Piscataway High School senior Mary Dvorsky earned Honorable Mention in the International Ocean Awareness Student Contest.
Piscataway High School senior Mary Dvorsky's entry won Honorable Mention in the International Ocean Awareness Student Contest.PISCATAWAY - Piscataway High School senior Mary Dvorsky earned Honorable Mention in the Art Category of the 2015 International Ocean Awareness Student Contest hosted by Bow Seat Ocean Awareness Programs, an international nonprofit ocean conservation organization.
Each year the organization challenges middle and high school students to submit a piece of artwork, film, poetry or prose based on a given theme. This year's theme was "Our Oceans, Our Plastic" and participants were asked to consider the problem of plastic pollution in the ocean. Mary's entry depicted a sea turtle transforming into plastic trash items to illustrate the impact of plastics in the ocean.
As an Honorable Mention winner, Mary will receive a $250 cash prize and her artwork will be featured in galleries and merchandise sent around the world by Bow Seat.
To submit school news send an email to middlesex@starledger.com.