St. Thomas Aquinas High School Students Create 3-D Designs for Rotary Splash Park
Over 80 students across Kenora recently participated in the Design Your Own Splash Pad Contest hosted by the Rotary Club of Kenora. The contest was designed to generate ideas and interest in the centennial project - Rotary Splash Park. The $450,000 Splash Park is expected to be built next spring at Norman Park and will be a free activity for the community.
Students in Mr Brunton's Grade 9 Art Class from St. Thomas Aquinas High School participated in the project and were the only students to enter the contest providing 3-dimensional, computer-based designs.
Gord LeMaistre, Club Representative, talks about the designs. "We were impressed by the ideas submitted by St. Thomas Aquinas High School because they were the only students to provide computer-generated designs. The Splash Pad comes alive, and it's easier to image what it will look like when you see the students' ideas in 3-D."
Grade 9 student, Mackenzie was surprised to learn that her design was chosen as the first place winner at St. Thomas Aquinas High School. "My design incorporated Husky the Muskie and many different water elements to stay within the theme of the contest which was Lake of the Woods. I prefer to do my designs on the computer," she said.
To date, the Rotary Club has raised over $155,000, thanks to the generous donations of local citizens, businesses and service clubs. The Club is cautiously optimistic that the City of Kenora's application to the Trillium Foundation, on their behalf, for $155,000 will be successful. If it is successful, the Club will need to raise $150,000 to complete the project.
The Rotary Club has partnered with the City of Kenora, the Northwestern Health Unit and the Kenora Association of Community Living. The Kenora Rotary Splash Park is the Rotary Club of Kenora's Centennial project which marks 100 years of "doing good in the world."
To learn more of support the Rotary Splash Park please visit www.kenorarotary.ca
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Gord LeMaistre, Club Representative and Lynn Carlson, President Elect show the winning 3-D design created by MacKenzie.
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Contest participants from St. Thomas Aquinas High School photographed with Michelle Sawa, School Principal, Phyllis Eikre, Director of Education, Lynn Carlson, Judy Underwood, Health Promotor for the Northwestern Health Unit.
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