CPTA STEM Committee: Dr. Jon Epstein (Co-Chair), Prof. Renuka Sankaran (Co-Chair); Nitin Sharma (Sci Olympics - 7B); Chitra Agastya (Sci Olympics Bell); Parik Gogte and Vivek Agastya (Quiz Bowls & Bees)

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One Health Day Art Challenge

One Health is a concept that acknowledges that human and animal health are interconnected and that both are dependent on the health of the environment.  

November 3rd is One Health Day, recognizing the importance of this concept as a framework for bringing together all kinds of experts, like scientists, government officials and community leaders, to address big health challenges like epidemics, antimicrobial resistance, and climate change.

The Chappaqua PTA STEM Committee is issuing its annual One Health Art Challenge!  Students are invited to create an artistic expression of the One Health concept to help bring awareness to this important approach to health. Some ideas include:

• A digital photo collage of diverse ecosystems, animals, and human activities 
• A painting of an ecosystem, teeming with diverse wildlife and humans and showing how they interact
• An original piece of music that uses different instruments to represent various aspects of the environment, human, and animal life
• A sculpture or model showing connections between Earth, people and animals

Physical entries will be displayed at STEM FEST on April 25, 2026.

Rules:

• Participants must be students in the Chappaqua School District (K-12).
• Original art may be in any medium (e.g. painting, drawing, sculpture, model, music, video), but entries must be submitted in an electronic form  (e.g. a photo of the sculpture, a scan or photo of a painting, mp4 or mp3 file, etc.). 
• IMPORTANT: Digital files must be named as follows: 

                Student last name_first initial_[first three letters of school] Grade. E.g. Jones_I_BEL_8

• Physical art must be no larger than 10 in x 10 in x 10 in 
• Videos must be no longer than 30 seconds and music must be no longer than 2 minutes. 
• Art may not contain any explicit graphical imagery, printed words or lyrics.
• Digital uploads must be .jpeg, .png, .pdf, mp3 or mp4 files less than 10MB

Next steps:

1. Register HERE
2. Upload entries to the One Health Art Challenge dropbox folder by October 31st, 2025 HERE
3. Please email questions to ChappaquaPTASTEM@gmail.com

To learn more about One Health:

The World Health Organization (WHO)

The World Organization of Animal Health (WOAH)

One Health Commission