Students from 19 OCPS Schools entered art in the 3rd Annual Peace Art Exhibit sponsored by the OCPS Service Learning Program and the Global Peace Film Festival! Channel 6 News and the GPFF sponsored the reception and award ceremony that took place at the Rotunda, City of Orlando Mayor's Office, 400 South Orange Avenue on Wednesday, September 17, 2008.Parents, students, teachers, principals and community leaders were present to honor the winners. Dr. Brown, key note speaker, from Friends of the United Nations addressed the importance of how young people see global peace in simple and beautiful ways - as indicated by their honest and true forms of expression in their art. The top winners' art for each grade-specific category will be included in the United Nations calendar for global peace.

Hillcrest really did great at the Peace Art Exhibit! A number of our entries were displayed at the Rotunda downtown. These students include: Justine Brousset - 5^th grade, Hallie Guzman - 3^rd grade, Cameron Caicedo - 3^rd grade, Matthew Riordan - 5^th grade, Illiana Worthington - 5^th grade, and Nina Hoang - 3^rd grade.

The top two winners for the OCPS 3^rd through 5^th grade Global Peace Art contest were:

Angeni Worley - 1st place

Daenaja Newell -2nd place

Nguyen Vu -Honorable Mention