STUDENTS COLLECT SCHOLASTIC ART & WRITING AWARDS

More than 150 CFISD students were among 1,357 regional winners from 18 Harris County school districts in the 2015 Scholastic Art & Writing Awards, hosted by the Harris County Department of Education (HCDE).

The Scholastic Art & Writing Awards provide teen artists and writers in grades 7-12 with the opportunity to showcase their work as it identifies and documents their outstanding achievements. The competition’s mission is to bring outstanding visual art and writing to a national audience by showcasing work and encouraging young students’ creative journeys and career development.

Students were recognized with Gold Key, Silver Key and honorable mention awards. In 2015, Harris County students earned 424 awards in writing and 933 awards in art. CFISD students won 170 of the 1,357 awards. The regional competition featured 4,256 entries, judged by local and national art and writing professionals who volunteered their time.

Gold Key art awardees (203); Gold Key writing awardees (80); and American Visions and American Voices nominees (10) will advance to the national competition in New York City. National medalists will be announced on March 16.

Gold and Silver Key Awards regional ceremonies will be held at 7 p.m. on Feb. 24 (art) and Feb. 25 (writing) at HCDE, 6300 Irvington.

The following Gold Key, Silver Key and honorable mention winners from Cy Creek are listed below:

Silver Key Winners for Photography:

Abby Metcalf:  Photography, Couple

Honorable Mention for Photography:

Tiffany Gillespie - Light Up The Night

Carly Jackson – Disappointment

Carly Jackson - Sunday Afternoon

Joshua Ramirez - Sadly Sam

Caly Strickler - Out On A Limb

Honorable Mention for Drawing and Illustration

Yashomati Mukhopadhyay - Self-Portrait

Gold Key Winner for Photography:

Abby Metcalf - Brother

Congratulations to our talented Cougars!