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AISD STUDENTS EARN CREATIVE RECOGNITION AT 2025 REGIONAL SCHOLASTIC ART & WRITING AWARDS

or hometown by some of the foremost visual and literary arts leaders. Many Scholastic Awards alums have lent their expertise as jurors, including Michael Bierut, Philip Pearlstein, Edward Sorel, Langston Hughes, Judy Blume, Billy Collins, Edwidge Danticat, David Sedar is, Nikki Giovanni, Mickalene Thomas, Marc Brown, Willie Cole, James War hola, Ocean Vuong, Elizabeth Acevedo, and Tina Mabry.

The Harris County Department of Education announced the regional award recipients of the Regional 2025 Scholastic Art & Writing Awards. Pre sented by the nonprofit organization The Alliance for Young Artists & Writers, the Scholastic Art & Writing Awards are the country’s longest-running and most prestigious scholarship and recognition program for creative students in Grades 7–12 (ages 13 and up) in 28 categories of art and writing. Each year, hundreds of thousands of teens submit their best art and writing in more than 100 regions nationwide. Creative teens from Harris County received regional honors from these submissions, including Gold Key, Silver Key, Honorable Mention, and American Visions and American Voices nomina tions.

High School Regional Scholastic Writing Awards Carver High School: 2 Silver National Ceremony National Medalists and their educa tors will be invited and honored with a star-studded ceremony at Carnegie Hall in New York City later this year. Recent special guests include Oprah Winfrey, Tim Gunn, Alec Baldwin, Tituss Burgess, Amy Schumer, Kelly Clarkson, Zac Po sen, Mayim Bialik, Tschabalala Self, Nick Cannon, Jamie Lee Curtis, Derek Luke, Kinsale Drake, Tina Fey, and Rose Byrne. The Scholastic Art & Writing Awards were founded in 1923 and, for more than a century, have inspired bold ideas in creative teens throughout the country. Gold in Photography: Emily Lucio, Mi Abuelo Goyo, Aldine High School

Gold in Drawing & Illustration: Tolani Awe, American Tee, Blanson CTE High School

High School Regional Scholastic Art Awards Aldine High School: 3 Gold, 3 Silver, and 3 Honorable Mentions Aldine Young Women’s Leadership Academy: 1 Silver and 1 Honorable Mentions Blanson CTE High School: 3 Gold, 5 Silver, and 8 Honorable Mentions Carver High School for Applied Tech nology, Engineering & The Arts: 4 Gold, 3 Silver, and 7 Honorable Mentions Davis High School: 1 Silver and 1 Honor able Mention Eisenhower High School: 2 Gold, 2 Sil ver, and 2 Honorable Mentions MacArthur High School: 3 Silver and 4 Honorable Mentions Nimitz High School: 1 Gold and 4 Silver Mead Middle School: 1 Honorable Men tion

Gold in Sculpture: Fernanda Hernández, Recycled Motorcycle Toy, Carver HS

Jurors look for work that exemplifies the Awards’ core values: originality, technical skill, and the emergence of a personal voice or vision. Entries are selected for awards without knowledge of the student’s gender, age, ethnicity, or hometown by some of the foremost visual and literary arts leaders. AISD Scholastic Art & Writing Region al Awardees The regional Gold Key entries are automatically considered for national awards in New York City. Entries are selected for awards without knowledge of the student’s gender, age, ethnicity,

Gold in Photography: David Romero, Hidden, Eisenhower High School

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