Congratulations to the winners and participants of the 16th Annual Sustainable Santa Monica Student Poster Contest, presented by the City of Santa Monica and Sustainable Works. This year’s theme, Celebrating 30 Years of Sustainability in Santa Monica, educated students about the City of Santa Monica’s many accomplishments since adopting the Sustainable City Plan in 1994.

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, Carl Avitia-Witt, Gabrielle Hoffman-Ellis and Melissa Trubo, Sofia Luciano and Luis Brizuela
From Grant Elementary: Virginia Ripley, Jackie Martinez, Rachel Mauck, Joseph Ramirez, Laura Meshel, Stephanie Neumann and Amy Cordes
From Roosevelt Elementary: Anna Nitti and Akiko Gooden
From Sycamore Community School: Jennifer Mack
From John Adams Middle School: Jennifer Joyce
From Lincoln Middle School: Ahn Tran and Angela Qualls
From Santa Monica High School: Veronica Garcia-Hecht, Jorge Gutierrez, Kevan Shipley and Emily Kariya
Crest Programs: Roosevelt – Monica Villasenor, Will Rogers – Sierra Vidal, Grant – Yvonne Grevious
From Virginia Ave. Park: Dolores Romo and Ericka Turner-Rogers
From Community Corporation of SM: Ramon Alvarado and Michael Witham

This year’s contest was presented to a record 53 classes at public and private schools and after school programs in Santa Monica and reached over 1,300 students, resulting in 629 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