FILE ART Student art for an earlier Keep Lee County Beautiful “Leave The Scene Clean” calendar.

Keep Lee County Beautiful Inc. this week announced the winners in the 32nd annual “Leave The Scene Clean” Calendar Art Contest. The contest drew hundreds of entries from local students, representing public, private and home schools in Lee County. Submitted work was judged on artistic execution and originality as well as environmental theme, such as litter prevention, recycling, community cleanup and protecting the environment.

The 12 first place selections, one from each grade 1 through 12, in addition to the cover winner, are featured in KLCB’s full color 2022 “Leave The Scene Clean” Calendar. Also selected were honorable mentions in each grade.

KLCB will host an award ceremony in the fall (the event is free and open to the public) at which time the artwork will be exhibited, the calendar will be released, and the winners will receive their awards. The cover winner and senior winner will each be presented with a $500 cash scholarship courtesy of Covanta Energy.

Each calendar month contains a different student work of art. The back cover will feature an environmental message by Estero High School student Nicole Sierra-Iszler, the 2021 cover winner.

These popular full color calendars can be had for a $3 donation each and are available through participating Lee County Schools, who retain all proceeds collected with the funds being used to pay for environmental projects at the participating school.

The calendar project is made possible through corporate sponsorships. Sponsors for the 2022 calendar include Covanta Energy, Above Board Chamber, Advanced Disposal, Boston Red Sox, Coastal Waste & Recycling, Century 21 Commercial, Fort Myers Beach Chamber, Fox4, LCEC, Lee County Solid Waste, Sam Galloway Ford, Solitude Lake Management, Surfing Evolution & Preservation, Sun Harvest Citrus, and Waste Pro. We are still looking for a sponsor. Please call Tisha at 239-334-3488 for more details on how you can become a sponsor!

KLCB is a private non-profit organization dedicated to educational litter prevention programs and responsible solid waste management. Proceeds from the sale of the environmental calendars benefit KLCB programs and participating schools.

For more information about this and other KLCB educational programs, please call 239-334-3488, or visit www.klcb.org.

Cover Winner

Nicole Sierra-Iszler – Estero High School

The 12 first place winners and their schools are:

Grade 1 – Brody Odom – North Fort Myers Academy for the Arts

Grade 2 – Parker Purslow – Gateway Elementary

Grade 3 – Haven Gates – St. Francis Xavier

Grade 4 – Jaxon Mohr – North Fort Myers Academy for the Arts

Grade 5 – Kelley Kenner – Tanglewood Elementary

Grade 6 – Elizaveth Martinez – Veterans Park Academy for the Arts

Grade 7 – Jaden Chason – North Fort Myers Academy for the Arts

Grade 8 – Sophia Pérez – Gulf Middle School

Grade 9 – Amy Le-Hoang – Cypress Lake High School

Grade 10 – Alayna Calkins – Cypress Lake High School

Grade 11 – Erica Fort – Estero High School

Grade 12 – Wolfe Enmon – North Fort Myers High School

The honorable mention winners and their schools are:

Grade 1

Jaxson Lee – St. Francis Xavier

Stella Spanberger – St. Francis Xavier

Saylor Kiesel – St. Francis Xavier

Grade 2

Scarlett Holdaway – North Fort Myers Academy for the Arts

Julia Perez – Gateway Elementary

Giuliana “Gigi” Feighery – St. Francis Xavier

Grade 3

Genesis McCarthy – Pine Island Elementary

William Feighery – St. Francis Xavier

Angelique Hardisson – Hector A. Cafferata Elementary

Grade 4

Raquel Mejia – Tanglewood Elementary

Hans Mesamours – Gateway Elementary

Landon Parker – Gateway Elementary

Grade 5

Emily Rosales – Gateway Elementary

Brodey Solomon – River Hall Elementary

Hannah Walsh – Gateway Elementary

Grade 6

Brooklynn Blusiewicz – Oasis Middle School

Alexis Davis – Paul Laurence Dunbar Middle

Sophyr Fenelon – Veterans Park Academy for the Arts

Grade 7

Alissa Lacerda-Figueiredo – St. Francis Xavier

Daphanie Welsher – North Fort Myers Academy for the Arts

Lorena Huang – Bonita Springs Middle Center for the Arts

Grade 8

Jocelyn Roach – North Fort Myers Academy for the Arts

Jocelyn Roach – North Fort Myers Academy for the Arts

Melinda Castro – Lexington Middle School

Grade 9

Gabriela Kat Martinez – Estero High School

Jamison Albertorio-Acevedo – Cypress Lake High School

Zachary Yoshida – Cypress Lake High School

Grade 10

Haley Allensworth – Cypress Lake High School

Ray Martorella – Cypress Lake High School

Erin Bruns – Estero High School

Grade 11

McKenzie Donahue – Cypress Lake High School

Kaitlyn Logue – Cypress Lake High School

Heidi Hernandez – Cypress Lake High School

Grade 12

Bianca Falcon – North Fort Myers High School

Olivia Bevillard – Cypress Lake High School

Emmarose Roazen – North Fort Myers High School