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Winning Student Videos Prepare Tri-Cities for Water Emergencies
Alameda County Water District's 2nd annual WaterClips Student Video Contest honors students and teachers with scholarships
Fremont, Calif. – Alameda County Water District rolled out a virtual red carpet for Tri-City area student winners of the District’s 2nd annual WaterClips Student Video Contest! Winning videos focused on educating the community about planning and preparing for water emergencies. The District announced contest winners on May 13 at its monthly Board Meeting. Students and their families joined District Board Members and staff in an online presentation to honor each student’s award-winning video.
The contest kicked off in January and was open to Tri-City students in grades 6-12. More than 30 students submitted videos as individuals or in teams for a total of 27 entries. Qualifying entries met contest criteria, video theme and length.
The contest included Middle School and High School categories, with three winners selected from each group by a panel of local judges representing government, television and radio industries.
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Judges scored videos based on their relevancy to the topic, entertainment value, creativity and originality and video quality.
“Students demonstrated creativity, production and technical skills in each video that showcases the talent of area students,” said ACWD Board President Aziz Akbari. “These videos will amplify ACWD’s message about the importance of planning and preparing for water emergencies and spotlight our youth and future leaders.”
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Contest winners and sponsoring teachers were awarded cash prizes.
Middle School Winners
| First Prize Winner | Second Prize Winner | Third Prize Winner |
| Nidhi Riju, Grade 7 Video: "Be Water Prepared" John M. Horner Middle School, Fremont Teacher, Kathleen Caine | Marissa Torres, Grade 8 Video: "Water Emergencies" Itliong Vera Cruz Middle School, Union City | Akshata Yadav, Grade 6 "The Water Emergency Survival Guide" Parkmont Elementary School, Fremont |
High School Winners
| First Prize Winner | Second Prize Winner | Third Prize Winner |
| Suhana Shrivastava, Grade 12 Video: "Preparing for a Water Emergency" Mission San Jose High School, Fremont | Sabrina Wu & Yusuf Rasheed, Grade 12 Video: "Always Prepared - Water Emergencies" Mission San Jose High School, Fremont Teacher, Sandra Cohen | Andrew Yuen, Grade 11 Video: "This is Water" American High School |
Honorable Mention
| Riley Hashimoto, Grade 7 Video: "Water Otter Emergency" Alsion School, Fremont | Bilal Salman & Toka Mohamed Grade 7 Video: "Ready for Aquaisis" John M. Horner Middle School, Fremont | Kate Intrasuwan, Grade 10 Video: "Mayday Mayday - Storing Water for Emergencies" Irvington High School, Fremont |
| Jayden Pagsolingan & Justin Lam, Grade 11 & 12 Video: "Learning with Luke" Newark Memorial High School, Fremont | Christine Yiu, Grade 11 Video: "Water Emergency: Plan and Prepare" Mission San Jose High School, Fremont |
Learn how you can be emergency-ready by viewing the videos at www.acwd.org/waterclips and on ACWD’s YouTube channel, AlamedaCountyWater. Follow @AlamedaCountyWD on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter for water emergency preparedness tips. Entries for the next year’s contest will begin January 2022. For more information, visit www.acwd.org/waterclips.
For more than 100 years, the Alameda County Water District has supplied water to the residents and businesses of southern Alameda County. ACWD supplies drinking water to the more than 357,000 people living in the cities of Fremont, Newark and Union City. For more information, please visit www.acwd.org.