KAPA‘A — Kaua‘i students received top honors in a statewide video competition this week. Kapa‘a High School took first place and Kaua‘i High School ended in third place as Farmers Insurance Hawai‘i announced the winners of its Hot Shots Video
KAPA‘A — Kaua‘i students received top honors in a statewide video competition this week.
Kapa‘a High School took first place and Kaua‘i High School ended in third place as Farmers Insurance Hawai‘i announced the winners of its Hot Shots Video Competition this week on O‘ahu.
Kapa‘a High School used its “Dear Ilona (losing a dear friend to drunk driving)” video to highlight the theme of drunk driving while Kaua‘i High School highlighted distracted driving with “What Happens in a Second (anything can happen in a second, don’t let distractions get the best of you).”
For its honor, Kapa‘a High School’s team of Ilona Oliver and Raquelle Matayoshi, working under the direction of its teacher Michelle Rundbaken, will receive a check of $1,500 and will have its video aired as public service announcements.
Sophomores Kaylee Tamura and Taki Kaila Funaki and junior Lucas Gushikuma of Kaua‘i High School worked under the direction of Leah Aiwohi to produce its third place video which earned the school a check for $500.
Mid Pacific Institute won second place in the high school division for its “Dead End (consequences of wrong choices).”
Kapolei Middle School topped the Middle School division with its “Distractions Pop Up Anywhere (sticky notes all over windshield),” followed by King Intermediate School earning second place for its “Don’t Walk and Text or You’ll be Next,” and Ewa Makai Middle School finished third with its “Tale of Two Texts (driving and walking while texting).”
Winners in the middle school division also earned cash awards of $1,500, $1,000 and $500, respectively, the first place school having its video aired as public service announcements.
“Many of the videos used humor to get their message across, but all of them sent very serious messages about the tragic consequences of not driving safely,” said Michelle Saito, Farmers Hawai‘i president. “Their creativity and candor in reminding adults about the need for safe driving habits is refreshing and also helps to instill safe driving habits from a young age.”
Saito, who earlier in the year visited the Chiefess Kamakahelei Middle School as part of Farmers Hot Spots campaign, said the contest was designed to highlight traffic safety from the eyes of Hawai‘i’s youth.
She said in addition to driving distractions such as texting and paying attention to pedestrians, the topic of drunk driving was also on the minds of the students.
Students across the state were invited to submit 27-second videos on safe driving and pedestrian laws and practices from the start of the school year through October.
In total, Farmers Insurance received 24 entries from the Big Island, Maui, Kaua‘i and O‘ahu with the first place winners’ public service announcements being aired as part of the Farmers Insurance traffic safety public awareness campaign.
All of the winning videos will be posted on the Farmers Hawai‘i website.
The Hot Shots video contest was part of the Farmers Insurance Hawai‘i Hot Spots traffic safety program. Farmers Insurance Hawai‘i has partnered with schools and the Honolulu and Neighbor Island police departments to remind drivers to slow down in school zones as part of its Hot Spots program.
Visit www.myfarmershawaii.com/hotshots for more information.
