Helix Water District: Student Poster Contest Winners Highlight Water Is Life

Lemon Grove CA

30 October, 2020

1:51 AM

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Press release from Helix Water District: October 28, 2020 Above: The winning second place poster in the 4th-6th grade category, drawn by Nurah Avellano, a 6th grade student at St John of the Cross in Lemon Grove during the 2019-20 school year. We honored local student artists for their winning Water Is Life posters at a virtual awards ceremony during our October 28, 2020, board meeting. Each year, Metropolitan Water District of Southern California, one of our wholesale water providers, holds a regional poster contest for students in kindergarten through sixth grade to increase student's awareness about water. We promote the contest to all K-6 schools within our service area. This year, 174 students from 14 schools submitted posters depicting how to use water wisely. The following students took top honors: Grades K – 3 First Place – Gabriel Espino, Lemon Avenue Elementary, Grade 3 Second Place – Marvin Sears, La Mesa Dale Elementary, Grade 3 Third Place – Alexander Mollner, St. John of the Cross, Grade 2 Honorable Mention – Pashaun Tillman, La Mesa Dale Elementary, Grade 3 Honorable Mention – Lily Griffin, Murdock Elementary, Grade 3 Grades 4 – 6 First Place – Jose Sabedra, Bostonia Language Academy, Grade 4 Second Place – Nurah Avellano, St. John of the Cross, Grade 6 Third Place – Mina Saeed, Lexington Elementary, Grade 4 Honorable Mention – Valeria Ramirez-Quiroz, St. John of the Cross, Grade 5 Honorable Mention – Giselle Villegas Garcia, Lemon Grove Academy, Grade 5 Grade levels are for the 2019-20 school year View all the winning posters on our Facebook page This press release was produced by Helix Water District . The views expressed are the author's own.