ADVISORY/Philadelphia Students Receive Awards For Artwork that Promotes Clean Water.City Desks/Environment Writers/Education Writers ADVISORY...for Tuesday (April 20) PHILADELPHIA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 20, 2004 Philadelphia Water Commissioner Kumar Kishinchand and Kathy Klein, executive director of the Partnership for the Delaware Estuary, will award prizes today to 16 Philadelphia student-artists. The ceremony, honoring young people from kindergarten through 12th grade for their artwork, will be held at the Fairmount Water Works The Fairmount Water Works in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania was the first municipal waterworks in the United States. Designed in 1812 by Frederick Graff and built between 1819 and 1822 it operated until 1909, winning praise for its design and becoming a popular tourist attraction. Interpretive Center Society on Tuesday, April 20 at 4:30 p.m. Addressing the theme Clean Water Begins and Ends with You, the students' drawings show Philadelphians ways to prevent stormwater runoff Runoff The procedure of printing the end-of-day prices for every stock on an exchange onto ticker tape. Notes: If the "tape is late" then it can take a long time to print off all the closing prices. pollution. The contest also gave student contestants in all parts of the city a better understanding of how such pollution adversely affects our local waterways. Almost 1,400 students entered the contest. "Each of these students, even the youngest, has the gift of being able to communicate, which they have shared generously with all Philadelphians," says Commissioner Kishinchand. The students receiving first-place prizes will have their drawings used to promote the stormwater runoff pollution prevention message on SEPTA car cards in celebration of the 34th anniversary of Earth Day, April 23. The 16 winning students will also have their work featured in a special 15-month calendar also titled "Clean Water Begins and Ends with You." First-place winners will receive $200 savings bonds; second place, $150 savings bonds; third place, $100 savings bonds; and honorable mentions, $50 savings bonds. All winners will also receive an art supply kit. Winners were selected in four different categories, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. grade: K to second grade, third to fifth grade, sixth to eighth grade and ninth to twelfth grade This article or section deals primarily with the United States and Canada and does not represent a worldwide view of the subject. Please [ improve this article] or discuss the issue on the talk page. . The first-place winners are: Alejandro Vidal, Northeast High School Northeast High School may refer to:
Second-place winners are: Adriann Demchenko, George Washington High School Many high schools in the United States are named after George Washington, first President of the United States, including::
Third-place winners are: Robert Haberman, George Washington High School; Paula Rivera, Our Mother of Consolation; Mary Corcoran, Germantown Friends: and Silvio DaPaz, Solis Cohen cohen or kohen (Hebrew: “priest”) Jewish priest descended from Zadok (a descendant of Aaron), priest at the First Temple of Jerusalem. The biblical priesthood was hereditary and male. Elementary. Honorable-mention winners are: Tinu Joseph, George Washington High School, Carlton Wilks, Jr., St. Francis de Sales
Saint Francis de Sales (in French, St François de Sales ; Morgan Elam, Meredith School; and Samia Scott, Robert Morris Elementary. The contest is open to all Philadelphia public, private and parochial schools. The Partnership for the Delaware Estuary and the Philadelphia Water Department sponsor the competition. |
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