2026 Video Contest

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Students have created engaging 30-second videos to show how to protect our environment and Take Care of Texas. Now it’s your turn to vote for your favorites! Each person can vote once and must select one video from each age group. Voting runs through Sunday, January 25th at 11:59pm. The top three videos will win scholarships (high school) and gift cards for camera equipment (middle school). The prizes are provided by Waste Management of Texas, Inc.

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9th-12th Grades
Natalie Cardenas
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Young Women's Steam Academy, El Paso

Baylee Osborne
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Lovelady High School, Lovelady

Karen Telenko
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School for the Talented and Gifted at Townview Magnet Center, Dallas

Yein Lee
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Paschal High School, Fort Worth

Meera Radhakrishnan
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Cypress Ranch High School, Cypress

Clara "Reagan" Norman
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Samuel Clemens High School, Schertz

6th-8th Grades
Marlowe Barnes
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Talkington School for Young Women Leaders, Lubbock

Indiana Hopkins
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Homeschool, Kemp

Madison Holcombe
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Spring Forest Middle School, Houston

Wade Clark
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Bradley Middle School, San Antonio

Jaya Modi
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Spring Forest Middle School, Houston

Annalee Wirth
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Stevenson Middle School, San Antonio