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Senator Bruno meets with students at the Senate's I*MA*GREEN*NATION Celebration on Tuesday. |
"I*MA*GREEN*NATION" Student Projects Highlight Solutions to Pollution Challenges
Tuesday, May 11, 2004
Senator Bruno today joined with local students who were participating in the Senate�s 13th annual "I*MA*GREEN*NATION" Awards Celebration at the State Capitol.
"Our local winners completed against hundreds of students from throughout New York State, and their imaginative ideas and displays were judged to be among the best in this year�s contest," said Senator Bruno. "I know that our entire community shares my pride in these young people who have shown a remarkable awareness and concern for the important environment challenges that we all face to make our state a better, cleaner place."
The I*MA*GREEN*NATION Awards program was established to promote recycling and conservation and to help develop awareness among students from grades first through eighth. It opens the door to an exchange of creativity and ideas about recycling and waste reduction between schools, children, and adults and stimulates creative thinking about solutions concerning these problems.
Mrs. Reed and Mrs. McGurrins third and fourth grade classes from Rennselaer Park Elementary School won third place for Division II literature. Award winners attending from Mrs. Reed and Mrs. McGurrins class were: Imani Anderson, Jeshon Benefield, Jordan Dickinson, Ahlloyia Dillon, Mitchell Dolan, Amber Douglas, Bobby Fosmier, Brittany Foster, Quamel Francis, Jonathan Griffin, Mariah Hayes, Cody Holland, Dillan Holland, Christopher Jackson, Danny Jourdanais, Katie Schneider, Chelsea Tufts, Nick Williams, Na�gee Brace, Elisa Costa, Cierra Costella, Patricia Hordan, Machaila Dehler, Ashley Delisle, Shane Fennelly, Bria Gilmore, Matt Holland, Larry Hordan, Machaila Kent, Andrew Laughlikn, Zachary Lundberg, Nicholas Mason, Nicole McLarney, Blair Meeson, Donald O�Brien, Carl Patterson, Travis Serson, Shaunna Simmons, Joseph Sullivan, Thomas Tufts, and Caitlyn Vogt.
Dianna Charron�s sixth grade class from St. Mary�s School won second place for the Division III Audio/Video category. These award winners included: Samantha Arnold, Lance Brouker, Christina Cooper, Nicholas DeThomasis, Katherine DuMond, and Aaron Lester.
Mrs. Seaver and Mrs. Curley�s second grade class from from George Washington School won third place for the Division I Arts & Crafts category. These award winners included: Christopher Arnold, Maddie Carpenter, Paul Cellucci, Andrew DeFlumer, Asdis Griggs, Allyson Holland, Dominic Keenan, Thane Reilly, John Riegert, Brandon Rodwell, Franki Sehn, Nicholas Winckler, Ciara Beddow, Benjamin Carter, Kyla DeCamp, Jacob Gaito, John-Marcel Hickey, Laura Hynes, Maggie Pasanen, Benjamin Rice, Aiden Rockwell, Dominic Schroeder, Devin Vendervoort, and Timothy Yetto.
Winners received award medals and spent the day viewing submissions by their fellow students from across our state. The students also had the opportunity to tour the seat of our state government.
This event promotes participation from across the state with over 1,000 students traveling to Albany to attend the awards celebration. All participants' entries are displayed for the event.
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