courtesy of Carole Lichty-Smith, Fine Arts Department Chair, and Alexandra Sukin ’15, Co Editor-in-Chief
Country Day students set a record when they captured 17 Gold Keys in the Scholastic Arts & Writing Awards competition. JC Vogt ’16 was awarded eight of those Gold Keys. Regional point people for Scholastic can’t recall one student receiving eight Gold Keys.
Gold Key recipients for art are: Mayme Acklen, Kelsey Bardach, Marissa Cornist, JC Vogt (8 images), Danielle Mangat, Mackenzie Patterson, Casey
Pfister, Connor Foushee, Gusty Pohlman, Torayye Waite.
Silver Key winners for art are: Maddi Elkin, Jennifer
Gonzales, Jessica Hall (2 images), Margaret Hodson, Lindsey Jarrell (2 images), Grace Krammer, Charlotte Ward, Torayye Waite.
Honorable mention for art goes to:
Mantero Moreno-Cheek (3 images), JC Vogt, Brooks Warner, Allie Wooden (2 images), Lauren Wiley, Allison Brinkman, Danielle Mangat, Gusty Pohlman (2 images), Torayye Waite, Mayme Acklen, Sonia Bhati, Marissa Cornist (2 images), Maddi Elkin, Wyatt Fletcher, Connor Foushee, Jennifer Gonzales, Jessica Hall (2 images), Margaret Hodson, Lindsey Jarrell (2 images), Grace Krammer.
In the writing category, Alexandra Sukin ’15 won a Gold Key for her journalism piece and two silver keys and two honorable mentions for her poetry and personal memoir.
Congratulations to all of the students! Regional Gold Key winners will be judged on the national level. National medalists will be announced March 17.
The Scholastic Art & Writing Awards is the most prestigious competition in the United States. Past winners include Andy Warhol, Truman Capote, and Richard Avedon. The competition is over 90 years old. The compeition recognizes the exceptional vision of our nation’s youth, and provides a singular opportunity for students to be noticed for their creative talents. The Awards received 230,000 original works from students during its 2013 program year.
