Chagrin Falls
The Alliance for Young Artists & Writers, a nonprofit organization, identifies teenagers with exceptional artistic and literary talent and brings their…
Scholastic Art, Writing Awards
The Alliance for Young Artists & Writers, a nonprofit organization, identifies teenagers with exceptional artistic and literary talent and brings their remarkable work to a national audience through The Scholastic Art & Writing Awards. Northeast Ohio’s finest young talent shines in this crowd-pleasing exhibition.
Cuyahoga County teens submitted more than 2,100 pieces of artwork to the contest. A panel of local professional artists and art educators jury the exhibit and selected the awarded pieces. The top 650 individual works will be on view and open to the public Jan. 14 through Feb. 2 in the Reinberger Galleries located in the George Gund Building in downtown Cleveland.
Gold Key works are automatically entered into the National Judging in New York City, where panels of nationally renowned artists, art professionals and arts educators review Gold Key works from across the country. The artwork is judged in the digital format. Jurors select work for national recognition based on three criteria: Originality, Technique and Emergence of a Personal Vision.
Thirty-four awards were given to 16 Chagrin Falls High School students and three middle school students.
Portfolio winners are: seniors James Clement (Gold), Ana Medina-Fetterman (Gold) and Alie Medina-Fetterman (Honorable Mention).
Gold Key winners are: seniors James Clement, Allie Medina-Fetterman and Nate Stapulionis (2); junior Makayla Burnside; and sophomore Christey Mader.
Silver Key winners are: seniors Anna Witkin, James Clement (3), Ana Medina-Fetterman and Sami Boucher; junior Julia Englhardt; and sophomore Amanda Meyers.
Honorable Mention winners: seniors Angelina Colasante (4), Alyssa Gardner (2), Allie Medina-Fetterman and Austin Wade; juniors Julia Englhardt (4), Kiersten Pappas and Celene Gielink; sophomore Carly Cunnington; and seventh-graders Lucy Ranieri, Maddie Ferguson and Mikala Izzo.
The Cleveland Institute of Art recently announced these additional winners from the Scholastic Art and Writing Awards program: James Clement – Sue Wall Painting Award ($100); Evelyn Medina-Fetterman – The Gary and Almut Zvosec Award for mixed media ($100); Nate Stapulionis – American Visions Award and The Cleveland Institute of Art Recognition Award ($10,000 a year for four years if he attends the Cleveland Institute of Art.
Speech, Debate Teams Excel
Chagrin Falls High School hosted its third annual Speech and Debate Tournament this past weekend hosting 22 teams from across the state. More than 400 competitors as well as 150 judges were involved in the tournament.
Even with such challenging competition, Chagrin Falls High School placed fifth overall and achieved more award winners in this tournament than any other tournament this year.
Congratulations go out to the following students: Congressional Debate: Anna Kang – Super Congress; Public Forum: Ana Moran and Anna Witkin – sixth place; Public Forum: Alex King and Tom Collins – second place; Oratorical Interpretation: Liv Hauserman – third place; Oratorical Interpretation: Abby Meil – fourth place; Dramatic Interpretation: Lauren Lang – third place; Original Oratory: Katie Thomas – sixth place; and Impromptu: Chris Dobeck – sixth place.
Rotary Student of the Month
The Chagrin Falls High School Rotary Student for December is Kate Girouard. Kate is a member of the Cum Laude Society as well as being named an Advanced Placement Scholar with Distinction. In addition, she has earned the Presidential Service Award, the Girl Scout Gold Award, and was a Rensselaer Medalist for science and math.
Kate is also very active in school serving on the Student Athletic Advisory Committee for two years as well as being an active member of key club for the past four years. She also participates in three sports and will earn 12 varsity letters by the end of the school year, four each in cross country, swimming and track. She has earned CVC honors for each of her sports and has competed in the State of Ohio Championships seven times two in cross country, three in swimming, and two in track.
She was named to the All-Ohio Track and Field team in 2010 as part of the 4×800 relay team and to the All-Ohio Swim Team in 2011 in the 400 freestyle relay. In addition, Kate has been named to the Academic All-Ohio team in cross country, swimming and track.
Her academic resume includes nine Advanced Placement courses. Kate has not selected a future college yet, but she hopes to major in biomedical engineering.
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