As I posted our 22 Scholastic Award winners, I realized that I had not previously shared the past 2 years of results! 

Celebrating student work is important and I have found that using Google Slides to do it has helped offer a way for students and parents to interact with the work online. Please click through the slideshows and enjoy the work of my students from the last two years of competition cycles! 

We are pleased to announce the 2022 West Central Michigan Regional winners for WMS: 

​Ava A: 2 Honorable Mentions
Lucas B: Gold Key
Mason B: 2 Honorable Mentions
Emmerson B: Gold Key
Adam C: Honorable Mention
Riley D: 2 Gold Keys
Layla F: Gold Key and Honorable Mention
Jadelyn H: Silver Key
Jay I: 2 Gold Keys, Silver Key, 2 Honorable Mentions
Madeline K: Gold Key, 2 Honorable Mentions
Ella L: Gold Key
Aubree L: Silver Key, Honorable Mention
Andrew M: Honorable Mention
Vaughn N: Silver Key
Grant P: Honorable Mention
Josie R: Honorable Mention
Ryana R: Silver Key
Izzy S: Gold Key, 2 Silver Keys, 3 Honorable Mentions
Addison S: Silver Key, 2 Honorable Mentions
Kayla S: Silver Key
Lucy T: Silver Key, Honorable Mention
Bella W: Silver Key
Josh W: Silver Key
Samantha Y: Gold Key

It was also a pleasure that some of the students I teach for the Dual Enrollment program as well as previous WMS students who have moved onto the HS that I taught last year, also received recognition: 

Combined, BCPS 7-12 students earned a total of 99 awards! You can learn more about this competition here. Gold Key winning works will move onto the National competition and results will be posted later this Spring.

For 11 years, I have been encouraging and preparing students to participate in the Scholastic Art Awards. This competition is a great opportunity for students to see how they fair beyond the walls and halls of our school as they go through a blind adjudication of distinguished judges who evaluate their work. Work is juried based on originality, artistic skill, and artist's voice or vision. 

To be honest, I was unsure of how we would fair this year, as the competition is very tough. Students are not really competing against anyone other than the standard set by the judges. Sometimes we do really well and this year has proven to be one of them. 

BCWMS students will be walking away with 32 awards, and the nine gold key winners will move onto the National competition. We have been very fortunate to have had at least one national winner since 2015 and can hope to keep the streak alive when we find out results later this Spring. 

Our high school also did very well and students earned 47 awards. You can see the full list of regional winners here.

​This is an awesome kick off to 2019 and I look forward to seeing how students use this accomplishment to swing back into creative exploration as we return to class. 

Sophie Schans and Ellie Smith

Chelsea Wierenga

Chelsea Wierenga, Reese Gildea, and Kylee McConnell