2023 DD Awareness Month Coloring & Essay Contest Winners
March is Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month and that gave the Knox 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 our county. While the Knox 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 for us to highlight the important roles that individuals with developmental disabilities have within the fabric of our great community.
The Knox County Board of Developmental Disabilities would like to thank the elementary school students of Knox County for helping us celebrate. There were one thousand one hundred and thirty-two students who participated in our annual coloring (K-2nd grades) and essay (3rd-5th grades) contest with one hundred and eleven classrooms participating county-wide, representing twelve different elementary schools in Knox County.
We are proud to announce the winners of this year’s coloring contest (K-2nd grades): Lexie Small (Fredericktown), Calla Newmeyer (East Knox), Olivia Armstrong (Columbia), Brylie Huff (Pleasant St.), Peyton Shirk (East), Priscilla “Izzie” Wood (Danville), Ethan Vanslyke (Knox Learning Center), Avery Branham (Dan Emmett), Lyllian Clawson (Twin Oak), Josie Michalak (Centerburg), Ava Lybarger (St. Vincent de Paul), and Lydia Quinn (Wiggin St.). The winners of this year’s essay contest (3rd-5th grades) were: Natalie Sharp (Fredericktown), Lexter Rocha (East Knox), Jaret Armstrong (Columbia), John Arndt (Knox Learning Center), Owen Burgess (Pleasant St.), Guinevere Rose Brody (East), Peyton Bartok (Danville), Sophia Maddux (Dan Emmett), Michelle Packard (Twin Oak), Sam Hand (Centerburg) and Brock Sabo (Wiggin St.). Also congratulations to Mrs. Aimee Humphrey from Twin Oak Elementary for winning the teacher classroom prize this year.
Left to Right: Mrs. Aimee Humphrey, Twin Oak Elementary, Peyton Bartok, Lexter Rocha, John Arndt, Ethan Vanslyke, “Izzie” Priscilla Wood, Peyton Shirk, Josie Michalak, Sam Hand
