ALCOAST 505/25 - DEC 2025 2025 K-12 STUDENT ART CONTEST WINNERS

R 191529Z DEC 25   MID180038473952U
FM COMDT COGARD WASHINGTON DC
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ALCOAST 505/25
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SUBJ: 2025 K-12 STUDENT ART CONTEST WINNERS
1. The U.S. Coast Guard is pleased to announce the winners of the
2025 K-12 Student Art Contest, co-sponsored by the U.S. Coast Guard
(USCG), the North American Marine Environment Protection Association
(NAMEPA), and the Inter-American Committee on Ports of the
Organization of American States (CIP-OAS).
2. Annually, the USCG, NAMEPA, and CIP-OAS invite students to design
posters on a theme related to protecting the marine environment.
With more than eighty percent (80%) of global trade transported by
sea, the art contest theme for 2025 is the same as the International
Maritime Organization's (IMO) 2025 World Maritime Day theme
"Our Ocean, Our Obligation, Our Opportunity." Art submitted by
students depicted the importance of maritime trade and protecting
the marine environment. The U.S. Coast Guard commends all students
who applied their creativity and entered the contest. The following
are the grand-prize winners and finalists:
    a. Grand Prizes:
        (1) Anastasia R., 11th grade, Naparima Girls High School,
San Fernando, Trinidad, Trinidad and Tobago
        (2) Adaya K., 5th grade, Noddin Elementary School, San Jose,
California, USA
    b. Finalists, Grades K-5:
        (1) Isla W., 1st grade, Service Stars, Newton, Massachusetts,
USA
        (2) Emerson W., 2nd grade, Service Stars, Newton,
Massachusetts, USA
        (3) Jacqueline W., 2nd grade, Juchul Art Studio, Tewlsbury,
Manitoba, Canada
        (4) Kyle S., 4th grade, Monart Studio, Vancouver,
British Columbia, Canada
        (5) Evie L., 5th grade, Service Stars, Newton, Massachusetts,
USA
    c. Finalists, Grades 6-12:
        (1) Casey C., 7th grade, Thunder Mountain Middle School,
Juneau, Alaska, USA
        (2) Chloe L., 7th grade, Harrington Park School, Harrington
Park, New Jersey, USA
        (3) Jin G., 7th grade, Monart Studio, Vancouver, British
Columbia, Canada
        (4) Vincent C., 7th grade, Monart Studio, Vancouver, British
Columbia, Canada
        (5) Jonathan S., 9th grade, Home Schooled, Union City,
Indiana, USA
3. Participation in the art contest is open to students K-12
throughout the Americas (North America, Central America, South
America, and the Caribbean). Students living outside the Americas
are also welcome to apply, provided they have one or more parents on
active duty with the U. S. Coast Guard.
4. The two grand prize winners will each receive a certificate, a
bilingual (English and Spanish) calendar featuring the art of all
12 finalists, and a $100 cash prize (provided by NAMEPA). Finalists
will receive a certificate and the bilingual calendar. All winners
will receive a Coast Guard-branded cap and water bottle. Grand prize
winners will also receive a Coast Guard-branded backpack.
5. The student art contest is one of many STEAM (science,
technology, engineering, arts, and mathematics) initiatives promoted
by Coast Guard units and partner schools across the country through
the Coast Guard Partnership in Education (PIE) Program. The Coast
Guard commends Coast Guard personnel who volunteer to support
schools, teachers and students in their communities while increasing
awareness of Coast Guard values, people, and missions.
6. The contest winners' works of art will be featured online at:
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https://www.namepa.net/art-contest

https://www.uscg.mil/Resources/Civil-Rights/studentartcontest/

7. POC: COMDT (CG-00H), Mr. Edward Stoker, PIE Program Manager,
Edward.A.Stoker@uscg.mil.
8. Mr. Scott Lanum, Civil Rights Director (CG-00H), sends.
9. Internet release is authorized.