Monday, August 13, 2007

USHS student wins 1st place in poster making


Jan Czarina Salas, a fourth year student of the University Science High School, brought home a gold medal, a certificate and cash prize of P2,000 after besting other contestants in the Earth Saving Day Celebration poster-making contest sponsored by the Department of Environment and Natural Resources.

The contest was held last April 23 at the DENR-CENRO Building, NIA Compound, Science City of Muñoz, Nueva Ecija.

Salas’ winning concept of saving the earth was defended in an oral presentation.
Salas, cartoonist of the USHS school paper The Researcher, previously won in poster-making and editorial cartooning contests at the provincial and regional levels.

Her coach during the DENR contest was Engr. Carlo M. Gabriel.