenkins (Hickory Valley Christian), JaMeshia Watkins (Barger Academy), Mackenzie Crawford (Chattanooga Christian), Toni Hernandez (Grace Baptist Academy), Alonzashia Satterwhite (Brown International Academy) and Jared Price (Boyd-Buchanan). Standing behind the students are Fire Chief Randy Parker and Fire Marshal James Whitmire.
photo by Bruce Garner
The Chattanooga Fire Department held its annual Fire Prevention Week Awards Ceremony on Monday at Hamilton Place Mall. With Fire Chief Randy Parker and Fire Marshal James Whitmire presiding, prizes were awarded to the winners of the fire safety quiz and the poster contest.
The fire safety quiz was given to students in grades K-5 at public and private schools in Chattanooga. The winners for each grade answered all of the multiple choice questions about fire safety correctly, and came the closest to guessing the number of alarms our department responded to during the course of Fire Prevention Week. Each winner received a brand new bicycle from Walmart and a helmet from T.C. Thompson Children’s Hospital Safe and Sound program.
Bicycle Contest Winners
Kindergarten
Girl: Jennalyn Roth Calvary Christian
Boy: Rylie Siever Berean Academy
1st Grade
Girls: Aleea Petty Big Ridge Elementary
Boy: Zachary Varga St. Jude School
2nd Grade
Girls: Zaryiah Clay Lakeside Academy
Boy: Evan Jenkins Hickory Valley Christian School
3rd Grade
Girl: JaMeshia Watkins Barger Academy
Boy: Ethen Smith Barger Academy
4th Grade
Girl: Toni Hernandez Grace Baptist Academy
Boy: Mackenzie Crawford Chattanooga Christian School
5th Grade
Girls: Alonzashia Satterwhite Brown International Academy
Boys: Jared Price Boyd Buchanon
In the poster contest, the winning students best illustrated this year’s theme of Fire Prevention Week, which was “Smoke Alarms: A Sound You Can Live With!” The individual grade winners each received a $20 gift card from Walmart.
Poster Contest Winners
INDIVIDUAL GRADE WINNERS
6th Grade ($20) Lacey Watts
Chattanooga Christian School
7th Grade ($20) Raul San Miguel Penas
Normal Park Museum Magnet School
8th Grade ($20) Christen Barber
Silverdale Baptist Academy
9th Grade ($20) Davis Edwards
Bethel Bible Learning Center
10th Grade ($20) Lacey Hamby
Silverdale Baptist Academy
10th Grade ($20) Charis Nichols
Silverdale Baptist Academy
12th Grade ($20) Kyle Koehler
Berean Academy
OVERALL WINNERS
The overall winners received gift cards from Walmart. The Best of Show Winner, Anne Miller, will have her artwork displayed on a billboard near her school for a month.
3rd Place ($50) Drew Haliburton 7th Grade – CSLA
2nd Place ($75) Meg Ligon 8th Grade – Chattanooga Christian School
1st Place ($100) Diamond Appleberry 10th Grade – Brainerd High School
Best of Show ($100) Anne Miller 6th Grade – Chattanooga Christian School
Standing next to their winning artwork are, from left, Diamond Appleberry (Brainerd High), Anne Miller (Chattanooga Christian School) and Drew Haliburton (CSLA)
photo by Bruce Garner