Mike Morsch, Regional Editor
By Michael V. Crismali, Correspondent, Many of the East Windsor Regional School District’s youngest and brightest students and their families came out to the April 18 East township council meeting to be recognized for their hard work and creativity during the Recycling Poster Contest this year., This is a contest is open to all students from kindergarten through fifth-grade students from all the elementary schools in the district. The contest is done in conjunction with Earth Day, which is celebrated on April 22, and held annually to encourage young students to think about Earth Day and the environment., The task for the students is to create a poster which incorporates as many of the 4 R’s of the EW township Recycling logo -recycle, reuse, reduce and rebuy. There were two groups judged: kindergarten through second grade and third through fifth grade., Mayor Janice Mironov appointed a committee consisting of Ed Kelly, chairman of the Planning Board, and a member of the Environmental Commission, Gary Fournier, vice chair of the Clean Communities Committee, and a liaison, Councilman John Zoller to review all entries and choose the winners., Mayor Mironov began the presentation by praising all participants, stating that everyone did a really great job, and by expressing how proud she was of everyone who participated. “To show an interest and to get involved is the most important thing,” said the mayor., Those recognized were awarded a certificate signed by the mayor and gift certificates from Barnes & Noble. All winning posters will be on exhibit in the town hall for the next few months, including the students’ names and school.s, Winners in the Kindergarten through second grade were:, Honorable Mention: Keylee Quisphe-Guzman, Jazmin Quisphe-Guzman and Kelvin Quisphe–Guzman, who all attend kindergarten at Ethel McKnight School; third place: Erica Spero from Walter C. Black School, and Shakthi Shyam from Ethel McKnight School; second place: Yudhveer Singh from Grace N. Rodgers School, and Chase Bradshaw from Grace N. Rodgers School; first place: Nina Marie Drago., Winners in the third through fifth grade were: first place: Rachna Achary from Perry L. Drew school and Rashida Udaipurwala from Grace N. Rodgers School; second place: Samantha Aque from the Grace N. Rodgers School, Kayla Arumugam from Perry L. Drew School; third place: Shalini Shankar from the Walter C. Black School; Honorable Mention: Kristen Rodrigues Prabhu from the Perry L Drew School and Manwinder Kaur from the Grace N. Rodgers School., After all individual award winners were recognized, the mayor reiterated the importance of participation and getting involved, and followed by awarding the Earth Day proclamation to Grace N. Rodgers Elementary School. This proclamation is earned by the school that had the most student participation in the poster contest.
