Congratulations to Katherine Xie, a tenth-grade artist from Dawson High School in Pearland. Katherine won the national gold medal in the 2023 Scholastic Art & Writing competition with her piece "Lost in Thought." Read more: DHS tenth-grader William Sun received a silver medal for his short piece titled "The End Before the Beginning".Xie's and Sun's submissions number among 300,000 art and writing pieces entered in this year's nationwide competition. The top art and writing at the regional level advanced to the national stage, where more than 2,000 pieces earned National medals. Xie and other national winners have been invited to attend a recognition ceremony at Carnegie Hall to be held on June 8.Xie's art teacher is Dawson's Teri Zuteck and Sun's English teacher is Lafonda Johnson.The Scholastic Art & Writing awards are the nation's largest running and most prestigious recognition program for creative teens in grades 7-12.Each fall, schools submit students' best art and writing and entries are judged by a professional panel. Only Gold Key winners advance to the national level.Regional awards for art include:Glenda Dawson High School
Sion Joo: Gold Key and Silver KeyFaith Victoria Ni: Gold KeyLauren Oishi: Gold KeyKatherine Xie: Gold KeyNatalie Cramer: Silver KeyZiyuan Lu: Silver KeyBrice Rudis: Silver Key and Honorable MentionMya Geren: Honorable MentionAshley McKay: Honorable MentionFaith Victoria Ni: Honorable MentionSophia Peterson: Honorable MentionLeilanie Turcios: Honorable MentionArt teachers are Teri Zuteck and Cydney WhitePearland High School
Sienna Chamblin: Gold KeyJackson Coffee: Honorable MentionFaith Drake: Honorable MentionCarson Flores: Honorable MentionCatelin Mo: Honorable MentionMiley Shimek: Honorable MentionHailey White: Honorable MentionArt teachers are Alyssa Hartgrove, Guillermo Jimenez, Phillip Chatman PJH South
Aniyah Stringer: Honorable MentionArt teacher is Jodie Lyden PJH West
Aubrey Daniels: Gold KeyDanielle Nguyen: Silver KeyGrace Dai: Honorable MentionGabrielle Shumaker: Honorable MentionArt teacher is Christa George Regional awards for writing include:Glenda Dawson High School
Jacqueline Xiong: Two Gold Keys, Two Silver Keys and American Voices NomineeNick Palermo: Gold KeyWilliam Sun: Gold KeySion Joo: Gold KeySai Kaushik: Gold KeyKara Li: Silver KeyKatherine Nelson: Two Silver KeysAlexander Sun: Silver KeyJerry Tong: Two Silver Keys and one Gold KeyMichelle Gu: Three Honorable MentionsCaleb Ni: Honorable MentionJoshua Ni: Honorable MentionEnglish teachers are: Gay Stricklin, Kimberly Tucker, Angela Ruth, Rita Ricks Pearland High School
Isabel Chung: Silver KeyEnglish teacher is Rachael Durham Turner College and Career High School
Chino Umelo: Gold Key and Silver KeyLaufey Boughton: Gold KeyArneia Delos Reyes: Gold KeyAllison Diller: Gold KeyAdalyn Hoang: Gold KeyAbigail Cantu: Silver KeyAngela Castellanos: Silver KeyKatherine Crocker: Silver KeyCatalina Schmidt: Silver KeyAlice Da Silva: Honorable MentionMegan King: Honorable MentionOlympia Murphy: Honorable MentionZipporah Ramirez: Honorable MentionEnglish teacher is Kyla Mora.Since the program's founding in 1923, the Awards have fostered the creativity and talent of millions of students and include a distinguished list of alumni such as Tschabalala Self, Stephen King, Kay WalkingStick, Charles White, Joyce Carol Oates, and Andy Warhol, all of whom received recognition in the Awards when they were teens.For more about the awards, visit www.artandwriting.org.(04/05/2023)