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Record number of students compete in water awareness poster contest
The district received more than 2,800 entries from elementary school children in eight public and one private school. The number of entries represents more than half of the area's population of elementary school students, an official said. The water district held a ceremony for students, parents and teachers at the May 22 board of directors meeting to celebrate the winners of the contest. Twelve top posters and 14 student artists were honored. Students used a wide range of media to create their artworks: watercolors, mixed media, crayons, markers and colored pencils. One element all the posters had in common was the theme--the importance of water to life. Each finalist was presented with a personalized certificate of recognition and a customized Tshirt depicting their poster art. The top poster was created by Devon Pollack and Hannah Franklin, fifth-grade students at Bay Laurel Elementary School in Calabasas. Devon and Hannah are students in Julie Atkinson's class. Their team artwork depicted teeming ocean life lapping at the foot of mountains. On top of the mountains were two hands holding a droplet of water. The theme penned at the top states "Water is a privilege . . . the outcome is in our hands." The Ann Dorgelo Water Awareness Award honors the memory of the longtime member of the board of directors. The award was named for Dorgelo because of her commitment to excellence in education, board president Charlie Caspary said. The trophy will be displayed at Bay Laurel during the 2006-07 school year. Twelve other students were also honored at the event. Their posters, along with Devon and Hannah's, will join past winners' artworks on display at the water district's Calabasas headquarters. The annual poster contest is part of the May celebration of Water Awareness Month. The district, officials said, promotes a variety of educational programs to instill "lifelong water conservation practices in young people." "Conservation is very important in this naturally arid region that has no natural local water supply," said John Mundy, general manager of the district. He said 100 percent of the drinking water for the Las Virgenes customers is imported. The other 12 finalists in the contest were: Mackenzie Jordon, Sumac Elementary Ali Hashemi and Jonathan Rud, Bay Laurel Elementary Cassidy Quisenberry, Yerba Buena Elementary Ryan Rosenheim, Sumac Elementary Emma Gabay, Round Meadow Elementary Natalie Saraf, Willow Elementary Paul Huh, Lupin Hill Elementary Evelyn Chang, Yerba Buena Elementary Geline Catarroja, Bay Laurel Elementary Hunter Pearson, Sumac Elementary Matthew Taksen, Lupin Hill Elementary The Las Virgenes water district serves nearly 65,000 residents in Agoura Hills, Calabasas, Hidden Hills and Westlake Village, as well as unincorporated areas of western Los Angeles County. | |||||
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