Westborough Middle Schooler Wins In Eco-Poster Contest

WESTBOROUGH, MA — A Gibbons Middle School student is one of eight winners in a statewide art contest seeking entries depicting the environmental and sustainability.

Massachusetts Partnerships for Youth, Inc. has been holding the annual poster contest since 2009. The 2022-23 event received almost 350 entries from 47 school district across the state, according to the nonprofit.

"Our annual poster project seeks to empower students to find their creative voices as they respond to and learn from MPY's theme," MPY Executive Director Daniels said in a news release. "The students who responded this year are talented, thoughtful, and very expressive. Students from across the Commonwealth have inspired us to take better care of our environment."

Westborough student Mashi Srivastava's poster focusing on reducing ocean waste was one of two honorable mentions at the middle school level.

The full list of winners from the poster contest are:

Elementary schools

• 1st Place — Bella Marks, Plympton School, Waltham
• Honorable Mention — Eliana Uzcategui, Johnson School, Nahant

Middle schools

• 1st Place — Akshaya Rajendran, Blanchard School, Westford
• Honorable Mention — Mashi Srivastava, Gibbons Middle School, Westborough
• Honorable Mention — Aryanna Perelez, Auburn Middle School, Auburn

High schools

• First Place — Alex Petraglia, Nashoba Valley Technical High School, Westford
• Honorable Mention — Noelle Fedor, Grafton High School
• Honorable Mention — Jacob Smith and Elizabeth Flattich-Breidenthal, Hull High School