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More than 100 New Hampshire Students Get Art and Poetry Awards from EPA

Release Date: 05/23/2001
Contact Information: Amy Miller, EPA Press Office (617-918-1042)

BOSTON – About 125 children from elementary schools in New Hampshire will be at the Holiday Inn in Manchester at 11:30 am tomorrow, Thursday, May 24, to receive awards from the New England office of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

"These young artists, working with their teachers, created artwork for EPA New England's 29th annual Paul G. Keough Earth Artist contest," said EPA's acting regional administrator Ira Leighton. "The art addresses environmental challenges we all face, and helps us to remember how we can all make a difference in creating a cleaner world. We should all honor these students and their teachers, who may well be tomorrow's environmental leaders."

Rodney Elliott, EPA New England's Program Management Analyst, will be master of ceremonies and will give students their awards. Winners of the Earth Artist contest will get a certificate at a ceremony in their state; and participation certificates will be given to every class that enters the contest.

Teachers who wanted to take part in this program for students in grades kindergarten through six talked about environmental issues in class and then asked students to create a poem or poster with an environmental theme on a recycled paper grocery bag. The best entry from each class was sent to EPA New England to be judged by EPA staff.

Schools with winning students and classes, as well as their towns, are as follows:

Clark School, Amherst
Grace Christian School, Merrimack
Whitefield School, Whitefield
Peterborough Elementary School, Peterborough
Nottingham West Elementary School, Hudson
Hudson Middle High School, Hudson
Bluff Elementary School, Claremont
Greenland Central School, Greenland
Edward Fenn Elementary School, Gorham
James Faulkner Elementary School, Stoddard
Lisbon Regional School, Lisbon
Maple Street School, Hopkington
Alton Central School, Alton
Broad Street School, Nashua
St. John Regional School, Concord
Woodsville Elementary School, Woodsville
Acworth School, Acworth
Walter Haigh School, Salem