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Students Recognized in Caring Place Poster Contest

Adaline ZhaoTwo Mars Area School District students received awards in the 2024-2025 Highmark Caring Place Children’s Grief Awareness Day Poster Contest. 

Kindergartner Adaline Zhao was named the Grand Prize winner and received a Certificate of Excellence and a $100 Amazon gift card. Her poster will be reprinted and distributed to Western Pennsylvania schools in Fall 2025.

Third-grader Aanvi Dubey was selected as finalist in the annual contest. She received a Certificate of Excellence and a $25 Amazon gift card.

The contest asked students to design a poster on the theme, “How to Help a Grieving Friend,” illustrating how even the smallest acts of kindness can help a person who is grieving.

For more information, visit www.highmarkcaringplace.com.