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Dobbins Elementary gives awards to extraordinary students
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Neighbors | Amanda Tonoli.Bill O'Hara (left), Western Reserve Fire District inspector and fire education specialist, and Tim Royer, fire safety educator, gave an award to Dobbins Elementary School student Cassidy Smith for her winning poster for the Fire Safety Contest.
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Neighbors | Amanda Tonoli.Parents, students and teachers crowded into Dobbins Elementary School's cafeteria for the presentation of awards at the Awards Assembly on May 21.
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Neighbors | Amanda Tonoli.Poland District Superintendent David Janofa came to the Awards Assembly at Dobbins Elementary School on May 21.
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Neighbors | Amanda Tonoli.Principal Michael Daley (right) of Dobbins Elementary School presented awards for the Poland library's Summer Reading Program on May 21. Pictured, from left, are Kate Blumel, Connor Blumel, Michael Daley and Preslie Bodine.
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Neighbors | Amanda Tonoli.Inspector and fire education specialist Bill O'Hara (left) and fire safety eduator Tim Royer (right) presented Cassidy Smith with awards for her winning fire safety poster on May 21 at Dobbins Elementary School.
By amanda tonoli
Dobbins Elementary School awarded students for success throughout the school year on May 21. Students earned awards through a number of different contests and participation in varying categories.
Principal Michael Daley said he was very proud his students won not only awards from within the school, but also that they participate outside in the community.
One of the students, Cassidy Smith, won an award through a fire safety contest through the State Fire Marshal. Students who entered the contest had to draw and color a poster that had to portray something in regards to fire safety.
Bill O’Hara, inspector and fire education specialist of the Western Reserve Fire District, awarded Smith with complimentary fire alarms, tickets to the state fair, a backpack filled with fire safety tools, a few certificates and other small prizes as well. Smith also got to ride to school that morning on the fire truck.
Not only did Smith win the contest locally, but she impressed O’Hara by going much farther.
“Firemen here in Poland judge them and pick a winner in two age groups and then we send those two winners to state,” O’Hara said. “This is only the second time we’ve had a state winner.”
Also at the awards assembly was the presentation of awards from the Poland library Reading Contest. Students who read the most hours won a certificate.
Other awards given out were Accelerated Reader awards, Canfield Fair Art awards, Handwriting Contest awards, Math awards, Geography awards, poetry awards, essay awards and the President’s Award for Outstanding Academic Excellence Awards.
Daley also said he loves to see the older students recognized to set an example for the younger ones.
“Quite a few of our fourth graders will be recognized for accomplishments and quite a few of the younger ones will look up to them and say, ‘I want to be that person some day,’” Daley said. “It gives them something to aim for.”
There were various other awards presented to those who worked extra hard throughout the year, encouraging other students to strive to win the awards next time.