The City of Santa Fe City Council will celebrate the creative efforts of the winners of the 6th Annual Children’s Water Conservation Poster Contest on Wednesday, May 13 at 5 p.m., in the City Hall Council Chambers, 200 Lincoln Avenue. The ceremony will honor the 18 outstanding student artists who won this year’s contest. Their winning posters will be on display at City Hall from May 4 through May 29.

This year’s Grand Prize winner is Sam Connan, a 5th grade student from Santa Fe School for the Arts & Sciences. The selection committee felt the winning poster was very creative, original, and had a clear water conservation message. The Grand Prize winning poster, pictured at right, will be displayed as a water conservation message on a City of Santa Fe bus for one year.

The winners are:

1st Grade
First Place: Oona Hook, Eldorado Elementary School
Second Place: Amaryss Sandoval, Eldorado Elementary School
Third Place: Maria Sanchez, Agua Fria Elementary School

2nd Grade
First Place: Maya Gorman, Agua Fria Elementary School
Second Place: Ever Prishkulnik, Wood Gormley Elementary School
Third Place: Natalie Nathanson, Wood Gormley Elementary School

3rd Grade
First Place: Griffin Ferguson, La Mariposa Montessori
Second Place: Kai Taishoff, Santa Fe School for the Arts & Sciences
Third Place: Sophie Hare, La Mariposa Montessori

4th Grade
First Place: Marisa Tedori, La Mariposa Montessori
Second Place: Margaret Sandoval, Agua Fria Elementary School
Third Place: Miya Homashige, La Mariposa Montessori

5th Grade
Grand Prize: Sam Connan, Santa Fe School for the Arts & Sciences
Second Place: Briana Ritter, La Mariposa Montessori
Third Place: Brass Burapa-Coggins, Santa Fe School for the Arts & Sciences

6th Grade
First Place: Jorri Stephenson, Gonzales Community School
Second Place: Ceryn Schoel, La Mariposa Montessori
Third Place: Tatyana Stavrowsky, Santa Fe School for the Arts & Sciences

For more information, contact the Water Conservation Office at (505) 955-4225 or visit www.santafenm.gov/waterconservation.