Shaker High School Art and English students are being recognized by the National Scholastics Art Awards and National Scholastic Writing Contest.
Two Shaker High School students were recognized for the national writing contest. Lauren Zhu, a junior, won an Honorable Mention for her poem “mockingbird baby” and a Silver Key for her poem “Prodigy.” Harry Shen, also a junior, won an Honorable Mention for his piece “A Stich in Time Saves None,” a personal narrative about his internship experience.
Both Lauren and Harry are Writing Consultants for the Shaker Writing Center.
The Shaker High School Art & Design Department also had 14 students win a total of 25 awards at the National Scholastic Art Awards.
- Alexa LaBella, Silver Key in Painting for “Supermarket”
- Katherine Conjalka, Silver Key in Painting for “Cacophony”
- Katherine Conjalka, Honorable Mention in Drawing & Illustration for “12 am”
- Rosila Elebyjian, Silver Key in Digital Art for “Figure from Life”
- Evan Fecko, Honorable Mention in Drawing and Illustration for “Weathered”
- Madeline Green, Silver Key in Painting for “Privilege Ibiza”
- Sydnee Hanrahan, Honorable Mention in Digital Art for “The Beginnings of COVID”
- JoAnna James, Honorable Mention in Sculpture for “Dragged Away”
- Lucy Lee, Gold Key in Painting for “Nurturing”
- Lucy Lee, Silver Key in Painting for “Who What Where When Why”
- Lucy Lee, Silver Key in Sculpture for “Let Go”
- Lucy Lee, Honorable Mention in Drawing & Illustration for “Laundry Day”
- Lucy Lee, Honorable Mention in Drawing & Illustration for “Classroom”
- Olivia Lovly, Gold Key in Mixed Media for “Objects from Nature”
- Abigail Poole, Silver Key in Painting for “Dive”
- Abigail Poole, Silver Key in Mixed Media for “la femmina”
- Abigail Poole, Honorable Mention in Ceramics and Glass for “Row!”
- Ansley Teal, Gold Key in Digital Art for “Float”
- Ansley Teal, Gold Medal in Digital Art for “The Fisherman”
- Ansley Teal, Gold Medal in Digital Art for “Molly & Reba”
- Ansley Teal , Gold Medal in Film & Animation for “What Kind of Crazy”
- Solomiia Valihunda, Honorable Mention in Digital Art for “Out of My Mind”
- Anabelle Vasquez, Gold Key in Mixed Media for “Collages Self Portrait”
- Olivia Wilson, Gold Key in Painting for “Paradox”
- Olivia Wilson, Silver Medal in Digital Art for “Sustenance”
To view these winning pieces, please click here.
The students would like to thank Siobhan Matrose, Shaker Writing Center Director and English teacher, Shaker High School Art teachers Genevieve Chornyak, Lynn Marie Paris, Carrie Lue, and Kimberly Case for their guidance and support.