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Take Care of Texas announces winners of annual Kids Art Contest

A second grade student at Walker Station Elementary in Sugar Land has been named the grand prize winner in the sixth annual Take Care of Texas Art Contest. Aaria Arora’s winning artwork was chosen from approximately 2,000 entries statewide.

Students were asked to submit artwork demonstrating how they help keep the air and water clean, conserve water and energy, and reduce waste.

Aaria will receive a laptop computer and her teacher will receive a tablet computer. The fifteen regional winners will also receive a tablet. Prizes were donated by the Texas Chemical Council.

Staff at each TCEQ regional office selected winners from each of the regions’ qualifying entries. The winning art pieces will be showcased on the Take Care of Texas and TCEQ websites, newsletters and social media. Regional winners' artwork can be viewed on the Take Care of Texas website.

Grand Prize Winner TCEQ Region 12 Aaria Arora, 2nd Grade Walker Station Elementary, Sugar Land

TCEQ Region 1 Emma Arredondo, 4th Grade Aikman Elementary, Hereford

TCEQ Region 2 Angie Le, 4th Grade Oak Ridge Elementary, Lubbock

TCEQ Region 3 Cheran Hooper, 5th Grade Sheppard Air Force Base Elementary, Sheppard AFB

TCEQ Region 4 Hayul Lee, 4th Grade Ogle Elementary, McKinney

TCEQ Region 5 Crystal Presiado, 5th Grade Como-Pickton Elementary, Como

TCEQ Region 6 Angel Umoh, 5th Grade Bliss Elementary, El Paso

TCEQ Region 7 Zoee Areguello, 5th Grade Santa Rita Elementary, Midland

TCEQ Region 8 Keoyn Keeney, 4th Grade Rochelle Elementary, Rochelle

TCEQ Region 9 Natalie McGrath, 5th Grade River Valley Intermediate, McGregor

TCEQ Region 10 Cayley Velasco, 5th Grade Woden Elementary, Nacogdoches

TCEQ Region 11 Shreyan Khanna, 5th Grade Laurel Mountain Elementary, Austin

TCEQ Region 14 Shayla Pulido, 4th Grade Charlie Marshall Elementary, San Patricio

TCEQ Region 13 Michael Uribe, 5th Grade Poteet Intermediate, Poteet

TCEQ Region 16 James Sepesi, 3rd Grade Trautmann Elementary School, Laredo

TCEQ Region 15 Sophia Trevino, 5th Grade Creative Explorations Home School, Harlingen

Take Care of Texas is a statewide campaign from the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality that encourages all Texans to help keep our air and water clean, conserve water and energy, and reduce waste.

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