Shields students win fire prevention awards

The Lewes Fire Department presented its annual awards Jan. 15 to Shields Elementary fire prevention poster and essay contest winners.

Students received Lewes Fire Department drawstring backpacks monogrammed with their first names, small stuffed Dalmatian dogs and certificates. First-place winners will be eligible for county and state awards.

In back are (l-r) Lewes Fire Department Fire Prevention Committee member Brigid Frasca; Brinley Brosius, second-grade poster contest, third place; Sarah Fernandez, fifth-grade essay contest, third place; Victoria Falvello, first-grade poster contest, first place; Assistant Principal Jennifer Leach; Rex Parsons, kindergarten poster contest, third place; Nico Capobianco, first-grade poster contest, third place; Principal Kim Corbidge; Kelly Brockmeier, third-grade poster contest, first place; Lidia Marino, fifth-grade essay contest, first place; Lewes Fire Department Fire Prevention Committee member Caddie Joseph; Addison McIlvaine, fifth-grade essay contest, second place; and Lewes Fire Department Fire Prevention Committee member Chubby Joseph.

In front are Lewes Fire Department Fire Prevention Committee member Vince Talino; Julietta Kurdes, kindergarten poster contest, second place; Luciano Crisci, first-grade poster contest, second place; Elise Ramjattansingh, second-grade poster contest, second place; Anna Liang, kindergarten poster contest, first place; William Petrone, third-grade poster contest, third place; Addison Mohacey, second-grade poster contest, first place; and Lewes Fire Department Fire Prevention Committee members Dot Nicholson and Stephanie Talino.

Missing from the photo is third-grade poster contest second-place winner Hazel Mancari.