Kobe McLendon, a fifth-grade student at Garden Lakes Elementary, won third place in grades 3-5 of the 2012 Georgia School Bus Safety Poster Contest. This year’s theme for the art contest was “Stand Back from the Yellow and Black.”

The School Bus Safety Poster Contest is sponsored by the Georgia Association for Pupil Transportation and supported by the Georgia Department of Education.

Kobe earlier placed first in Division II in the Floyd County competition.

At least a part of a yellow school bus had to be present on the poster. Students grades K-8 enrolled in a Georgia public school were eligible to enter this contest. Posters were judged by a committee from the Georgia Department of Education comprised of prominent individuals in the fields of elementary education, safety and art.

Kobe’s art teacher at Garden Lakes Elementary is Amy Sprewell-Gossett. Kobe received a check for $50 from the Georgia Association for Pupil Transportation for placing third in the state-wide contest.