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Pinnacle High School Senior Daba Yague took first place in the grade nine-12 category in the annual ASBA photo contest with this beautiful photo.
Student Photo Contest Captures Beauty Of Arizona
This year’s winners in the grades K-eight category were: • First Place: Spencer Scher, an eighth-grade student at Madison Meadows Middle School in Phoenix (Madison Elementary School District) • Honorable Mention: Evan Ziker, a seventh-grade student from Sonoran Trails Middle School in Phoenix (Cave Creek Unified School District) Winners in the grades nine-12 category were: • First Place: Daba Yague, a senior at Pinnacle High School in Phoenix (Paradise Valley Unified School District) • Second Place: Jose Coronado, a senior at Amphitheater High School in Tucson (Amphitheater Unified School District) • Third Place: Andrew Kingsbury, a senior at Lake Havasu High School (Lake Havasu Unified School District) Jeff Kida, photo editor of Arizona Highways magazine, was among the contest judges. The ASBA student photography contest began in 1999 as a tribute to former ASBA executive director and amateur photographer Jack Peterson upon his retirement. Learn more at www.azsba.org. See the rest of the winning photos in the Youth section on page 56.
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The beauty and variety of “Arizona Outdoors” were captured with artistry and skill in the five student images selected as winners in this year’s Arizona School Boards Association (ASBA) Jack Peterson Student Photography Contest. The statewide contest, which marked its 15th year in 2013, is open to K-12 students from Arizona’s public school districts. Photos were judged in two categories: grades K-eight, with two awards given, and grades nine-12, with three awards given.
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