Spruce Mountain Elementary School students are recognized for winning their categories in the Lyme Disease Awareness Month poster contest. Seen from left are State Representative Sheila Lyman, Anna Moffett, Maisy Emery and art teacher Tamara Lindsey. Sumbitted photo
JAY — Two students from Spruce Mountain Elementary School are among the winners of the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention’s annual Lyme Disease Awareness Month poster contest.
Spruce Mountain Elementary School third grade student Maisy Emery is the winner in her category of the Lyme Disease Awareness Month poster contest. Submitted photo
The contest for students in Kindergarten through grade eight is broken down into four categories.
Third grader Maisy Emery won for the grade two-three division.
In the grade four-five division fifth grader Anna Moffett was the winner.
“Maisy’s poster was also selected to be the official CDC poster that will be placed around State parks in Maine educating people about ticks and how to prevent them from causing tick borne diseases,” art teacher Tamara Lindsey said in an email May 26.
Lindsey has had students recognized in the contest every year since it began 13 years ago.
Each year she teaches about tick borne illnesses and students are asked to create an educational poster on how to keep safe from ticks.
SMES fifth grader Anna Moffett is the winner in her category of the Lyme Disease Awareness Month poster contest. Submitted photo
“The project is our community service project for the year,” Lindsey wrote in an email last year.
On Friday, May 27, State Representative Shelia Lyman presented Maisy Emery and Anna Moffett with a gift bag and a framed certificate from the state and a State Of Maine pin.
Maine CDC noted students this year designed posters on the theme “Tick Wise.” Each poster illustrated at least one tick prevention tip:
• Know tick habitat and use caution in areas where ticks may live.
• Use an EPA-approved repellent.
• Wear protective clothing.
• Perform tick checks daily and after any outdoor activity.
Winners received a Maine State Parks family day pass and tick removal kits for all their classmates. Visit Maine CDC’s website (www.maine.gov/lyme) to view the winning posters.
Visit www.maine.gov/lyme for more information on Lyme disease and other tickborne diseases.
Explore Maine tickborne disease data through the Maine Tracking Network. Visit www.maine.gov/lyme and click on “Maine Tracking Network: Tickborne Diseases” in the menu on the left.
Watch tickborne disease videos on Maine CDC’s YouTube channel: www.youtube.com/user/MainePublicHealth.
Check out the tick and mosquito school curriculum for youth in third through eighth grades at www.maine.gov/dhhs/schoolcurricula.
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