Kissimmee Utility Authority has announced Delilah Gonzalez, a fifth-grader and Mater Palms Academy is the Grand Prize winner in the 2023 Calendar of Electrical Safety contest.
The Calendar of Electrical Safety, a bilingual calendar in English and Spanish, features the 12 winning entries from its 29th annual student art contest. The calendar, available free of charge at the utility’s customer service center at 1701 W. Carroll St. in Kissimmee, features an assortment of electrical safety tips and incorporates the Osceola County School District calendar for convenient planning.
Open to Osceola County students in Kindergarten through fifth grade, the contest is designed to promote electrical safety among students and their families.
This year, 1,081 entries were received from 21 Osceola County elementary schools, including, public, private, and charter school students. A panel of judges selected 12 entries – one for each calendar month – which are featured in the full-color wall calendar.
Along with Gonzalez, the featured students are:
- Erick Briceño, Holy Redeemer Catholic School, 3rd Grade
- Emmanuel Real, Holy Redeemer Catholic School, 3rd Grade
- Maribelle Torrez, Holy Redeemer Catholic School, 4th Grade
- Jacob Eli Ortiz, Holy Redeemer Catholic School, 5th Grade
- Skylar Hawkins, St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic School, 1st Grade
- Maria Velasco, Holy Redeemer Catholic School, 1st Grade
- Anabella Acuna Gomez, Holy Redeemer Catholic School, 3rd Grade
- Ivan Walters, Flora Ridge Elementary School, 1st Grade
- Rebeca Sue Goodwin, Kissimmee Charter Academy, 3rd Grade
- Julianna Mapalo, Holy Redeemer Catholic School, 4th Grade
- Kylan Esquivel, Holy Redeemer Catholic School, 1st Grade
