Ocean Pals 2007

OCEAN PALS POSTER CONTEST 2007

Florida students have placed extremely well in the Regional and the National poster contest. The students were awarded 3 - 1st places, 3 - 2nd places, 4 - 3rd places and 2 Honorable Mentions (12 out of 16).

This year's theme was "Overfishing, By-Catching, Bottom Trawling - Our Marine Life In Danger".

The students were to study the effects of human appetites for fish exceeding the oceans' ecological limits with devastation impacts on marine ecosystem. Overfishing one species breaks the natural order and places other dependent species at risk. This creates a chain of damage that may eventually affect the biodiversity of the whole ocean. The world's oceans are struggling to survive their greatest threat - overfishing. Thankfully, it is not too late to turn the tide. Urgent action is needed to change fishing practices and reclaim our oceans for marine life and coastal communities.

Sonia Smith,

Florida Regional Director

Ocean Pals, an outreach to students

Once again the FSDA wishes to thank Sonia and Ken Smith for their immense contributions to the Ocean Pals Contest and Ocean Expo Production. Together they have taken on the entire year long process necessary to produce these events. We thank you both for your time and effort. We also want to thank the judges and all those who helped make these events possible.

EXPO 2007

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TOP POSTER ARTISTS

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. . .Grace Luing

.....Laurabelle Corbin

. . . . . Seth Sumpter

. . . . . . Ethan Leary

. . .C J Rapeczyinski

. . .Christine Garrigas

. . . . . Will Meyers

. . . . Betul Adalier

. . . . . Rachel Ho

. . . . Erin Arnold

. . . . Bella Tabera

. . . . Nathan Beck

. . . .Josh Gilmore

. . . Matt Chowaniak

. . . . Tiffany Davis

. . . .Christine Noble

. . . . .Chad Robin

. . . Alfonso A Garcia

. .Jessica Dominguez

. . . . .Juan Pozo

. .Karen, Lisa

..Lanny, Ed, Pat

..Lisa, Ron, Pat

FLORIDA OCEAN PALS 2007 WINNER'S LIST

State Nat'l Stu F Name Stu L Name Grade Art Tch F Name Art Tch L Name Sch Name Sch City Sch State

1st 1st Grace Luing 1 Kim Kensinger Bay Haven Charter Academy Panama City FL

2nd 2nd Laurabelle Corbin 2 Kim Kensinger Bay Haven Charter Academy Panama City FL

3rd 3rd Seth Sumpter 2 Kim Kensinger Bay Haven Charter Academy Panama City FL

HM Ethan Leary 2 Patty Tizen Surfside Elem Satellite Bch FL

5th C J Rapeczyinski 2 Bridget Geiger Longleaf Elementary Melbourne FL

1st 1st Christine Garrigas 5 Bridget Geiger Longleaf Elementary Melbourne FL

2nd 2nd Will Meyers 4 Kim Kensinger Bay Haven Charter Academy Panama City FL

3rd 3rd Betul Adalier 5 Kim Kensinger Bay Haven Charter Academy Panama City FL

HM Rachel Ho 5 Bridget Geiger Longleaf Elementary Melbourne FL

1st 1st Erin Arnold 8 Debbie Wilson Southwest Middle Sch Palm Bay FL

2nd 3rd Bella Tabera 6 Mr Rogers Tropical Elementary Merritt Island FL

3rd HM Nathan Beck 8 Cathy Erby Bay Haven Charter Academy Panama City FL

HM Josh Gilmore 6 Cathy Erby Bay Haven Charter Academy Panama City FL

5th Matt Chowaniak 8 Mrs S Dieteman Chasco Middle Sch Port Richey FL

1st 2nd Tiffany Davis 11 Nina Lovill West Port High Ocala FL

2nd HM Christine Noble 12 Nina Lovill West Port High Ocala FL

3rd 3rd Chad Robin 12 Kelly Strozier Gulf Breeze High Gulf Breeze FL

HM Alfonso A Garcia 12 Andre Henry South Plantation High Plantation FL

5th Jessica Dominguez 12 Nina Lovill West Port High Ocala FL

Noticed Juan Pozo 12 Nina Lovill West Port High Ocala FL

Judges

Karen Freiler, Lisa Tatro, Lanny Seale, Ed Zurinski, Pat Fredette, Ron Dubbs.

Since 1991 FSDA-WCC has reached out to Florida’s students. We accepted the invitation to join Beneath The Sea's Ocean Pals™ National Poster Contest and have directed and helped sponsor the Southeastern Region’s contest. This contest is a national environmental education-through-art program. Awareness is urgent! The students are encouraged to expand their knowledge by researching the environment concern for the marine environment with a different yearly theme and to express this in their poster art. The winners of each of the different regions are then entered in the national contest. Their messages are then brought to the widest possible audience to create a stronger commitment to protect the environment on which all life on this planet depends.
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