Breaux Act Newsflash - State Environmental Awareness Contest Winners
Announced
State Environmental Awareness Contest Winners Announced
State winners have been announced for the Eighth Annual Environmental
Awareness Student Art and Language Arts Contest. The annual contest is
sponsored by the Louisiana Environmental Education Commission through the
generous support of the Alcoa Foundation.
The winning entries were selected from over 800 entries submitted by
kindergarten through twelfth grade students from over one hundred schools
across the state. Students could submit entries in both art and language
arts in four separate age categories. Art entries were required to be in
color and participants could use a variety of media, including crayons,
colored pencils, and watercolors. Language arts entries could be written
as a story, reflection, creative narrative, or poetry. Entries were judged
on artistic quality, creativity, and how well the piece represented this
year's theme, Carbon Footprints: Tread Lightly on Louisiana.
The Louisiana students will be honored for their winning entries at an
awards reception to be held in Baton Rouge at the Governor's Mansion on
June 22, 2010. The students' families, teachers, and principals are also
invited to attend the reception. Members of the Louisiana Environmental
Education Commission and Alcoa Foundation representatives will be in
attendance to honor these outstanding students.
Prizes awarded to the contestants include $200 for first place, $100 for
second place, and $75 for third place. Winning art and language art
entries will be used to create a 2011 Environmental Awareness calendar,
which will be distributed statewide. Winning language arts entries will be
published in newspapers and winning art entries will be placed on
billboards in the winners' local areas.
Environmental Awareness Art and Language Arts winners are as follows:
Language Arts Winners
Group 4 (ages 14-18)
1st - Kristen Wolff, Sterlington High School, Sterlington
2nd - Allen Mire, Runnels High School, Baton Rouge
3rd - Brianna Orgeron, Grace King High School, Metairie
Group 3 (ages 11-13)
1st - Kristen Boese, Mandeville Middle School, Mandeville
2nd - Ann Claire Crain, St. Bernadette Catholic School, Houma
3rd - Ashton Abshire, W.W. Lewis Middle School, Sulphur
Group 2 (age 8-10)
1st - Valon Mull, Curtis Elementary, Bossier City
2nd - Grace Crain, St. Bernadette, Houma
3rd - Muhammed Yousif, Mandeville Middle School, Mandeville
Group 1 (ages 5-7)
1st - Sarah Buckley, Ursuline Academy, New Orleans
Art Winners
Group 4 (ages 14-18)
1st - Rhiannon Miklosey, West Ouachita High School, West Monroe
2nd - Michael Kane, West Ouachita High School, West Monroe
3rd - Margaux Pepper, Runnels High School, Baton Rouge
Group 3 (ages 11-13)
1st - Holly Guilbeau, Port Barre High School, Port Barre
2nd - Clarissa Bruns, Montessori School of Shreveport, Shreveport
3rd - Austin Bertrand, Westwood Elementary, Westlake
Group 2 (ages 8-10)
1st - Lauren Deville, Northeast Elementary, Opelousas
2nd - Lexi Peck, Westwood Elementary, Westlake
3rd - Damon Billiot, St. Anthony, Gretna
Group 1 (ages 5-7)
1st - Madison Hardee, Covington Elementary, Covington
2nd - Peyton Roussel, Paulina Elementary, Paulina
3rd - Brianna Miller, Cypress Cove Elementary, Slidell