Congratulations to the winners and participants of the 15th Annual Sustainable Santa Monica Student Poster Contest, presented by the City of Santa Monica and Sustainable Works. This year’s theme, Together, Let’s Create a Community Full of Kindness, Dignity and Equity, reinforces the importance of treating each other with kindness and recognizing that as human beings everyone is a valued member of our community and should be treated fairly and in a way that does not cause them harm.
The contest was open to all kindergarten through 12th grade students who live and/or attend school in Santa Monica.
Congratulations to the winners! Photos from the Celebration are below. We’d also like to give a big shout out to all the teachers who encouraged their students to participate in the contest.
From Will Rogers Learning Community: Katja Alexander, Tracey Schwengel and Carl Avitia-Witt
From Grant Elementary: Virginia Ripley, Jackie Martinez, Heather Subin, Rachel Mauck, Laura Meshel, Gabby Murcia and Shelley Smith
From Roosevelt Elementary: Akiko Gooden
From Sycamore Community School: Jennifer Mack
From John Adams Middle School: Jennifer Joyce
From Lincoln Middle School: Ahn Tran
From Saint Anne School: Marisa Sisneros and Michael Gustafson
From Santa Monica High School: Veronica Garcia-Hecht and Jorge Gutierrez
From Franklin Elementary: Crest Program
From Virginia Ave. Park: Dolores Romo
This year’s contest was presented to 30 classes at public and private schools and after school programs in Santa Monica and reached over 800 students, resulting in 367 poster submissions.
Thank you to everyone who donated to the event. Yoga-urt, Blick Art Materials, Pacific Park and Annenberg Community Beach House.
Photos by Kathleen Murphy
