Earth Day art winners on display at Porter Library

Three Westlake Schools’ students had winning entries in the Earth Day Coalition 2011 22nd Annual Art, Poetry and Essay Contest.

Parkside Intermediate School sixth-graders Sarah Greenberg and Alex Tromler, and Holly Lane Elementary School third-grader Alex Gannon were honored with other contest winners at EarthFest 2011 in April at the Cleveland Metroparks Zoo.

They were among 30 students from Berea, Brook Park, Brunswick, Cleveland, Columbia Station, Highland Heights, Lakewood, Middleburg Heights, Solon, Strongsville and Twinsburg to receive the Hope and Stanley Adelstein Award for Excellence.

The winning works will be displayed at Westlake Porter Public Library through Nov. 16. The display will be available for viewing 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Monday through Thursday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday and Saturday, and 1 to 5 p.m. Sundays.
The exhibit will move to the Cleveland Public Library-Rockport Branch for the showing dates Nov. 17 through Dec. 28.

The Art and Poetry Contest encourage Northeast Ohio students to celebrate Earth Day by expressing their ideas for solutions to environmental issues facing their community. Earth Day Coalition is a non-profit organization serving Northeast Ohio. For more information visit earthdaycoalition.org.