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ixteen students
and one lucky
teacherwill win
a Samsung tablet or
laptop by entering the
How Do You Take Care
of Texas? elementary
school art contest!

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Commission on
Environmental Quality

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he TCEQ and Samsung

Austin Semiconductor
invite K-5 students in
Texas to submit their artwork
of how they, along with their
friends and family, help keep
the air and water clean,
conserve water and energy,
and reduce waste. One grandprize winner will receive a
Samsung laptop, and 15
students will win a Samsung
tablet. The teacher of the
student who designs the
overall best artwork will also
be awarded a Samsung tablet.

The contest begins

January 4, 2016;
entries must be
postmarked on or
before March 2, 2016.
For more exciting details,
visit <TakeCareOfTexas.org/
art-contest> or e-mail
<educate@tceq.texas.gov>.

K-5 students in Texas

Students submit a unique piece of artwork showing how they can
help Take Care of Texas. The artwork must be two-dimensional
but can be done with crayons, watercolor, paints, colored pencils,
and more. Artwork must be submitted on an 8.5x11 piece of
paper (landscape format is recommended). It must include the
slogan Take Care of Texas. Its the only one weve got. and
portray positive ways Texans can help keep our air and water
clean, conserve water and energy, and reduce waste.
Contest opens on January 4 and closes on March 2, 2016.
Winners will be announced on April 1, 2016.
Participants submit their artwork to the TCEQ, and each of the
TCEQs 16 regional offices will select a winner. See the map
below for locations. Of those 16 winners, one will be selected as
the grand-prize winner.
Win a Samsung tablet or laptop! One student, chosen from the
16 regional winners, will receive the grand prize a Samsung
laptop. The remaining 15 regional winners will each receive
a Samsung tablet. The teacher of the student who designs the
overall best artwork will also be awarded a Samsung tablet.
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Sherman
Lipscomb
Hansford

Dallam

Hutchinson

Donley

Randall

Collingsworth

Armstrong

Castro
Lamb

Swisher
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Briscoe

Floyd

Hall

Childress
Cottle

Motley

Gaines
Andrews

Wise

Denton

Hunt

Rockwall

Jones

Palo
Shackelford Stephens Pinto

Parker

Taylor

Eastland
Callahan

Hood Johnson
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Collin

Tarrant

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Somervell

Ellis

Lamar
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Red
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Bowie

Titus

Cass
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Coryell
Leon
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Green
Crane
Irion
Upton
Reeves
McCulloch
Trinity
Jasper
San Lampasas
Robertson Madison
Bell
Saba
Polk
Burnet
Tyler
Milam
Walker San
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Pecos
Brazos
Crockett
Mason
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Llano
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Jefferson
Terrell
Bastrop
Val Verde
Hays
Kerr
Edwards
Austin
Brewster
Fayette
Harris
Kendall
Caldwell
Chambers
Comal
Real
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Guadalupe
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Uvalde
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Medina
Wilson
DeWitt
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Terry

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Franklin

Yoakum

Lynn

Hardeman
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Crosby
Cochran
King
Dickens
Hockley Lubbock

All winning designs

will be showcased in
Take Care of Texas and
TCEQ social media
posts, newsletters,
and media
announcements,
at the 2016
Environmental
Trade Fair and
Conference
(ETFC), and on
the Take Care of
Texas website. The
grand-prize winner will
also be invited to the ETFC
in Austin to be recognized by
the TCEQ commissioners
and a Samsung Austin
Semiconductor representative.

TCEQ Regions

Wheeler

Carson

Potter

Deaf Smith

Bailey

Hemphill

Gray

Oldham

Parmer

Roberts

Moore

Hartley

Webb

Duval

Jim Wells

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Art Contest Details

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Kleberg

Zap
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Jim Brooks
Hogg
Starr

Kenedy
Willacy

Hidalgo
Cameron