Archives: 2002 Earth Day Poetry Contest
 Photo by Clairette Murray |
Third Annual Coati Kids Earth Day Poetry Contest
This contest was held for school children grades Kindergarten - Grade 6. We had loads of entries, over 300 from all over the Tucson area.
The poems were really great! The first place winners came to Armory Park on Earth Day 2002 to read their winning poems at the awards ceremony.
Overall First Place Winner:
Alexia Ben-Shabat,
6th grade at Tucson Hebrew Academy
Clash
First Place Winners:
Daniel Giangardella,
Kindergarten at Kellond Elementary
Desert
Poem
Eliza Hard, 1st grade at Manzanita Elementary
The
Desert
Michael Jerrick, 2nd grade at Hudlow Elementary
Saguaro
Cactus
Elizabeth Rosenberg, 3rd grade at St. Cyril School
The
Secret Place
Brooke Romanoski, 4th grade at St. Cyril School
The Sunset
Crystal O’Hara,
5th grade at Hudlow Elementary
Earth
Day
2nd Place Winners
Marliana
Ray, Kindergarten at Kellond Elementary
Poem title: The Cactus
Amanda
Young, 1st grade at Miles Exploratory Learning Center
Poem title: Desert
Mark Breckenridge, 2nd grade at St. Michael’s & All Angels Parish
Day School
Poem title: Sonoran Desert
Catie Jerman, 3rd grade at
St. Cyril School
Poem title: Sonoran Sunrise
Nathan Davis, 4th grade
at Harelson Elementaryl
Poem title: Cactus Wren
Megan Smith, 5th grade
at Palo Verde Christian School
Poem title: Nature
Bryce Megdal, 6th
grade at Tucson Hebrew Academy
Poem title: Monsoon
3rd
Place Winners
Zak Bsoul, Kindergarten at Kellond Elementary
Poem
title: Snakes
Logan Scaduto, 1st grade at Children’s Academy of Arizona
Poem title: Friends
Daniel Rooyakkers, 2nd grade at Palo Verde Christian
School
Poem title: Desert Creatures
Andrew Marlin, 3rd grade at Miles
Exploratory Learning Center
Poem title: Saguaros
Cheyenne Williams,
4th grade at Harelson Elementary
Poem title: The Desert Fauna
Joe
Caito, 5th grade at Miles Exploratory Learning Center
Poem title: Sonora
Joey Levy, 6th grade at Tucson Hebrew Academy
Poem title: Tumbling
Honorable Mentions
Keegan Johnson
Kindergarten at Kellond Elementary
Poem title: The Desert
Christian
Gable
1st grade at Children’s Academy of Arizona
Poem title: A Snake
Davaughn Brown
1st grade at Children’s Academy of Arizona
Poem
title: Chasing Animals
MeiLin Ossanna
1st grade at Manzanita Elementary
Poem title: Arizona
Rebeca Perea
1st grade at Immaculate Heart Academy
Poem title: Rattlesnake
Cameron Schlatter
2nd grade at OMOS Catholic
School
Poem title: Sonoran Desert
Conor Miller
2nd grade at St.
Michael’s & All Angels Parish Day School
Poem title: Desert Wildlife
Shelby Carter
2nd grade at Gale Elementary
Poem title: The Hot Desert
Alyssa Hawkins
3rd grade at Miles Exploratory Learning Center
Poem
title: Sonoran Stars
Jamil Hijazi
3rd grade at St. Cyril School
Poem title: Caves
Amelia Paul
3rd grade at St. Cyril School
Poem
title: Hummingbird
Nyisha Harrison
3rd grade at Miles Exploratory
Learning Center
Poem title: Desert
Maxwell Burge
3rd grade at
Miles Exploratory Learning Center
Poem title: Sonoran Desert
Ariel
Schwartz
4th grade at Tucson Hebrew Academy
Poem title: Roadrunners
Jackson Bain
4th grade at Miles Exploratory Learning Center
Poem title:
The Sonoran Desert
Riana Odalen
4th grade at Harelson Elementary
Poem title: I Love To Be Me
Robert Rosenberg
4th grade at St. Cyril
School
Poem title: Hummingbird
Bobby DeNigris
4th grade at St.
Cyril School
Poem title: Packrat
Michelle Bellovin
4th grade at
Tucson Hebrew Academy
Poem title: What I Love
Breaan Caid
5th
grade at Hudlow Elementary
Poem title: The Desert
Aaron Campbell
6th grade at Tucson Hebrew Academy
Poem title: Mountains
Robert Fruchtman
6th grade at Tucson Hebrew Academy
Poem title: The Twilight Sunset
Sydney Tuller
6th grade at Tucson Hebrew Academy
Poem title: Rain
Charlotte Alster
6th grade at Tucson Hebrew Academy
Poem title: Monsoon