Tacoma students star in Earth Day art contest

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More than 140 students from throughout Tacoma entered this year’s EnviroChallenger/EnviroKids Earth Day art contest. Elementary and middle school students were asked to illustrate a positive environmental behavior that they’ve learned from the City’s EnviroChallenger educators regarding surface water, wastewater or solid waste.

The themes of the entries received included the 5 Rs, recycling, washing your car on the lawn, picking up trash and protecting storm drains, just to name a few.

 

Art by each of the nine winners and the honorable mentions will be posted online at www.cityoftacoma.org/envirokids on Earth Day, April 22. Also, a poster showing all of the winning entries will be displayed at the Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium, the Tacoma Nature Center and several City of Tacoma offices.

The winners are:
Grades K-2 Division

  • 1st place, Trey Hanson, second grade, Browns Point Elementary School
  • 2nd place, Sebastian Bush, kindergarten, Seabury School
  • 3rd place, Greta Hodges, first grade, Seabury School

 Grades 3-5 Division

  • 1st place, Brady Grahe, fifth grade, Lister Elementary School
  • 2nd place, Julie Dinh, fifth grade, Lister Elementary School
  • 3rd place, Jade Robinett, third grade, DeLong Elementary School

 Grades 6-8 Division

  • 1st place, Rahman Barika, eighth grade, First Creek Middle School
  • 2nd place, Peter Jacobsen, sixth grade, Jason Lee Middle School
  • 3rd place, Madalyn Hughes, sixth grade, Visitation Catholic School

Prizes for the nine winners include baseball tickets, zoo admission and environment-themed books sponsored by the Tacoma Rainiers, Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium and the EnviroChallenger program.

 

 

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I think the protection of the

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I think the protection of the environment should become a habit from the early childhood and I always try to find some new ways how to engage my children to care more about the world around them. I subscribe to the theory that education is the best way to raise awareness about environmental issues and that's why I appreciate the initiative launched by the authorities of my native Toronto who decided to organize a number of <a href="http://ellidavis.com/toronto-real-estate-news/2012/04/earth-day-toronto-...">biodiversity workshops </a> and other attractions so all of us could learn a little bit more about the protection and conservation of biodiversity in our province.

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