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Notre Dame Students Place in 'Plastic' Video Contest

Four students receive honorable mention in North Hempstead contest.

A team of four students from Notre Dame Elementary School in New Hyde Park received honorable mention in a contest sponsored by the Town of North Hempstead to discourage the use of plastic bags.

The students are Julie Manfro, Khihara Charles, Brayden Curran and Olivia Mantoni for their movie “A Fish Tale.”

The theme of this year’s contest was “Plastic Aint My Bag.”

The contest required participants to produce a three-minute video illustrating why using plastic grocery bags ultimately harms the environment and its inhabitants. The students’ submissions incorporated music, graphics, and a wealth of eye-opening information.

“This contest is a way of engaging our students so they can learn why protecting the environment is so important,” Supervisor Kaiman said to the assembled crowd of proud students and parents.

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