Winning students in the 2023 Helix Poster Contest were honored at the May Board of Directors meeting. Photo: Helix Water District studentWinning students in the 2023 Helix Poster Contest were honored at the May Board of Directors meeting. Photo: Helix Water District

Helix Water District Student Poster Contest Winners Highlight What “Being Water Wise Is”

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Ten talented student artists were honored for their winning work in the annual student poster contest at the May 17 Helix Water District board meeting. The students created their winning posters to visually depict the theme “Being Water Wise Is.”

The Metropolitan Water District of Southern California holds the regional poster contest to increase student awareness about water. Kindergarten through eighth-grade students in local district schools are eligible to compete. This year, 453 students from 24 schools within the Helix Water District Service area submitted posters depicting how to use water wisely.

These students took top honors

Grades K – 4

First Place – Evelyn Racine, Christ Lutheran School, Grade 3 Helix Water District student

First Place – Evelyn Racine, Christ Lutheran School, Grade 3

Second Place – Awra Boubetana, La Mesa Arts Academy, Grade 4

Second Place – Awra Boubetana, La Mesa Arts Academy, Grade 4

Third Place – Katharina Theuer, Christ Lutheran School, Grade 3 Helix Water District student

Third Place – Katharina Theuer, Christ Lutheran School, Grade 3

Honorable Mention – Aletheia Moffit, Julian Charter School Manzanita, Grade 1 Helix Water District student

Honorable Mention – Aletheia Moffit, Julian Charter School Manzanita, Grade 1

Honorable Mention – Ava Bleiweiss, Fuerte Elementary, Grade 1

Honorable Mention – Ava Bleiweiss, Fuerte Elementary, Grade 1

Grades 5 – 8

First Place – Catalina Raquel Jones, La Mesa Arts Academy, Grade 7 Helix Water District student

First Place – Catalina Raquel Jones, La Mesa Arts Academy, Grade 7

Second Place – Heaton Grey Hadidian, Christ Lutheran School, Grade 8

Second Place – Heaton Grey Hadidian, Christ Lutheran School, Grade 8

 

Third Place – Audrey Robinson, La Mesa Arts Academy, Grade 7

Third Place – Audrey Robinson, La Mesa Arts Academy, Grade 7

Honorable Mention – Valerie Silva, Mount Vernon Elementary, Grade 5

Honorable Mention – Valerie Silva, Mount Vernon Elementary, Grade 5

Honorable Mention – Cameryn Kovar, Saint Martin of Tours Academy, Grade 7

Honorable Mention – Cameryn Kovar, Saint Martin of Tours Academy, Grade 7

Helix Water District student artists featured in regional calendars

All winning posters will be forwarded to the Metropolitan Water District to be considered for inclusion in its 2024 “Being Water Wise Is” calendar.

First-place winner Catalina Jones in the Grades 5 – 8 category also won as a sixth grader in 2022, and her poster was included in the Metropolitan Water District 2023 regional calendar.

Helix Water District students were also selected for inclusion in the 2022 calendar, and in the 2021 calendar, in competition with all other regional winners.

This year’s winning posters are displayed on the Helix Water District website and Facebook page.

(Editor’s note: The Helix Water District is one of the San Diego County Water Authority’s 24 member agencies that deliver water across the San Diego County region.)