Mineola Students 'Recycle, Reuse, Rethink' in N. Hempstead Art Contest

Several Mineola students were among more than 1,000 students throughout the Town of North Hempstead who were invited to participate in a recycled art contest at the Gold Coast Arts Center on Monday.

As part of the Seventh Annual Annual Recycled Artwork Contest, students used recyclable materials that otherwise would have been dumped in landfills. They created artwork made of metal, paper, rubber, plastic or cloth to create their own piece of art.

This contest looked to spread the “Recycle, Reuse and Rethink” message.

Many elected officials were in attendance, including Town Clerk Wayne Wink, Councilman Peter Zuckerman, Councilwoman Anna Kaplan and Town Supervisor Judi Bosworth.

“This contest is one of the many wonderful environmental initiatives with which the Town is involved all year long, including so many that involve our local schools,” Bosworth said in a press release. “And I am proud to say that for the first time this year, we have all 11 school districts in the Town participating in the program, as we were proud to welcome Mineola and Roslyn earlier this fall.”

Nearly three dozen students won in various categories, including: Environmental Message, Best Use of Recycled Materials and Creativity.

Those who participated were judged in the Elementary, Middle School, High School and Group categories.

All entries will be on display until Jan. 1 in the gallery at the Gold Coast Arts Center, located at 113 Middle Neck Road in Great Neck.

Check out the winners below:

Elementary School Category

Environmental Message

• Harbor Hills Elementary School, Roslyn School District
• “The DVD Solar Home”
• Ariella Ayenesazan & Jenny Klein
• Grade 4

Best Use of Recycled Materials

• John F. Kennedy Elementary School, Great Neck School District
• “Peels and Petals”
• Juliana Hakakian
• Grade 4

Creativity

• Notre Dame Elementary School
• “Underwater Sock Scene”
• Group 5-1
• Grade 5

Best Overall

• Notre Dame Elementary School
• “The Scream” made with socks
• Group 5-2
• Grade 5

Honorable Mention

• Rushmore Avenue Elementary School, Carle Place School District
• “The Wonders of a Gift Card”
• Annabella Georg-Hyun
• Grade 5

Middle School Category

Environmental Message

• Westbury Middle School, Westbury School District
• “Recycled Peace”
• Brian Richards & Melissa Bell
• Grade 7

Best Use of Recycled Materials

• Weber Middle School, Port Washington School District
• “Scrapnology”
• Aidan Thomas, Aedan Hadasi, Spencer Kaufman, Ethan Severance, Ethan Girtz, Jack Marshall
• Grade 6

Creativity

• Great Neck North Middle School, Great Neck School District
• “The Research of the Spooky Butterflies”
• Sarah Hakakian
• Grade 6

Best Overall

• Mineola Middle School, Mineola School District
• The “Re” Eiffel Tower
• Jillian Parrino
• Grade 7

Honorable Mention

• Westbury Middle School, Westbury School District
• “Girl Minion”
• Isabella Bamios & Diana Lazo
• Grade 6

High School Category

Environmental Message

• Great Neck South High School, Great Neck School District
• “The Melting of the Polar Ice Caps”
• Talia Levy & Jin-Ha Seo
• Grade 10

Best Use of Recycled Materials

• New Hyde Park Memorial High School, Sewanhaka Central High School District
• “Duct Tape Flower”
• Sruthi Sayi
• Grade 9

Creativity

• Great Neck South High School, Great Neck School District
• “Pop-Up Book”
• (Jay) Zhiming Chen & Steven Chen
• Grade 11

Best Overall

• Great Neck North High School, Great Neck School District
• “Pray For Peace”
• Lior Cole
• Grade 9

Honorable Mention

• Great Neck South High School, Great Neck School District
• “Evolution of Pollution”
• Jordyn Siegel, Lauren Reiss, Dylan Sanders & Shayna Zeitlin
• Grade 10

Group Category

Environmental Message

• Parkville School, Great Neck School District
• “Recycled Rainbow Fish”
• Parkville School
• Grade K

Best Use of Recycled Materials

• Westbury High School, Westbury School District
• “Faces of Nature”
• Grades 9-12

Creativity

• Great Neck North Middle School, Great Neck School District
• “Cap Turtle”
• Grades 6-7

Best Overall

• Munsey Park Elementary School, Manhasset School District
• “Cecil the Lion”
• Grades 1-5

Honorable Mention

• The Willets Road School, East Williston School District
• “Reduce Reuse Rethink because we Love Our World”
• Grades 5-7

Honorable Mention

• Lakeville Elementary School, Great Neck School District
• “Lakeville’s Pearlescent Peacock”
• Grades 1-5

Honorable Mention

• E.M. Baker School, Great Neck School District
• “Rainbow Color Spectrum”
• Grades 1-5

This contest was organized by Bosworth, the Town Board and the Office of Sustainability.

Photos by TONH

• Supervisor Bosworth and Councilman Zuckerman with Ariella Ayenesazan and Jenny Klein from Harbor Hills School
• Town officials with the group category winners.
• Town officials with the middle school category winners.
• Town officials with the elementary school winners.
• Town officials with high school winners.
• Supervisor Bosworth with Alyson Zeller of Willets Road School
• From left, Councilman Zuckerman, Gold Coast Arts Center Exec. Director Regina Gil, and Supervisor Bosworth enjoy the recycled art gallery which will be on display at the Gold Coast Arts Center through January 1st.