The Poster Contest is now closed. Read on to learn more about the contest, the winner, and the finalists!
Kid Governor Tessa is committed to including students with disabilities and ensuring that every 5th grader in Connecticut feels like they belong. To achieve the first point of her Everyone Belongs platform, Tessa Hallinan and The Connecticut Democracy Center teamed up with the Department of Children and Families and CT Family Day on a statewide poster contest!
Tessa invited 5th graders to submit artwork that answers the question:
In what ways do you and your family welcome and include people with disabilities so everyone feels happy, safe, and like they belong?
After much discussion, Kid Governor Tessa, her Cabinet, and partners from the Department of Children and Families selected Brody Cresswell from Litchfield Intermediate School in Litchfield as the contest winner!
Kid Governor Tessa and her Cabinet also identified 12 Finalists. Congratulations to these students and all who submitted artwork!
*FINALIST* Hailey Oquendo Rivas – Stafford Elementary School, Bristol 
*FINALIST* Marcella Clarke – Eli Whitney School, Enfield 
*FINALIST* Madison Rivera – Fawn Hollow Elementary School, Monroe 
*FINALIST* Zehra Yukselten -Horace W. Porter School, Columbia 
*FINALIST* Daria Dyrbavka – Ivy Drive School, Bristol 
*FINALIST* Grace Scarpati – Fawn Hollow Elementary School, Monroe 
*FINALIST* Sneha Dhar – Odyssey Community School, Manchester 
*FINALIST* Aria Rivera – Horace W. Porter School, Columbia 
*FINALIST* Riley Philip – Fawn Hollow Elementary School, Monroe 
*FINALIST* Julianna Arroyo – Odyssey Community School, Manchester 
*FINALIST* Fiona Sullivan – Fawn Hollow Elementary School, Monroe 
*FINALIST* Madelyn Slater – Eli Whitney School, Enfield
