Here's Who Won The Earth Day Student Poster Contest In East Windsor

EAST WINDSOR, NJ — The township recently announced the winners of the Earth Day Recycling Poster Contest. Mayor Janice S. Mironov recognized the elementary school winners at a recent Council meeting.

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

“We are proud of all of the students who participated in the Township Earth Day Recycling Poster Contest, and who demonstrated an interest at a very young age in encouraging recycling as an important tool for creating a greener environment,” Mironov said in a statement.

"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.”

Here are the student winners:

Grades K – 2

• 1st Place - Sahasra Prabakaran (Ethel McKnight)
• 2nd Place - Jenise Ahenkora (Walter C. Black)
• 3rd Place - Jazmin Vergara (Walter C. Black)
• Honorable Mention - Lucy Loonan (Ethel McKnight)

Grades 3 – 5

• 1st Place - Mukund Sairakshan Prabakaran (Perry L. Drew)
• 2nd Place - Jenessa Ahenkora (Grace N. Rodgers)
• 3rd Place - Logaranjan Kannan (Perry L. Drew)
• Honorable Mention - Aadhav Saravanababu (Perry L. Drew)

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, reuse, reduce and rebuy.

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