Earth Day Poetry Winners: 2012
Grade K
1st: Sula Nguyen, The Colorful Desert
2nd: Destiny Serrano, Roadrunner
3rd: Nathan Roy, Rattlesnake
HM: Alex Harrow, Blue
HM: Avi Arredondo, Woodpecker
HM: MJ Corrow, Moon
HM: Amalia Matchett, What Does the Desert Look Like?
Grade 1
1st: Xander Clinkingbeard, A Hohokam Boy
2nd: Melissa O'Daniel, Rainbows
3rd: Aidan Gist, All My Senses in the Desert
3rd: Angela Smith, Saguaro
HM: Bella Salazar, The Animal Sounds of the Desert
HM: Randy McCaullay, Saguaro
HM: Jonathan O'Connor, The Flowing River
HM: Bailee Irwin, Saguaro
HM: Aubrianne Stokes, When I am in the Desert
HM: Michelle Mcteer, What Do I Do in the Desert?
HM: Miles Ogden, Desert Spring Day
Grade 2
1st: Ellenor Van Cleve, The Sonoran Desert
2nd: Kylie Villarreal, The Animals of the Desert
3rd: Emily Smith, Shadows
HM: Malik Ramirez, Sunset
HM: Ryan Allen Robinson, Desert Land
HM: Dylan Cooper, A Storm
HM: Elias Parker, Storm
HM: Angel Andrade, Desert Life
HM: Andrew Beach, The Desert
HM: Madeline Cheu, Flowering Cactus
HM: Roberto Dagnino, Desert
HM: Lainie Radomsky, The Secret of the Voice
HM: Victoria Bustamante, Desert Coyote
HM: Cailin Randolph, Darkness of Light
HM: Jizel Barreto, The Desert
Grade 3
1st (tied overall winner): Adrian Arandules, The Palo Verde
2nd (tied): Kate Goss, The Nighttime Summer Storm
2nd : (tied) Jorge Ruiz, Desert, Desert, Desert
3rd: Daniella Peralta, The Coyote
HM: Tristan Rascon, The Owl
HM: Dominic Maddalozzo, Big Horn Sheep
HM: Trevor Sweet, Food Chain
HM: Breanna Henry, The Beautiful Desert
HM: Arianna Miller, The Hot, Hot Desert
HM: Maya Sanchez, Desert
HM: Morgan Scanlan, Desert Walk
HM: Albert Quihuis, A Cactus
HM: Trey Wiggins, The Arizona Desert
Grade 4
1st: (tied) Jonathan Freeman, Desert Cactus
1st: (tied) Olivia Conklin, Coyote
2nd: Breanna Garcia, The Dust Devil
3rd: Margaret O'Neill, Desert Days
HM: Jonathan Dabovich, Mexican Gray Wolf
HM: Jordyn Cardona, Otter
HM: Isabella Jacobo, Saguaro
HM: Preston Young, Coyote
HM: Alani Chapman, Saguaro Cactus
HM: Micaela Badgero, Desert Night
HM: Ben Ferre, Birds
HM: Ryan Hoose, Saguaro Cactus
HM: Rhianna Boivie, The Timid Rabbit
HM: Brooklyn Linden, Jackrabbit
HM: Jonah Bednar, Snake
Grade 5
1st (Tied, plus overall winner): Belle Poirier, Wolf
1st (Tied): Justin Miller, Dark Night
2nd (Tied): Shayne Strey, A Day in the Sonoran Desert
2nd (Tied): Frank Mullins, Desert Rain
3rd (Tied): Brisa Zamarron, Northern Jaguar
3rd (Tied): Julia Hekimian, The Desert Soul
3rd (Tied): Ella Sagarin, Mexican Wolf
HM: Acacia Reeder, Hidden
HM: Shelby Galpin, Day of the Desert
HM: Jose Cota, Rattlesnake
HM: James Fontaine
HM: Tailer Manville, Cacti Views
HM: Elyssa Yarnell, The Things in Arizona
HM: Sonora Buck Shannon, Desert Night
HM: Lauren Holland, Desert Snake
HM: Abbie Drake, Sunset Art
HM: Tristan Head, The Desert Floor
HM: Pilar Thomas, Bobcat
HM: Alison Nickerson, Night Sky
HM: Kaitlyn Fullin, Mesquite Tree
HM: Clementine Nostrant, Wolf
HM: Emily Muirhead, The Desert
HM: Nick Jones, Saguaro Cactus
Grade 6:
1st: Isabella Bushroe, Monsoon
2nd (tied): Cara Lehrling, Sonoran Beauty
2nd (tied): Katrina Dignum, Voices of the Desert
3rd (tied): Noelle Huerta, In the Sonoran Desert
3rd (tied): Chance Harrico, Trickle
HM: Maryn Grasky, The Desert's Dance
HM: Ryan Larkin, The Grand Finale
HM: Ryan Larkin, Saguaro Sweetheart
HM: Briana Tovar, Just Let it Be
HM: Briana Tovar, So Hot
Earth Day Poetry was submitted by the following teachers and schools. Thanks to all who participated!
- Agua Caliente Elementary
- Mrs. Meg Johnson, Mrs. Ratajczak, and Mrs. Breanne Door
- Corbett Elementary
- Mrs. Ahumada
- Desert Winds Elementary
- Ms. Shirley Nugent
- Donaldson Elementary
- Mrs. Jan Moss, Mrs. Mars, Ms. Gregoire, Ms. Greer, Ms. Palmour, H. Matiatos, and Mrs. Montgomery
- Drexel Elementary
- Mrs. Valerie Seldon
- Green Fields Country Day School
- Ms. Judy Mott
- Greenway Elementary
- Ms. Megan Shea and Mrs. Luz Badgero
- Henry Elementary
- Ms. Christina Miles
- Highland Free Charter School
- Ms. Donna Marchant, Ms. Kelly Murphy, Ms. Carrie Farnsworth, Ms. Teresa Rodriguez, and Ms. Lucy Patterson
- Holladay Magnet School
- Ms. Mary Rogers
- Khalsa Montessori
- Ms. Kathy Bodenhemier and Ms. Amelia Sheldon
- Mesquite Elementary
- Ms. Janet Collins and Ms. Janice Mortensen
- Richardson Elementary
- Mrs. Kandy Clinkingbeard
- St. Ambrose School
- Mrs. Francine Fritton
- Whitmore Elementary
- Mrs. Anne Rodenkirk-Hall and Ms. Charlene Cashman