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Scholastics Art Awards

The program, currently in its 103rd year, is a national program recognizing outstanding creativity in teens and offers scholarship opportunities for graduating high school seniors.

Teens in grades 7-12 can apply in 29 categories of art and writing for the chance to earn scholarships and have their works exhibited or published. The national non-profit organization that presents the Scholastic Art & Writing Awards will honor students at Car. Selected award recipients and high school seniors recognized with top honors will have their art exhibited at Parsons the New School for Design in New York.

More than 100,000 teens from across the country and Canada entered more than 340,000 works of art and writing to the 2025 Scholastic Awards. Around 2,500 works received National Medals this year.This year’s Arlington Public Schools national medalist recipients are:

Art Award – American Visions Medal

Kaitlyn Runion

“know me

Arlington Tech

Grade 11

Artwork titled: know me

Art Awards – Gold Medalist

Allegra Vena

“Veil of Conformity”

Wakefield

Grade 12

Artwork titled: veil of Conformity

Ian Alcorn

“Pearly Whites”

Wakefield

Grade 12

Artwork Titled: Pearly-Whites

Lourdes Vazquez

“The Warmest Blue”

Wakefield

Grade 12

Artwork Titled: The Warmest Blue

Mphatso Phiri

“the goodbye“

Wakefield

Grade 12

Artwork Titled: the goodbye

Quinn Magnell

“On a scale of 1 to 10, how would you rate your pain? (I don’t know, it just hurts)“

Washington-Liberty

Grade 11

Artwork Titled: On a scale of 1 to 10, how would you rate your pain? (I don't know, it just hurts)

Travis Dai

“Sharp Touch“

Yorktown

Grade 12

Artwork Titled: Sharp Touch

Lily Dezfulian

“Resonant Structure“

Yorktown

Grade 12

Artwork Titled: Resonant Structure

Kaitlyn Runion

“know me

Career Center

Grade 11

Artwork titled: know me

Art Awards – Silver Portfolio Medalist

Mphatso Phiri

“In God’s Hands”

Wakefield

Grade

12

Portfolio Titled: in God's Hands 1 Portfolio Titled: in God's Hands 2 in God's Hands 3 Portfolio Titled: in God's Hands 4 Portfolio Titled: in God's Hands 5 Portfolio Titled: in God's Hands 6

Danté Julius

“How we Relate to Our Mother”

Washington-Liberty

Grade 12

How we Relate to Our Mother 1 How we Relate to Our Mother 2 How we Relate to Our Mother 3 How we Relate to Our Mother 4 How we Relate to Our Mother 5 How we Relate to Our Mother 6

Art Awards – Silver Medalist

Robin Kaufman

“Eastern Bluebird”

Career Center

Grade 10

Eastern Bluebird

Robin Kaufman

“Seal Harbor Fog”

Career Center

Grade 10

Seal Harbor Fog

Miles Green

“Flow”

H-B Woodlawn

Grade 12

Flow

Allegra Vena

“Ringing Out”

Wakefield

Grade 11

Ringing Out

August Court

“The Odd Egg Out”

Wakefield

Grade 9

The Odd Egg Out

Kiley Anderson

“Pomegranate Box”

Wakefield

Grade 10

Pomegranate Box

Finn Sherlick

“Bernina Express”

Wakefield

Grade 11

Bernina Express

Jackson Montague

“Gondola”

Wakefield

Grade 12

Gondola

Lina Alvarado

“Brown Silvers”

Wakefield

Grade 11

Brown Silvers

Sam Hemel

“My Face, as I’ve seen it”

Washington-Liberty

Grade 11

My Face, as I’ve seen it

Tyson Walker

“Mean Lizard”

Williamsburg

Grade 8

Mean Lizard

Travis Dai

“Toxic Trait”

Yorktown

Grade 12

Toxic Trait

Art Awards – Portfolio Honorable Mention Medalist

Eitan Polanco

“The Sound of Silence”

Wakefield

Grade 12

The Sound of Silence 1 The Sound of Silence 2 The Sound of Silence 3 The Sound of Silence 4 The Sound of Silence 5 The Sound of Silence 6

Yaninne Tapia Salas

“Rabbits Galore”

Wakefield

Grade 12

Rabbits Galore 1 Rabbits Galore 2 Rabbits Galore 3 Rabbits Galore 4 Rabbits Galore 5 Rabbits Galore 6

Felix Ko

“Symmetry/Asymmetry”

Yorktown

Grade 12

Symmetry:Asymmetry 1 Symmetry:Asymmetry 2 Symmetry:Asymmetry 3 Symmetry:Asymmetry 4 Symmetry:Asymmetry 5 Symmetry:Asymmetry 6

Morgan Shelton

“Progression and Connection”

Yorktown

Grade 12

Progression and Connection 1 Progression and Connection 2 Progression and Connection 3 Progression and Connection 4 Progression and Connection 5 Progression and Connection 6

Travis Dai

“Seeing Through the Flow”

Yorktown

Grade 12

Seeing Through the Flow 1 Seeing Through the Flow 2 Seeing Through the Flow 3 Seeing Through the Flow 4 Seeing Through the Flow 5 Seeing Through the Flow 6

Amy Walsh

“Then and Now”

Yorktown

Grade 12

Then and Now 1 Then and Now 2 Then and Now 3 Then and Now 4 Then and Now 5 Then and Now 6

Julia Markowitz

“Absurdism in Daily Life”

Yorktown

Grade 12

Absurdism in Daily Life 1 Absurdism in Daily Life 2 Absurdism in Daily Life 3 Absurdism in Daily Life 4 Absurdism in Daily Life 5 Absurdism in Daily Life 6

Writing Award – Silver Medalist

Lily Dezfulian

“A review on pockets in the form of 10 Macys Yelp comments“

Yorktown

Grade 12

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