Stevenson Student Wins Metra's Train Safety Essay Contest

A Stevenson High School student is the winner of Metra’s 2013 Safety Essay Contest.

Eleventh grade student Nam-Joong (Peter) Hwang won the 7th annual contest created to reinforce railroad safety messages and keep kids safe around trains. Hundreds of students participated in the contest by either creating artwork or writing an essay according to this year’s theme, “Take Care, Be Aware, Look Listen Live.”

Hwang won an iPad for placing first in the contest. 

“Safety is Metra’s highest priority and this contest allows us to bring the discussion of rail safety into our region’s classrooms so that we educate our future riders as well as our current riders,” a statement from Metra Deputy Executive Director Alex Z. Wiggins read on metrarail.com. “We could not be more proud of the contributions made by these students to our mission to promote the importance of safety near our trains and tracks.”

For more information on poster and essay winners, head to Metrarail.com