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A Stockton school student is celebrating after winning not one but two prizes in a Christmas art competition set up by Cleveland Police.
Jodie Harkin a Year 9 pupil at Our Lady & Saint Bede RC Secondary School in Stockton entered the community competition titled ‘putting people first at Christmas’, where she had to design a Christmas card to be used by the Police force.

Jodie’s design won the key stage 3 category which saw the school win £500 as well as an engraved Ipod Nano, the Chief Constable’s Certificate of Merit and a framed poster of her design. She then went on to become the overall winner claiming a further £1000 for the school, £50 Itunes voucher, a pack of Christmas cards with her winning design on and she will see her card sent out across the region as Cleveland Police’s official 2009 Christmas card.

Speaking about the triumph, Gemma Linighan, the school’s Arts Director said: “The competition was a great opportunity for our students to show off their artistic skills and we are absolutely delighted that Jodie has triumphed in both categories. There was obviously a lot of competition not just from our school but all the other schools in the area who took part. We are very proud of her and hope she enjoys her prizes.”