PORT OF SEATTLE
MEMORANDUM
COMMISSION AGENDA – STAFF BRIEFING
Item No.
4a
Date of Meeting
May 24, 2011
DATE: May 16, 2011
TO: Tay Yoshitani, Chief Executive Officer
FROM: Jane Kilburn, Director, Public Affairs
JoAnne Lee, Protocol and Program Manager, Public Affairs
SUBJECT: Special Order of Business: Recognition of the Winners of the Centennial Video
Contest for Schools in King County
The Centennial Video Contest for Schools “What the Port Means to Me!” is a Port of Seattle
Centennial program inspired by an idea presented by Commissioner Tom Albro. The goals
of the program are to raise the visibility of the Port in the community, engage King County
students in the Port’s Centennial, encourage students to learn about the Port and its economic
impact on this region, and to encourage students to creatively use videos to convey what the
Port means to them.
Launched on January 3, 2011, the Centennial Video Contest was promoted to all King County
public and private schools. Students in grades K-12 were encouraged to showcase their
creative talents through videos about the Port that are educational, economic, occupational,
cultural, historical or just fun. The winning videos would earn cash awards for their schools –
six awards available totaling $30,000. To encourage broader participation in the video contest,
the semifinalist videos were posted on the Port’s YouTube site for viewers to vote for their
favorites. The video with the most public votes received the People’s Choice Award.
Judging the videos were representatives from video art, education, media and business. The
judges were: Mark Anderson, Owner of Glasswater Media; Stefanie Malone, KCTS9
Outreach Manager; Lorraine McConaghy, Historian at the Museum of History and Industry;
Ken Saunderson of Saunderson Marketing Group; John Sharify, General Manager of SCCTV,
IRIS and Rainier Radio; and Commissioner Tom Albro.
The panel of judges selected seven semifinalist videos from the 11 entries: three elementary
and eight high school videos (there were no middle/junior high entries). All the videos showed
creativity, research, energy and hard work.
COMMISSION AGENDA
Tay Yoshitani, Chief Executive Officer
May 16, 2011
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The first and second place cash award winners and the People’s Choice Award winner were
announced on May 12 and posted on the Port’s Centennial Video Contest page. The videos are
available for viewing at http://www.portseattle.org/news/videocontest.shtml.
The First Place $6,000 cash award winners are:
First Place - High School: “More Than a Dock on the Shore”
Kentwood High School, Covington
Student: Amy Brandt
Supervising Teacher: Mark Szczerba
First Place - Elementary School: “No Port, No Seattle”
Home Education Exchange, Shoreline
Students: Ben Birchman, Jayne Rudnick, Megan Catey
Supervising Teacher: Ronald Jones
The Second Place $4,000 cash award winners are:
Second Place - High School: “Port of Seattle: A Loving Relationship”
Aviation High School, Des Moines
Student: Kevin Schilling
Supervising Teacher: Jacob Savishinsky
Second Place - High School: “The Port to My Heart”
Aviation High School, Des Moines
Students: Allison Do, Dustin Abrahamson, Jenny Gao
Supervising Teacher: Michelle Juarez
Second Place - Elementary School: “Port of Seattle Love”
Islamic School of Seattle, Seattle
Students: Jibril Abdulalim, Hibaq Ali, Abdoulie Danso, Isra Mohamed, Marian Salad,
Mulhat Yussuf,Tasnem Suliman
Supervising Teacher: Sado Guled
The People's Choice Award Winner is "Port of Seattle Love" - Islamic School of Seattle.
Invitations were extended to all the winners to attend the May 24 Commission Meeting and all
five have accepted. Short excerpts from all the winning videos will be shown at the meeting.
The winners will be introduced, congratulated and presented their awards.
