Harker Students Come Up Big in Scholastic Art & Writing Awards
Harker was a big winner in this year’s Scholastic Art & Writing Awards, with students collecting more than 30 Regional Gold Key awards.
These works are under consideration for national medals. National medal winners are invited to attend a special event in New York City and also have the opportunity to have their works exhibited and published nationally.
This year’s Regional Gold Key winners, and the categories in which they won, are:
Kaity Gee, grade 11, four awards for her entries in Personal Essay/Memoir, Poetry and Flash Fiction
Shannon Hong, grade 11, three awards for her entries in Photography and Personal Essay/Memoir
Jeffrey Hsu, grade 12, one award for his entry in Design
Doreene Kang, grade 11, one award for her entry in Drawing and Illustration
Kevin Ke, grade 11, two awards for his entries in Drawing and Illustration
Johnathon Keller, grade 11, two awards for his entries in Photography
Safia Khouja, grade 12, one award for her entry in Photography
Sarisha Kurup, grade 10, two awards for her entries in Short Story and Flash Fiction
Suzy Lou, grade 12, two awards for her entries in Poetry
Maya Nandakumar, grade 12, two awards for her entries in Flash Fiction and Personal Essay/Memoir
Sahana Narayanan, grade 11, one award for her entry in Poetry
Archana Podury, grade 12, two awards for her entries in Drawing and Illustration
Andrew Rule, grade 10, two awards for his entries in Short Story
Ravuri Sindhu, grade 12, one award for her entry in Journalism
Meilan Steimle, grade 10, one award for her entry in Digital Art
Catherine Wang, grade 8, one award for her entry in Drawing and Illustration
Kelly Wang, grade 12, three awards for her entries in Digital Art and Drawing and Illustration
Madelyn Wang, grade 12, one award for her entry in Photography
Jessica Yang, grade 12, two awards for her entries in Digital Art
In addition, many students earned Silver Keys and Honorable Mentions for their submissions.
Silver Keys and Honorable Mentions in Writing were awarded to:
Tiara Bhatacharya, grade 12, Silver Key in Poetry, two Honorable Mentions for entries in Poetry
Arushee Bhoja, grade 8, Silver Key in Science Fiction/Fantasy, Honorable Mention in Flash Fiction
Hannah Bollar, grade 12, two Honorable Mentions for entries in Poetry
Gwyneth Chen, grade 9, two Honorable Mentions for entries in Poetry
Kaity Gee, grade 11, Silver Key in Flash Fiction, four Honorable Mentions for entries in Critical Essay, Poetry and Journalism
Alexa Gross, grade 10, Honorable Mention in Personal Essay/Memoir
Shannon Hong, grade 11, Silver Key in Poetry, Honorable Mention in Critical Essay
Vineet Kosaraju, grade 11, Honorable Mention in Poetry
Sarisha Kurup, grade 10, Silver Key in Short Story
Shay Lari-Hosain, grade 11, even Honorable Mentions for entries in Journalism, Personal Essay/Memoir and Poetry
Lauren Liu, grade 10, Honorable Mention in Science Fiction/Fantasy
Suzy Lou, grade 12, two Silver Keys for entries in Poetry and Critical Essay, Honorable Mention in Poetry
Sophia Luo, grade 11, Silver Key in Personal Essay/Memoir, three Honorable Mentions for entries in Humor and Poetry
Ethan Ma, grade 12, two Honorable Mentions for entries in Poetry
Maya Nandakumar, grade 12, three Silver Keys for entries in Personal Essay/Memoir and Poetry, two Honorable Mentions for entries in Critical Essay and Short Story
Sahana Narayanan, grade 11, Silver Key in Personal Essay/Memoir
Evani Radiya-Dixit, grade 10, two Honorable Mentions for entries in Poetry
Sindhu Ravuri, grade 12, Silver Key in Journalism
Sophia Shatas, grade 12, Silver Key in Poetry, Honorable Mention in Personal Essay/Memoir
Elisabeth Siegel, grade 11, two Silver Keys for entries in Poetry and Critical Essay, two Honorable Mentions for entries in Poetry
Meilan Steimle, grade 10, Silver Key in Short Story, Honorable Mention in Flash Fiction
Mariam Sulakian, grade 12, Silver Key in Personal Essay/Memoir
Alice Wu, grade 11, Honorable Mention in Personal Essay/Memoir
Menghua Wu, grade 12, Honorable Mention in Poetry
Daphne Yang, grade 11, Silver Key in Poetry
Tiffany Zhu, Grade 10, Silver Key in Short Story
Silver Keys and Honorable Mentions in Visual Arts were awarded to:
Avni Barman, grade 12, Honorable Mention in Painting
Hannah Bollar, grade 12, Honorable Mention in Drawing
Eric Cheung, grade 12, three Silver Keys for entries in Architecture
Emma Doherty, grade 11, Silver Key in Photography
Alexa Gross, grade 10, three Silver Keys and one Honorable Mention for entries in Photography and Drawing
Vance Hirota, grade 7, Honorable Mention
Matthew Ho, grade 12, Silver Key in Drawing
Jeffrey Hsu, grade 12, two Silver Keys and one Honorable Mention for entries in Painting and Drawing
Ramzi Jahshan, grade 12, Honorable Mention in Digital Art
Doreene Kang, grade 11, three Honorable Mentions for entries in Drawing
Kevin Ke, grade 11, four Honorable Mentions for entries in Drawing and Printmaking
Shay Lari-Hosain, grade 11, two Silver Keys and one Honorable Mention for entries in Photography
Cindy Liu, grade 12, two Silver Keys and three Honorable Mentions for entries in Photgraphy and Drawing
Cheryl Liu, grade 12, Honorable Mention in Drawing
Sophia Luo, grade 11, Honorable Mention in Drawing
Archana Podury, grade 12, Honorable Mention in Drawing
Neha Sunil, grade 12, Silver Key and Honorable Mention for entries in Photography
Kelly Wang, grade 12, Silver Key and Honorable Mention for entries in Drawing and Art Portfolio
Madelyn Wang, grade 12, three Honorable Mentions for entries in Photography
Menghua Wu, grade 12, two Honorable Mentions for entries in Drawing and Printmaking
Kevina Xiao, grade 11, Honorable Mention in Drawing
Jessica Yang, grade 12, Honorable Mention in Digital Art
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