And, The Winner of the Youth Earth Day Challenge Is....
/Us, of course!
We were once again overjoyed with the submissions, interest, talent and creativity of the youth around our district. Rosemary Hopson, our Washington Service Corps / Americorps Youth Educator, led the challenge with daily videos explaining basic environmental terminology to help illustrate how our actions can help the Earth.
“I am really proud of all of them, I think a lot of hard work went into these projects.”
You can view all of her explanatory videos and the contest guidelines here via the button.
We challenged kids of all ages to think of their favorite place to go. It could be a movie theatre, their house, a family farm, etc. They then needed to make a drawing, painting, or model made of recycled materials of their favorite place.
After building their favorite place we challenged kids to make it a green building. Green buildings are areas that are designed to have smaller environmental impacts. They could add solar panels, add rain barrels, a rain garden and more. We asked kids to make 3 green and 1 fun improvements to their favorite place!
What is the place that you chose to build?
Please tell us/label the 3 green improvements you added?
Why did you pick those improvements?
Placings:
1st and 2nd Grade:
1st place-Jayden Lenaburg
2nd place-Elise Severns
3rd-5th Grade:
1st place-Eleanor Ridgeway
Tied for 2nd-Kylah Mooney and Griffin Bursch
3rd place-Nate Ottem
Video Playlist of the following three entries:
Jayden is our first place winner in the 1st and 2nd grade category, Eleanor Ridgeway won 1st place in our 3rd-5th grade category, and Griffin Bursch tied for 2nd place in our 3rd-5th grade category.
6th-8th Grade:
1st place-Chaitra Gundimeda
2nd place-Dylan Lenaburg
3rd place-Mitchell Warner
Honorable mentions: Samantha Adams and Kalpesh Patel
9th-12th Grade:
1st-Nadia Brainerd
The Entries
Relief for Parents - Fun for Students
“Nate was SO excited!” — Diane Ottem, Nate Ottem’s parent
“Wow- Thank you! I will pass this on to Eleanor when she returns from her bike ride. She will be so excited. This was 100% her doing. She was obsessed with completing this and doing it her way. ;) We have paint all over our hardwood floors from her- but it was worth it to see her get excited about this project.” — Deborah R, Eleanor Ridgeway’s parent
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