Castro Valley Student Wins $500 Scholarship

SACRAMENTO, CA — Angelina Retodo, a student from Castro Valley High School, recently won third place in the 2018 Districts Make the Difference Student Video Contest. The statewide contest encourages high school and college students to learn about the local governments that provide their families essential services such as water, electricity, fire protection, wastewater and garbage removal, and more.

Students were challenged to create a 60-second video highlighting how special districts have enhanced the lives of Californians through the delivery of local services and infrastructure to their community.

Angelina’s video, “CVSan Special District,” provides a creative overview of special districts and explains how the Castro Valley Sanitary District provides wastewater and solid waste treatment for the local community while also hosting local educational events.

Angelina’s video competed in a month-long public voting period against four other videos and came in third place. She will receive a $500 scholarship for her video. The $2,000 first-place scholarship will be awarded to a student from Carlsbad and students from Antioch will receive the second-place scholarship of $1,000.

The video contest is organized annually by Districts Make the Difference, the public outreach campaign launched by the California Special Districts Association.

“I want to congratulate Angelina on her accomplishment and thank her and each of the students who participated in the contest for the time and effort it took to create their videos aimed at increasing awareness and understanding for special districts,” said Neil McCormick, CEO of the California Special Districts Association. “Our hope is that the video contest provides students with a scholarship opportunity that allows them to express their artistic talents while also learning about special districts.”

Students throughout California participated in the 2018 contest. Angelina faced tough competition to be selected as one of the five finalists. Initial entries were scored by CSDA officials based on four criteria accuracy and effectiveness, creativity and originality, production quality, and entertainment value. The five videos with the highest overall scores competed in the month-long period of public voting.

To see all the winning videos and to learn more about all special districts, visit DistrictsMaketheDifference.org.

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— Announcement from California Special Districts Association; Photo via Shutterstock