Above is the entry by overall winner Chloe Feibus, a seventh-grader at Creekland Middle School.

CCSD this fall held its first-ever student video PSA contest to raise awareness about the dangers of vaping.

More than 60 CCSD students in grades 6-12, working individually or on teams, created and entered short public service announcement-style videos to educate their classmates.

Entries were judged for message, quality and creativity. The initial announcement of the contest called for one winner to receive a $500 Visa gift card sponsored by the Service League of Cherokee County. Due to the strong response and outstanding quality of entries, two runners-up also were named, and each received a $100 Amazon gift card funded by CCSD partner donations.

The winners were announced at Thursday's School Board meeting, where their videos debuted. Congratulations to: overall winner Chloe Feibus, a seventh-grader at Creekland Middle School; and runners-up Alicia Mazzurra, a senior at River Ridge High School, and Casten Augustine, an eighth-grader at E.T. Booth Middle School.

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Above is the entry by runner-up Casten Augustine, an eighth-grader at E.T. Booth Middle School.

Above is the entry by runner-up Alicia Mazzurra, a senior at River Ridge High School.