SBISD students took top honors in the state’s PTA Environmental Awareness Contest recently. Every year the contest has a theme to “encourage environmental education for students and the general public.” Twelve students placed in the contest including Stratford High students Austin Hilla, Graham Gibson, Austin Cole, Christiana Bettencourt, Stephanie Bardwil, David Kajander, Julia Hatridge and Nienke Sexton.Terrace Elementary student Hannah Morphey and Westwood Elementary student Danielle Couch also placed. Out of those students, eight received Honorable Mentions, three received Awards of Merit, and one received an Award of Excellence. A big congratulations goes out to these students for all of their efforts to raise environmental awareness in our community.