Announcing 2024 Highway Safety Poster Contest Winners
Each year, Caltrans holds its annual Highway Safety poster contest. The contest is open to children, grandchildren, nieces and nephews of Caltrans employees, and it gives the children an opportunity to express their messages about the importance of driving safely in or near highway work zones. It also allows them to be part of Caltrans' educational outreach and life-saving message.
The contest was open to children 17 years old or younger, and judges selected posters based on creativity, how well the poster conveyed the highway safety theme, and the use of color.Although the posters differ greatly in appearance, they all convey one of these important messages, "Be Work Zone Alert" or "Move Over."
Winner 14 - 17 year olds
Shoshoni Guinn – 17 years old
Shoshoni Guinn is now a two-time consecutive winner of the Highway Safety Poster Contest! The talented Shoshoni is seventeen years old and an eleventh-grade student at Yreka High School. She is focusing on her studies and likes anything outdoors, such as hiking, exploring and plants. Art and drawing are also important to Shoshoni, so she was excited when her father Kenneth Guinn, a District 2 Equipment Operator II, told her about the contest. Her winning entry features Safety Sam, the Caltrans safety mascot, along with Caltrans employees at work. Safety is important to Shoshoni, she says, and “all of Caltrans is out there working for everyone. We can show our gratitude by slowing down so that everyone’s loved ones get home safety.”
Winner 11 - 13 year olds
Alan Pike – 13 years old
When Alan Pike isn’t playing board games, playing ping pong or playing with his dog, he keeps busy biking or working on his seventh-grade studies at Lassen View Elementary School. This thirteen-year-old has diverse interests that include raccoons, space and developing the artistic skills he demonstrated in the contest. The son of Hannah Pike, a District 2 Junior Engineer Technician, Alan says he is concerned about highway safety because he is “part of the Caltrans world and he is very proud of his Mommy.”
Winner 7 - 10 year olds
Bradley Skopnik – 10 years old
Bradley Skopnik is a busy ten-year-old student in the fifth grade at Bishop Elementary School who enjoys exploring the outdoors, riding his dirt bike or pursuing his interests in building blocks, antique collecting, rocks and engineering. Bradley is proud of his dad, Christopher Gomez, a District 9 Building Maintenance Worker, and says that is motivated to enter the contest because he wants “to keep hard workers safe.”
Winner 6 years old and younger
Jane Pike – 6 years old
Jane Pike is a six-year-old student at Lassen View Elementary. When not attending kindergarten, Jane likes cats and bats, as well as her brothers and chocolate. Jane is also interested in arts and craft projects of all kinds. Jane says she wants to enter the contest because she loves Mommy's orange Caltrans coat and says she likes to know what Mommy does at work. Jane is the daughter of Hannah Pike, a District 2 Junior Engineering Technician.
Honorable Mentions
14 – 17-year-olds
Alena Trinh -14 years old
Mother: Hoa-anh Le
Transportation Engineer
District 4
11 – 13-year-olds
Saanvi Kidambi - 12 years old
Father: Sridhar Kadambi
Senior Transportation Engineer
District 10
7 – 10-year-olds
Shrinika Kidambi - 8 years old
Father: Sridhar Kadambi
Senior Transportation Engineer
District 10
6 years old and younger
Liam McDaniel – 5 years old
Mother: Brittany Contreras
Office Technician
District 8
