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Montana’s 2021 Missing Children Poster Contest Winner Announced
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The Montana Department of Justice and the Office of Public Instruction today announced Claire Swanson, a fifth grader in Ms. Kim Gilligan’s class at Townsend Elementary School, is the 2021 winner of the
Montana Bring Our Missing Children Home poster contest. Swanson’s poster reflects a community concerned about missing children. Each home has a dark window representing the empty rooms of the missing children; the other windows portray grieving family members.
Poster artwork was judged on originality, creativity, use of color and materials, and reflection of the contest’s theme. Written poster applications were judged on the level of understanding of the subject, clarity, and grammar. For her winning entry, Swanson received a $100 cash prize, and her poster will be submitted to the national contest. Swanson and her class traveled to Helena today for an award presentation w
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Wednesday a Townsend student was honored at the Capitol for winning a statewide competition aimed at bringing awareness to missing children in Montana.
Claire Swanson, a 5th grader at Townsend Elementary School, was named the winner of the 2021 Montana Bring Our Missing Children Home poster contest.
The event was attended by officials with the Montana Office of Public Instruction and Department of Justice, including Attorney General Austin Knudsen, who spoke about this important issue. We ve got 60 missing children in the state, so anytime we get an opportunity to raise awareness to our public school children in Montana, that s great. we ve got a young lady here that stepped up and entered this contest and won it statewide.this is just nothing but good for the kids of Montana, it s such an important issue.