1st Place Quinn Anderson, Luiseno School, 7th grade. To view all winners, see the gallery below.

El Sobrante Landfill has announced the names of the 12 Temescal Valley students who are winners in the America Recycles Day calendar art contest.

The contest challenged students to depict the theme “Together we can keep Temescal Valley Clean and Green” and incorporate proactive ways to protect the environment, including proper waste disposal, recycling, clean technology and habitat conservation.

El Sobrante received 132 entries from children attending Todd Elementary, Luiseno and El Cerrito Middle schools. The contest was organized by the Temescal Heritage Foundation and the landfill.

Staff from Riverside County First District Supervisor Kevin Jeffries’ office and local community volunteers chose the 12 winners whose artwork will create the 2015 community calendar. The judges selected the winners based on interpretation of theme, creativity, originality and age appropriateness.

Here are the winners:

1^st Place:  Quinn Anderson, Luiseno School, 7th grade ($800 will be given to Luiseno)
2^nd Place:  Clarence Okonkwo, Todd Elementary School, 1st grade ($600 will be given to Todd)
3^rd Place:  Melissa Albis, El Cerrito Middle School, 8th grade ($400 will be given to El Cerrito)

Additionally the top three winners won ice cream for their homeroom classrooms.

The runners-up, in first-name alphabetical order, are:

Isabella Russo, Todd Elementary School, 2nd grade
Jenna Mahoney, Todd Elementary School, 2nd grade
Justin Dizon, Luiseno School, 7th grade
Kaia Boone, Todd Elementary School, 3rd grade
Kaitlyn Currier, Todd Elementary School, 4th grade
Kiera Allende, Luiseno School, 1st grade
Lia Starks, Todd Elementary School, 3rd grade
Madison Talley, Todd Elementary School, 5th grade
Maggie Gibbs, Luiseno School, 4th grade 

All 12 winners will receive gift baskets with art supplies and eco-friendly merchandise,

Here are the other winning entries: