East Windsor Recycling Poster Contest Winners Recognized

EAST WINDSOR TOWNSHIP, NJ - Mayor Janice S. Mironov recognized the elementary school winners of the East Windsor Township Earth Day Recycling Poster Contest at a recent council meeting. The theme of the poster is to promote any or all of the “4 R’s” of the East Windsor Township Recycling Program Logo, which are:

• RECYCLE all items that can be recycled.
• REUSE other items rather than throw them out in the trash.
• REDUCE materials into their homes that then have to be disposed of.
• REBUY buy goods that use recycled materials.

Winners from Grades K - 2 and Grades 3 - 5 all received Mayoral Certificates of Recognition and gift certificates to Barnes and Noble, donated by corporate sponsor Shiseido America.

“We are very proud of all of the students who participated in the Township Earth Day Recycling Poster Contest, and the judges had a very challenging task selecting winning posters,” Mironov said. “The participation by our students demonstrates an interest at a very young age in encouraging recycling as an important tool for creating a greener environment. The posters designed by the students creatively and colorfully serve to remind everyone of the importance of practicing and promoting recycling to help protect and preserve our environment. All of the participating students did an outstanding job and are to be commended for their great interest in recycling.”

The Grace N. Rogers School had the greatest number of students participating in the Earth Day Recycling Poster Contest, and received the Mayoral Earth Day Proclamation.

The student winners were:

1ST PLACE WINNERS

Grade K-2: Alyssa Berg (Walter C. Black), Aman Mohammed (Walter C. Black)

Grade 3-5: Dhruva Sribuddharaju (Perry L. Drew)

2ND PLACE WINNERS

Grade K-2: Nicholas Durovich (Ethel McKnight), Madeline Hayston (Ethel McKnight)

Grade 3-5: Julia Eden Mahoney (Perry L. Drew)

3RD PLACE WINNERS

Grade K-2: Emilie Gatzemeyer (Walter C. Black), Connor Dale Mahoney (Ethel McKnight)

Grade 3-5: Rucha Shah (Grace N. Rogers), Larkin Sosa (Perry L. Drew)

HONORABLE MENTION

Grade K-2: Aadhav Saravanababu (Ethel McKnight)

Grade 3-5: Usmaan Shariff (Perry L. Drew)

All of the winning student posters will be displayed through the month of May in the township municipal building.

Mironov thanked Poster Contest judges for their time and involvement. Judges included Planning Board Chairperson/Environmental Commission Member Edward Kelley, Clean Communities Advisory Committee Chairperson John Donnelly and Council Member John Zoller.