Two students from schools in Albrightsville were among the winners in this year's PPL Electric Utilities Electrical Safety Poster Contest.

More than 800 entries were received in the contest, which urged students to get creative about electrical safety. The contest was developed by the utility with assistance from the National Energy Foundation."Electrical safety is something we all should have in mind at home, work or play," said Sarah Fliszar, regional operations director. "Getting more kids familiar with the concepts of electrical safety was the goal of this contest. The creativity and messaging on the posters was phenomenal."The contest was open to students in kindergarten through eighth grade who attend a school served by PPL Electric Utilities. A winner was chosen for each grade and grand-prize winners were chosen in grade categories kindergarten through second grade, third through fifth grade and sixth through eighth grade. Winners were chosen based on effective communication of the electrical safety theme and the visual presentation of that idea.Grade level winners received $200 and grand-prize winners received $500. Teachers of grand-prize winners received a $500 classroom grant.Sharon Buell, a fifth-grade student at the Penn Kidder Campus of the Jim Thorpe Area School District, Albrightsville, was the grand prize winner for grades three through five.Emma Spath, also a Penn Kidder student, was the fourth grade winner of the contest.For more information about the contest, visit

www.pplelectric.com/safetyposter.