On behalf of the Oregon Invasive Species Council (OISC) Education Outreach
Committee, it is my great pleasure to announce the winners of the Oregon
Invasive Species Council’s Statewide “Don't Let it Loose” High School
Media Design Contest.
We received an impressive 46
entries from schools all over Oregon. All of the student work was commendable,
and we thank our panel of 26 judges including members of the Council, Oregon’s
House of Representatives, Agency Directors and various national experts for
their diligent work reviewing the contest entries and sharing their expertise
in scoring the art.
The art work was judged based on
the following criteria: “Don't Let It Loose” Message, Visual Effectiveness,
Universal Appeal, and Originality. Based on these criteria, the judges selected
the following 10 poster winners and 5 multimedia winners. Congratulations
to these talented students:
Best Poster:
1st Place: Edwin
Leung, Sabin-Schellenberg Professional Technical Center, Portland
2nd Place: McKensi
Payne, The Northwest Academy, Portland
3rd Place: Ethan
Chappelear, Clackamas High School, Portland
Honorable Mentions: Zoe Clegg,
Clackamas High School. Cody Woods, Sabin-Schellenburg. Katie Storment,
Rex Putnam High School, Jenaya Stevenson, Sabin-Schellenburg, Claire
Novick, The Northwest Academy, Chase Anderson, Milwaukee High
School, Jinal Patel, Clackamas High School.
Best Multimedia:
1st Place: Sanjana
Potnis, The Northwest Academy, Portland
2nd Place: Karissa
Thomas and Kaitlyn Dibbler, collaborative project, North Bend High
School
3rd Place: Katie
Holcombe and Erin Bjorkland, tied for third place, St. Mary's
Academy
Honorable Mention: Justus
Humble, Lebanon High School
We have set up a Google drive
folder where you can enjoy the colorful, creative, and effective
projects. https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B19TxKyeXgaDRkw4WW1xV1JpeTg&usp=sharing.
Please let us know if you have any trouble accessing the folder.
An awards and recognition ceremony
will be held for the winning students and teachers. It will be on June 25th
from 5:30-7:30pm at the Chemeketa Center for Business and Industry in downtown
Salem (626 High St. NE, http://www.chemeketa.edu/busprofession/ccbi/map.html)
. We hope you will consider attending to recognize these students and their
teachers, celebrate their work, and catapult them toward future leadership on
invasive species issues. Please RSVP to Leslie Shaffer by June 18, lshaffer@oda.state.or.us; Tel.: 503-986-4660 .
In addition, members of the Oregon
Legislature will be in attendance to help present and recognize the excellent
work of students and their teachers. Members of the House of Representatives
have extended an invitation to students, teachers and parents to visit the
State Capital to observe a session of the House floor from the gallery.
We sincerely thank all of you for your time, expertise, and support to help make this media contest a success.
Sincerely,
OISC Education Committee Task
Group Members: Sam Chan, Tania Siemens, Kayla Martin, Leslie Shaffer, and Thea
Hayes
Tania Siemens
Watershed and Invasive Species Education (WISE) Program
Oregon Sea Grant
Oregon State University
cell: 541-914-0701 email: tania.siemens@oregonstate.edu
http://seagrant.oregonstate.edu/invasive-species/wise
Watershed and Invasive Species Education (WISE) Program
Oregon Sea Grant
Oregon State University
cell: 541-914-0701 email: tania.siemens@oregonstate.edu
http://seagrant.oregonstate.edu/invasive-species/wise