Saving My Alachua

Welcome to the 2023 Annual Saving My Alachua Environmental Art Contest. All Alachua County students enrolled in public, private, or home school grades K-12 are encouraged to create an artwork depicting their passion and ideas for being better stewards of our local environment. 

Ribbons will be awarded for 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place in each grade category for K through 8th grade, and 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place in the High School category. Selected winners will be featured in the 2024 Saving My Alachua Calendar. All winning artwork will be displayed beginning April 2023.

Learn more about the 2023 contest.

View previous contest winners on our Facebook page.​

Previous Calendar Winners

Samuel Wang – Kindergarten - 1st Place and Calendar Selection, Turtle with Crawfish, Kimball Wiles Elementary

Cora Street – Kindergarten - 2nd Place, Our Beautiful River, Morning Meadow Preschool and Kindergarten

Marcela Aguilar-Rivera – Kindergarten -3rd Place, Turtle with Fish, Kimball Wiles Elementary

Ally Mitchell - 1st Grade - 1st Place and Calendar Selection, Snake in a Tree, Micanopy Area Cooperative School

Taylor Morabito - 1st Grade - 2nd Place, Fox, Micanopy Area Cooperative School

Elissa Rodgers - 1st Grade - 3rd Place and Calendar Selection, Be Still for the Animals, Micanopy Area Cooperative School

Violet Laughlin-Volk - 2nd Grade - 1st Place and Calendar Selection, Florida Black Bear, Laniakea Montessori School

Byron Lewis - 2nd Grade- 2nd Place, Clean Water Bird, Caring and Sharing Learning School

Camryn Young - 2nd Grade - 3rd Place, Slay the Wave Way, Caring and Sharing Learning School

Aleah Henderson - 3rd Grade - 1st Place and Calendar Selection, Flowing River-Clean Water!, Caring and Sharing Learning School

Nick Chronley - 3rd Grade - 2nd Place, Heron in Pond, Kimball Wiles Elementary

Emma Loosli - 3rd Grade - 3rd Place, Florida Scrub Jay, Healthy Learning Academy

Abigail McConn - 4th Grade - 1st Place and Calendar Selection, My Deer Alachua, Homeschool

Zion Thomas - 4th Grade - 2nd Place, Clean Water Bridge, Caring and Sharing Learning School

John Calas-Diaz - 4th Grade - 3rd Place, Sandhill Crane Beauty, Micanopy Area Cooperative School

Emma Stripling - 5th Grade - 1st Place and Calendar Selection, Wood Stork, Healthy Learning Academy

Zora Beauvais - 5th Grade - 2nd Place and Calendar Selection, Many Beauties, Caring and Sharing Learning School

Amari Henderson - 5th Grade - 3rd Place, Water Springs, Caring and Sharing Learning School

Kyleigh Lewis - 6th Grade - 1st Place and Calendar Selection, ’Aquafina’ Mother of Clean Water, Caring and Sharing Learning School

Aaya Haddad - 6th Grade - 2nd Place, Our Home is on Fire!, Abraham Lincoln Middle School

Ariee Burney - 6th Grade - 3rd Place, Colorful Prairie, Caring and Sharing Learning School

Cecilia Duda - 7th Grade - 1st Place and Calendar Selection, Better Together, Abraham Lincoln Middle School

Elena Haddad - 7th Grade - 2nd Place, Please Don't Destroy Our Home!, Abraham Lincoln Middle School

Kartikeya Rajderkar- 8th Grade - 1st Place and Calendar Selection, Save Minnows in Springs, Abraham Lincoln Middle School

Nathalie Larson - 8th Grade - 2nd Place, Baby Manatee Rescue, Fort Clarke Middle School

Ellen Hu - 8th Grade - 3rd Place, The Florida Burrowing Owl, Abraham Lincoln Middle School

Brooklyn Thomas - High School - 1st Place and Calendar Selection, Great Horned Owl, Eastside High School

Eliza Matthias - High School - 2nd Place and Calendar Selection, The Sign, Eastside High School

Claire Barbarette - High School - 3rd Place, Red-Cockaded Woodpecker, Eastside High School