Dr. Phillips High students win at OUC's 2023 Water Color Project Rain Barrel Contest

Four students from the school won the Most Creative Barrel award. The student artists will be recognized at an award ceremony in April.

By Annabelle Sikes
| 9:00 a.m. March 3, 2023

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Students from Dr. Phillips High School are being recognized for their artwork in collaboration with the Orlando Utilities Commission's 2023 Water Color Project Rain Barrel Contest.

Four students from the school won the Most Creative Barrel award with the help of teacher Abigail Calloway. The winners include: Alana Urias, Alisa Andrievskaya, Gianna Miele and Harmony Thomas.

OUC's Water Color Project, which started in 2006, aims "to teach future generations to appreciate the value of this natural resource," according to a press release from the organization.

The project, in partnership with Orange County Public Schools, offers participating students a chance to receive a lesson on conservation before then joining teams to represent their school by creating artwork on rain barrels to show what they’ve learned.

Winners at seven schools were chosen for categories including Best Overall Barrel and Best City/County Theme Barrel.

The winning student artists will be recognized at an award ceremony in April.

The barrels will be auctioned off in May with all proceeds going to OCPS’ art program at each participating school.

For more information on OUC, click here.

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Annabelle Sikes

News Editor Annabelle Sikes was born in Boca Raton and moved to Orlando in 2018 to attend the University of Central Florida. She graduated from UCF in May 2021 with a bachelor’s degree in journalism and a minor in sociology. Her past journalism experiences include serving as a web producer at the Orlando Sentinel, a reporter at The Community Paper, managing editor for NSM Today, digital manager at Centric Magazine and as an intern for the Orlando Weekly.