Dylan Kilmetis, who just completed fourth grade at , is one of 15 students across Long Island to win an award in the annual Child Abuse Prevention Services (CAPS) Bully Prevention Poster and Poetry Contest.
Kilmetis was one of more than 2,000 students from 60 schools across Long Island who submitted entries in the contest. His winning poster had the words "Take a stand and lend a hand, stop bullies in this land."
The winning 12 posters and three poems will be published in the 2011-2012 CAPS Bully Prevention Center School Year Calendar, which will be distributed this fall.
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“The annual contest is open to third and fourth graders who participated in our Steer Clear of Bullies™ program,” said Alane Fagin, CAPS Executive Director. “The contest provides them with a creative opportunity to reinforce their understanding of the bully prevention strategies they’ve learned in class—that is helping them build social skills, empathy and assertiveness—and express their personal thoughts on the subject.”
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