Somersfield Academy Students Shine in Earth Hour Creativity Contest

March 26, 2013 — In recognition of this year’s Earth Hour, the Island’s students applied their talents for a Creativity Contest held by Belco, a member of the Earth Hour Council. Awards were held during the Earth Hour celebration on Saturday from 5pm to 10pm, with each winner and their school receiving $100. For this year’s event, honourable mentions were also gifted $50.

It took all afternoon to judge hundreds of entries, with a panel representing Belco, the Department of Energy, Chewstick, Bermuda National Library, and Greenrock. Winning entries were posted at Belco’s Serpentine Road headquarters.

Winners in the nine to 11 category were: Derek Tucker-Peters, Somersfield Academy (essays); Gianna Lupparelli, Warwick Academy (poetry); Tyler Jessey, Purvis Primary School (artwork), and Kaela Riley, Purvis Primary School (diorama).

For the 12 to 14 category: Taj Donville-Outerbridge, Clearwater Middle School (essays); Nkosi Hollis, The Berkeley Institute (poetry), and Mackenzie Paul, Somersfield Academy (artwork).

For the 15 to 18 category: Son-J Hall, The Berkeley Institute (essays); Maychel Pearman, The Berkeley Institute (poetry), and Karen Marino, Mount Saint Agnes Academy (artwork).

Honourable mentions are: SéRi Joell and Shakira Simons, from Somerset Primary; Shannon Smith and Ashley Usher, from The Berkeley Institute; Ahmir Wilson, Purvis Primary School; Chefanices Williams, Dellwood Middle School; Rajae Leverock, Whitney Institute Middle School; Taj Donville-Outerbridge, Clearwater Middle School; Emily Sinclair, Mount Saint Agnes Academy; Charlotte Griffiths, Bermuda High School; Jessica Tannock and Alexa Holdipp, who worked jointly on an entry from The Bermuda Institute.

Honourable mentions from Somersfield Academy were: Luke Madeiros; Nadia Attride-Ramella; Jackie Costello; Jasiri Minors, and Max Johnson.

Originally published in The Royal Gazette