The following is a press release from the Huron Valley School District.

Alek Cummings, a junior from Lakeland High School, and a student at the Oakland Schools Technical Campus Southwest in Wixom (OSTC), was chosen as the third place 11^th grade winner in the North American International Auto Show (NAIAS) poster competition. Cummings was awarded a $100 prize and tickets to the auto show.

The auto show contest was designed to engage creative minds of Michigan’s future artists. The poster entries were judged by a NAIAS 2012 Chairman, a General Motors Automotive Designer, a representative from The College for Creative Studies Instructor and a State Farm Insurance Representative. All winning entries will be posted on the official NAIAS website, www.naias.com and will be on display January 14-22 at the NAIAS 2012. The poster can also be viewed on the Huron Valley Schools website at www.huronvalley.k12.mi.us.

The poster contest was open to Michigan students in grades 10-12. The contest had 88 high schools involved with a total of 891 poster entries. This is the 24^th year of the international event and is the most prestigious auto show in the world.