Keiki Water Conservation Poster Contest Winners Announced

The Department of Water Supply, County of Hawai‘i, congratulated the nearly 400 Hawai‘i Island schoolchildren who entered the Department’s fourth annual Keiki Water Conservation Poster Contest.

DPS also announced the winners on Friday, May 20.

Open to K-5 students, the contest drew entries from 15 public, private, and charter schools located around the island, along with several homeschoolers. This year’s theme was “Be a Superhero – Waste Zero” to illustrate how using water wisely and reducing wasteful water use is important to help preserve the island’s finite supplies of safe drinking water. Participants created original artworks, and the entries were judged on poster originality, visual artistry, and depiction of the contest theme. Prizes were awarded for the first- and second-place entries for each grade.

All poster entries can be viewed under the “Community” tab on the Department’s website, www.hawaiidws.org.

Kindergarten:

1st Place: Capella Lee, Kua O Ka Lā New Century Public Charter School

Teacher: Robbie McGrath

2nd Place: Aviva Rose Ruderman, Kua O Ka Lā New Century Public Charter School

Teacher: Robbie McGrath

1st Grade:

1st Place: Trystan Buniel, Kua O Ka Lā New Century Public Charter School

Teacher: Agnes Redo

2nd Place: Jayla Moreno, Kaūmana Elementary School

Teacher: Roseann Michaud

2nd Grade:

1st Place: Olamau Miyashiro, Ke Kula ‘O Nāwahīokalani‘ōpu‘u Iki Lab Public Charter School

Teacher: Puanani Pe‘a

2nd Place: Kaiwahine Suber, Ke Kula ‘O ‘Ehunuikaimalino

Teacher: Kealoha Reff

3rd Grade:

1st Place: Eliana Sanchez Tusie, Kea‘au Elementary School

Teacher: Denise Kaipo

2nd Place: Alayna Medeiros, E.B. deSilva Elementary School

Teacher: Kristen Doolittle

4th Grade:

1st Place: Peyton Tamayo, Ha‘aheo Elementary School

Teacher: Dorothy Teramoto

2nd Place: Noelle Moats, Ha‘aheo Elementary School

Teacher: Dorothy Teramoto

5th Grade:

1st Place: Kira Aguiar, Waiākeawaena Elementary School

Teacher: Lane Matsuura

2nd Place: Shyra Lee Pawai, Waiākeawaena Elementary School

Teacher: Lane Matsuura