{"id":248484,"date":"2026-04-27T17:23:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-27T17:23:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/248484\/"},"modified":"2026-04-27T17:23:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-27T17:23:08","slug":"talented-student-artists-showcased-during-annual-water-conservation-calendar-awards-ceremony","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/248484\/","title":{"rendered":"Talented Student Artists Showcased During Annual Water Conservation Calendar Awards Ceremony"},"content":{"rendered":"

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27 April, 2026<\/p>\n

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Colorful prints of Florida wildlife and nature decorated the tables recently when Orange County Utilities and Orange County Public Schools (OCPS) honored K-12 student artists whose artwork is featured in the annual Water Conservation Calendar.<\/p>\n

Every year, OCPS students are invited to draw artwork or paint rain barrels to feature in the pages of the calendar published by Orange County Utilities.<\/p>\n

This year, over 10,000 students at nearly 40 schools participated in the tradition that has been a staple in Orange County for 21 years.<\/p>\n

The 2026 calendar features 13 drawings and painted rain barrels, along with six honorable mentions. The cover includes a watercolor of an amphibian in a serene pond setting by a Colonial High School freshman. It also features a team effort from Oak Ridge High School students who created a rain barrel adorned with a parade of jellyfish and other ocean life.<\/p>\n

The calendar outreach effort was introduced in 2005 to educate and inform students about the importance of water conservation \u2013 a win-win that hopefully will influence good water-saving habits well into the future.<\/p>\n

This year\u2019s calendar contest culminated with a recent ceremony during Water Conservation Month in April, where teachers were thanked, and students had an opportunity to shine.<\/p>\n

Congratulations to this year\u2019s winning student artists. For a complete image gallery from the ceremony, visit bit.ly\/2026-Calendar-Awards<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"27 April, 2026 Community & Services Colorful prints of Florida wildlife and nature decorated the tables recently when…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":248485,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[139,141,140],"class_list":["post-248484","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-orlando","tag-orlando","tag-orlando-headlines","tag-orlando-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/248484","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=248484"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/248484\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/248485"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=248484"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=248484"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=248484"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}