Past Winners
2021 Winners
The $1,000 first place prize was awarded to Will Borbridge from St. James School for his proposal entitled, “Fast-Growing Mini Forests.”
| 2021 Caring for Our Watersheds – Southern Alberta Final Results | ||||
| Place | Award | Students | Project | School |
| 1st | $1,000 | Will Borbridge | Fast-Growing
Mini Forests |
St. James School
Bill Robinson |
| 2nd | $900 | Harper Ogden
Jane Harris Liv Johnson |
Phosphorus Filters for Our Watershed | Magrath Jr. Sr.
High School Jared Leavitt |
| 3rd | $800 | Jessica Hardy
Sage Vadnais Zoee Litchfield |
Mountain Bluebirds | Cardston Junior
High School Mark Olsen |
| 4th | $700 | Emily Thompson
Jorja Garber Eve Dietrich |
Plastic is No Picnic | Erle Rivers
High School Karen Ellert Garber |
| 5th | $600 | Diego Diaz-Meneses | Save a Toy,
Plant a Tree |
St. James School
Bill Robinson |
| 6th | $500 | Braden Nish
Benjamin Van Bruggen |
Fixing the
Pothole Creek |
Magrath Jr. Sr.
High School Jared Leavitt |
| 7th | $450 | Zheeno Yousifshahi
Denai Taylor Ben Calder Isla Shaw |
Growing Food
with Less Water |
Vincent Massey School
Carter Cox |
| 8th | $400 | Sophie Metheral | The Little Chompers | R.I. Baker
Middle School Charlotte Hardy |
| 9th | $350 | Kymberly Court | Break Out
Your Batteries and Trim Off Your Tires |
Erle Rivers
High School Karen Ellert Garber |
| 10th | $300 | Mayson Richards
Nathaniel Simard |
Let’s Get
Composting! |
Foothills Composite
High School Minaz Janmohamed |
| Honourable Mention | Kate McCollister
Abigail Munton |
Reducing
Salt Content |
Trinity Christian School
Michelle Duimel |
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| Honourable Mention | Julie Bonnal
Amanda Coates |
Trash Into Art
for the Environment |
Calgary French & International School
Chantalle Bourque |
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| Honourable Mention | Melody Oidi | Reusing Water
to Save Water |
Joane Cardinal-Schubert High School
Jessica Sung |
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2020 Winners
Congratulations to all the finalists!
2020 Caring for Our Watersheds Southern Alberta Finalists*In alphabetical order by school name |
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| Students | Proposal Name | School | Teacher |
| Joseph Lawlor Mathew Mock Hyrum Jaques |
School Aquaponic System | Cardston Junior High School | Mark Olsen |
| Jenna Poissant Ryley Armstrong |
Don’t A-Salt Our Watershed | Crescent Heights High School | Whitney Kambeitz |
| Bhavjit Kailey Agamjot Khatkar Ahmad Janjua Subaig Lally |
Pest Repellent Plants | Foundations for the Future Charter Academy | Chad Widmer |
| Kaede van der Pol | Stationary Off-the-Grid Power Station | Langevin School | Sarah Roston |
| Hala Ritchie Kailani Luu |
Bee Hotels – We Speak for the Bees | Langevin School | Sarah Roston |
| Wyatt Barrus Tyler Stannard Mady Olson |
Water Quality Improvement Project | Magrath Junior Senior High School | Jared Leavitt |
| Rachael Shearer Julia Becker |
St. Mary’s Trees and Clean Water Restoration | Magrath Junior Senior High School | Jared Leavitt |
| Victoria Rivero Mia Panrucker |
The Fiber Fighters | Senator Patrick Burns School | William Toro |
| Sophia Deluca Kessia Varkey |
Calgary Kids for Clean Water | Strathcona-Tweedsmuir School | Nicole Egli |
| Kristin Bartlett Neve Heerema |
Caring for the Bees and Our Environment | Trinity Christian School | Michelle Duimel |
2019 Winners
Final presentations were held at Ralph Klein Park on April 27, 2018. Congratulations to all the finalists!
2019 Caring for Our Watersheds Southern Alberta Final Results |
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| Place | Award | Student Name(s) | Proposal Name | School |
| 1st | $1,000 | Madisson Hoskins | Plant a Better World | Centennial High School |
| 2nd | $900 | Khaled Hage Xingyou Li Muhammed Bakheet, Gavin Lubaton |
Project Filter | Centennial High School |
| 3rd | $800 | Olivia Tinney Elena Bevans Shataya Twigg |
Filtering Pond Project | Cardston Junior High |
| 4th | $700 | Kyla Sterna Shahana Huq |
Pesticide Alternatives | Trinity Christian School |
| 5th | $600 | Asher Cuming Josh Tang-Reynolds Prabhsimer Arora |
The Cleanup Crew | Langevin School |
| 6th | $500 | Faith Cano Jeyani Tillekeratne |
Bioswale | Centennial High School |
| 7th | $450 | Jorja Edel | Beauty in the Bees | Crescent Heights High School |
| 8th | $400 | Ava Snyder Ceili Odut, Nikolas Ruhrmann |
Water for Our World | Senator Patrick Burns School |
| 9th | $350 | Andee Feko | Extraction Tree Hunt Anyone? | Crescent Heights High School |
| 10th | $300 | Abigail Payne | Plants in the Classrooms | Crescent Heights High School |
| Honourable Mention | Ella Spencer Molly Lewis-Russell |
Let’s Wow Our Watershed | Cardston Junior High | |
| Honourable Mention | Victoria Rivero Mia Panrucker |
Clothing for Breakfast | Senator Patrick Burns School | |
2018 Winners
Final presentations were held at Ralph Klein Park on April 28, 2018. Congratulations to all the finalists!
| Place | Award | Student Name(s) | Proposal Name | School |
| 1st | $1000 | Cristina Merlo | Beet-It-Ice Melter | Senator Patrick Burns School |
| 2nd | $900 | Avery White Sujjal Goli Alyssa Ly Sophie Fox |
Expanding The Use of Rain Gardens | Langevin School |
| 3rd | $800 | Sofia Hedderick Kristiane Free |
Save The Bees | St. James School |
| 4th | $700 | Melissa Yeung | Hunger Never Saw Bad Bread | St. James School |
| 5th | $600 | Carter Wilkinghoff | Dire Barbed Wire | Crescent Heights High School |
| 6th | $500 | Alicia Poovong | Plants Improving Air Quality | Lester B. Pearson |
| 7th | $450 | Alexis Hunter Jade Chorney Mackenzie Fox |
Composting In Schools Campaign | Centennial High School |
| 8th | $400 | Berlin Mastel Zoey Brevik Ella Mullin |
Replace To Restore | Crescent Heights High School |
| 9th | $350 | Cade Snethun Adam Hamilton |
School Supply Collection | St. James School |
| 10th | $300 | Jessah Cartwright Carlynn Duimel Ellen Tiessen |
Native Plant Watershed Proposal | Centennial High School |
2017 Winners
Final presentations were held at Ralph Klein Park on Saturday, April 29, 2017.
| Place | Award | Student Name(s) | Proposal Name | School |
| 1st | $1000 | Hannah Banks Alexandra Goreham Alexia Lee Laura Van’t Riet |
Soap in Schools | Senator Patrick Burns School |
| 2nd | $900 | Hanji Baek | No More Plastics | Dr. E.P. Scarlett High School |
| 3rd | $800 | Jad Abou Saleh Grace Heemeryck Sydney Low |
Reusable Plates Initiative | Ernest Manning High School |
| 4th | $700 | Ryan Song Richard Jiang |
Living Wall and Green Area | Sir Winston Churchill High School |
| 5th | $600 | Logan Kangas | Watershed Oil Disposal | Ernest Manning High School |
| 6th | $500 | Rafa Abbas Elyssa Baker |
Throw Away Living. Fix it Thriving | Dr. E.P. Scarlett High School |
| 7th | $450 | Aimen Faisal Alveena Munir |
Benefitting Bees | Langevin School |
| 8th | $400 | Emma Royer Kylie Maldecer Kayla McGrew |
Composting at St. James | St. James School |
| 9th | $350 | Brian Lopez Sullivan Lucas Logan Parsons Stefan Lindenblatt |
ATV’s Preventing Contamination | Senator Patrick Burns School |
| 10th | $300 | Kelsey Stephen Sarah Woodcock Laura McNeil |
A SIGN of the Times | Robert Thirsk High School |
2016 Winners
Final presentations were held at Ralph Klein Park on Saturday, April 30, 2016.
| Place | Award | Student Name(s) | Proposal Name | School |
| 1st | $1000 | Nicole Strigham Kaylee Nishizawa Rebecca McCollister |
Save The Trees Use The Trees | Centennial High School |
| 2nd | $900 | Melanie MacCready Emme Larkins |
St. James Outdoor Classroom | St. James School |
| 3rd | $800 | Madeline Yeomans | Micro-Matter, Macro-Problem | Dr. E.P. Scarlett High School |
| 4th | $700 | Robin Stelten Brooke Johnston |
Nesting Sites For Hawks | Erle Rivers High School |
| 5th | $600 | Brooke Andersen | Gunning For A Fix | Centennial High School |
| 6th | $500 | Emily Harris | Beyond The Screen | Centennial High School |
| 7th | $450 | Farid Tadayoni | Alternative Lawns | Centennial High School |
| 8th | $400 | Sunny Li Valeria Rusu |
Guide To Becoming A Watershed Superhero | Centennial High School |
| 9th | $350 | Talia Beckie Erin McKinnon |
Abandoned Water Wells Project | St. Martin de Porres |
| 10th | $300 | Nikki Boag | River Rejuvenation Project | Langevin School |
2015 Winners
Final presentations were held at Ralph Klein Park on Saturday, April 25, 2015.
| Place | Award | Name | Proposal | School |
| 1st | $1,000 | Vicky Brandt, Rebecca Kroeker and Jaime Grassmick | Saving The Bees | Centennial High School |
| 2nd | $900 | Olivia Zaldivar, Rosalyn Birdsell and Sunday James | Medicine in Our Water | St. James School |
| 3rd | $800 | Alicia Srinivasagam and Alena Leonova | Dual Flush Toilets In Our Schools | Centennial High School |
| 4th | $700 | Nicholas Locken and Brayden Brausse | Microbeads | Blackie School |
| 5th | $600 | Vienna Buchholz, Sara Cruz and Abby Robinson | Puppets Educating Students to Care for Our Watershed | Medicine Hat High School |
| 6th | $500 | Shuada Ahmed, Puneet Jaswal, Madeline Tainsh and Anahita Gupta | Eco-Friendly Environment | Langevin School |
| 7th | $450 | Jenna Mitchell and Evan Lewis | Conserving Centennial’s Water | Centennial High School |
| 8th | $400 | Riley Tirkaylo | Turn Out The Lights And Join The Dark Side | Blackie School |
| 9th | $350 | Maddie Catling and Sarah Abt | Game For Change | St. James School |
| 10th | $300 | Shane Hudson | Compost Waste Management | Blackie School |
2014 Winners
Final presentations were held at Ralph Klein Park on Saturday, April 26, 2014.
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Place |
Student award |
Student name(s) |
Proposal name |
School |
School Award |
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1 |
$1,000 |
Ayla Lauret |
Rain Gardens |
Centennial High School |
$1,000 |
|
2 |
$900 |
Kelsey Armstrong |
Storm Drain Survival Kit |
Lethbridge Collegiate Institute |
$900 |
|
3 |
$800 |
Whitney Ereyi, Lorena Dew & Holly Hildebrandt |
Water Awareness Day |
St. Martin de Porres |
$800 |
|
4 |
$700 |
Leah Johnston & Katrina Jordan |
Reusable Plates To Save Our Lakes |
Centennial High School |
$700 |
|
5 |
$600 |
Ines Rosito |
To Engage & Educate |
Springbank Community High School |
$600 |
|
6 |
$500 |
Maddie Davenport |
Preserving Water |
Centennial High School |
$500 |
|
7 |
$450 |
Jacquelyn Cormier, Kate Jelinski & Carson Munro |
Mulching It Up For The Bow River |
St. Martin de Porres |
$450 |
|
8 |
$400 |
Kira Plettl |
Local, Organic Produce In High School Cafeteria |
Centennial High School |
$400 |
|
9 |
$350 |
Trinity Rostad |
Make The Change |
Centennial High School |
$350 |
|
10 |
$300 |
Justin La & Kyle Olsen |
Building A Green Roof |
Centennial High School |
$300 |
|
11 |
$300 |
Reagan Toth, Claire O’Neill & Brooke Simard |
Daylight Harvesting Lights |
St. Martin de Porres |
$300 |