District 30 Students Named Winners in Annual Character Counts! Poster and Video Contest
Ten District 30 Students Named Winners in Annual Character Counts! Poster and Video Contest
Scott Carlson, Co-Chairperson and Sam Kurtz, Co-Chairperson Character Counts! in Glenview Announce Student Poster and Video Contest Winners
The results of the 2021-22 Character Counts! in Glenview poster and video contest were announced, and 13 standout students were honored at the Glenview Village virtual Board of Trustees meeting on Tuesday, January 18, 2022.
The contest has become an annual staple in the Glenview community, recognizing artwork and videos from Glenview students that celebrate the six pillars of character: trustworthiness, respect, responsibility, fairness, caring, and citizenship.
This year’s contest prompt was, “Who is your hero? What qualities make this person a hero? How can you take those qualities and use them in your life?”
“Every single entry we received was a powerful reminder of our power to do good and the importance of the six pillars of character,” said Scott Carlson, committee co-chair. “Since 1996, the goals of the Character Counts! committee has been embedded in our school curriculum, on athletic fields, and throughout the communities. We exist as a community-wide effort to foster civility, community engagement, and leadership in our children.”
The poster contest was judged by a panel from the Glenview Public Library, and the video contest was judged by a trio of our community’s local heroes from the Fire Department, Police Department, and 9-1- 1 Public Safety Dispatch Center.
The following winners will all receive gift cards furnished by the Kiwanis Club of Glenview-Northbrook and will be honored at the Jan. 18 Village Board meeting:
Poster contest
Grades K-2
• 1st: Zoey Ahn, 1st Grade, Willowbrook School
• 2nd: Camden Doan, 1st Grade, OLPH
• 3rd: Vrish Akash, Kindergarten, Willowbrook School
Grades 3-4
• 1st: Aryahi Akash, 3rd Grade, Willowbrook School
• 2nd: Emerson Theobald, 3rd Grade, Willowbrook School
• 3rd: June Wheeler, 3rd Grade Hoffman School
Video Contest
Grades 5-8
• 1st: Freya Dou, 6th Grade, Maple School
• 2nd: Hansi Zhu, 5th Grade, Wescott School
• 3rd: Lucy Luskin, 5th Grade, Wescott School
• 4th: Jaylen Lawyer and Claire Harper, 5th Grade, Wescott School
• 5th Henry Brown: 5th Grade, Willowbrook School
• 6th: Atiya Rajani, 5th Grade, Wescott School
2020 CHARACTER COUNTS INFORMATION
Congratulations to District 30 Character Counts! 2020-2021 Poster and Video Contest Winners!
Willowbrook School second-grader Aryahi Akash was the first place winner in the Grades K-2 category, and Willowbrook School fourth-grader Rozlyn Purtill was the third-place winner in the Grades 3-4 category in the annual Character Counts! Poster Contest.
District 30 video contest winners:
Grades 5 and 6:
4th place - Rosina Lu (5th grade) - Willowbrook School
3rd place - Adriana Given and Katelyn Tarnoff (6th grade) - Maple School
First place - Samantha Hughes (5th grade) - Wescott School
Video Contest Winners: Grades 7-8
First place - Ethan Chiang (8th grade) - Maple School
Sixty-two poster entries were received, according to Barbara Littlefield, the Head of Youth Services at the Glenview Public Library, a Character Counts! Committee Member, and Poster Contest Coordinator.
"A huge thank you to all of our participating Character Counts! Poster Contest schools and the creative students at Glen Grove, Henking, Hoffman, Lyon, Pleasant Ridge, Westbrook, O.L.P.H., Wescott, Willowbrook, and Homeschool participants," she said.
Winners received gift card awards sponsored by Kiwanis Club of Glenview–Northbrook.
On Tuesday, January 19, the Village of Glenview will virtually celebrate the 2020 Character Counts! in Glenview poster and video contest winners.
Below are two separate Zoom links with descriptions and instructions for each for January 19:
1. Instead of a reception, we are planning a Zoom webinar at 7:00 p.m. to be able to capture a screenshot of all our winners. We would appreciate only one screen per household, and please join in promptly at 7. It would also be nice if you could title your screen with the winner’s name.
Join Zoom Meeting: https://zoom.us/j/98160225523...
Meeting ID: 981 6022 5523
Passcode: 482603
or dial-in (312) 626 6799 (audio only)
If there is time, we’ll try to arrange separate screenshots by school and/or district with principals/superintendents.
2. On a separate Zoom webinar, please join us at 7:30 p.m. for the presentation of awards by the Glenview Village Board of Trustees. The presentation is scheduled near the start of the agenda.First, we will call on each poster winner to “raise their hand” so they can participate on screen as each winner and their poster is introduced. Family members are welcome on screen too! ]
Then, we will introduce the video contest winners, ask them to one at a time “raise their hands,” as we show their video. Again, families can join the winner on the same screen.
Please click the link to join the webinar: https://zoom.us/j/91618856615
Webinar ID: 916 1885 6615
Or telephone: dial: (312) 626 6799 (audio only)
Relatives and friends can watch the presentation live on the Zoom webinar; the live web stream athttp://www.glenview.il.us/government/Pages/Watch-Live.aspx; or live on GVTV (cable channel 6 or 17 or AT&T U-verse channel 99 PEG).
The meeting will be rerun the following day (January 20) on GVTV or can be viewed through the archive anytime starting the next day at http://www.glenview.il.us/government/Pages/Watch-Live.aspx.
