Students help celebrate DD Awareness month
March is Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month and that gave the Coshocton County community a great opportunity to create awareness, to learn more about inclusion and to share in the stories of individuals who live, work, and thrive in the county.
While the Coshocton County Board of DD and its various provider agency partners are active year-round in providing service and supports for those with developmental disabilities, March is a particularly fun time to highlight the important roles that individuals with developmental disabilities have within the fabric of the community.
The Coshocton County Board of Developmental Disabilities would like to thank the elementary school students of Coshocton County for helping in the celebration. There were 1,022 students who participated in the annual coloring (K-second grades) and essay (third – sixth grades) contest with 72 different classrooms participating county-wide, representing all the public elementary schools as well as two private elementary schools in Coshocton County.
The winners of this year’s coloring contest are Alivia Guilliams (Sacred Heart), Avery Simmons (Coshocton City), Paislee Morris (Coshocton City), Harper Seibert (Coshocton Christian), Adalynn Gerthing (Ridgewood), Rayanne Bradford (Ridgewood), Harper Smith (River View), and Kobie McKee (River View). The winners of this year’s essay contest are Esme Dawson (River View), Bo Olinger (River View), Auybree Hittle (Coshocton City), Warren Hartmeyer (Coshocton City), Mason Addy (Ridgewood), Elijah Smoulder (Ridgewood), and Ivy Moore (Sacred Heart). Katina Wilson from Riverview Elementary won the teacher classroom prize this year.
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