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Le Jardin Students Are STEM Film Competition Finalists
Le Jardin Academy seventh grade students (from left) Karly-Marie Dias, Haily Peterson, Alexa Scherman and Evan Smyth are all 2023 OurEcho finalists. PHOTO COURTESY LE JARDIN ACADEMY
Four seventh-grade students from Le Jardin Academy in Kailua were finalists in the 2023 OurEcho Chal- lenge, an annual STEM film compe- tition held by Phillippe Cousteau’s EarthEcho International.
dents could choose to take personal action, inspire others to take action with them, or they could reach out to an organization or an elected official with their idea(s),” states LJA science teacher Erin Tseu. “These two teams chose to apply for a grant to try and raise funding for their action ideas.”
Of the seven teams nationwide selected to advance, two teams rep- resent LJA: Evan Smyth and Alexa Scherman of Team Pono Pōpoki, who explore strategies to protect native Hawaiian birds in their film, and Kar- ly-Marie Dias and Hailey Peterson of Team No Plastic, No Problem, whose film explores how to reduce plastic on campus.
Both LJA teams will now prepare and share final presentations with a panel of expert judges and the pub- lic at 7 a.m. Hawai‘i Standard Time on May 25 during EarthEcho’s Face- book Live event. The top three Amer- ican teams will be awarded grants ranging from $1,000 to $5,000 to turn their projects into reality. Voting for the People’s Choice Awards is now open, and all community members can vote until May 25 at forms.gle/ U6WJcCCA2618bbm37.
Both teams were inspired to enter the film challenge as the culminating project for an international bacca- laureate interdisciplinary unit where they were tasked with investigat- ing an environmental issue of their choice.
For more information about the teams and their projects, visit oure- chochallenge.org.
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