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SCHOOLS
Performers at Mountain Brook Junior High’s Art Forms included Frank Phillips and Banks Cooney. Photos special to the Journal
MBJH’s Art Forms Holds Showcase
Mountain Brook Junior High Art Forms winners were highlighted in the showcase Jan. 31 at the school’s Fine Arts Facility. Students competed in three major categories: visual arts, literary arts and performance arts. Seventh grade winners for visual arts were: Charlotte McRae, first community judges and second student choice; Frances Conner, second community judges; Gabby Turnbough, third community judges and student choice; and Adelaide Kimberly, first student choice. Eighth grade visual arts winners were: Kelley Jiang, first community judges and tied for first student choice; Anne Grey Cook, second
place in both community judges and student choice; Alexandra Ball, tied for both third place community judges and first place student choice; Cate, Harmon tied for third place community judges and third place student choice. Ninth grade winning entries were: Ben Jackson, first community judges and tied for first student choice; Olivia Burton, second community judges; Annie Bloomston and Lizzy Donald, third place community judges; Lucas Bradley, tied for first student choice; Virginia Jordan, second place student choice; and Betsy Limbaugh, third place student choice. In the Literary Arts category, students were awarded first through third place trophies and honorable
mention gift cards in three divisions, which were decided by independent community judges. Poetry winners were: Catherine Campbell, first; Carter Ennis, second; Alex Ball, third; and Savannah Thurston, honorable mention. Short story winners were Adelaide Kimberly, first; and Riva Cullinan and Gray Robertson, tied for second place. Winning essay writers were: Charlotte McRae, first and Best Overall for her essay “A Place to Fill Me Up;” Emma Rollins, second; Courtney Niemann, third; Meg Hayslip and Sarah Berryman, tied for honorable mention. Performance arts entrants, judged by several independent performers and artists from the community, received awards in band and individual divisions. For band, the first place award went to Sound of Madness, performing “Frankenstein” by the Edgar Winter Group. Band members are ninth grade students Daniel Neville, Harrison Jones and Rhys Reynolds. Runner-up in the band division was The Messengers, performing “Prisoner” by Need to Breathe. Band members are Kit Goldschmidt, John Cooper, Brooks Glover, Beau Boudreaux and John Horton. Individual awards went to: Seventh grade: Charlotte McRae, first; Bradford Moore, second; and Helen Camp, third. Eighth grade: Erica Nelson, first; Emily Sink, second; and Mary Rives Drake, third. Ninth grade: Frank Phillips, first; Jessica Arzin, second; and Shirazeh Rogers, third. Eighth grader Bill Perry won best overall with his piano performance of “Amazing Grace” by Chris Tomlin/John Newton. Ninth grader Olivia Burton won the logo contest. Her design was featured on the T-shirts distributed
OVER THE MOUNTAIN JOURNAL
Lining up for waffles before the announcement of the Newbery Medal winner were Liberty Park Middle School students, from left: Egypt Pettway, Blake Garris, Ellis Holland, Barrett Striplin and Trevor Freeman. Richie Gordon and Bryan Osborn from Waffle House look on. Photo special to the Journal to Art Forms participants. Lee Perry was chairman of the event.
LPMS Celebrates Newbery Award
Students at Liberty Park Middle School celebrated the announcement of the Newbery Medal with a breakfast sponsored by Waffle House. Students read nominated books and then wrote reviews about the books they read. The winner of the Newbery Medal for 2011 was “Moon Over Manifest” by Clare Vanderpool. Participating in the event were students Brooke Boyd, Julie DeCarlo, Emma Fox, Julia Freeman, Blake Garris, Jack Hart, Aysiah Hill, Emma Holmes, Riley Holmes, Krystal Jusino, Katie Larson, Olivia Medley, Kate Meloun, Yazan Nasser, Ashley Orkus, Dominic
Paulter, Egypt Pettway, Caleb Roberson, Rachel Ronson, Barrett Striplin, Sam Wilke, Greta Wistuk, Katie Woods, Abigail Gancayo, Jennah Green, Sara Hameed, Mitchell Hauberg, Wesley Heartsill, Nathan Hospes, Channing Prescott, Isabelle Sager, Caroline Trott, Regan Hardy, Katherine Stahl, Kaitie Sneed and Will Wilson.
Holland Takes Top Teacher Award
Bree Holland, Highlands School Spanish teacher, received the Alabama Association of Foreign Language Teachers 2010 Outstanding K-12 Bree Holland Teacher Award. She will be recognized at the association’s conference at the University of Montevallo.
Author Visits Our Lady of Sorrows
Students at Our Lady of Sorrows Catholic School (OLS) met award-winning children’s author Marfe Ferguson Delano, who visited their school Feb. 18. Delano’s books include many photo-biographies about historical heroes. Delano spoke to the children in the OLS Family Life Center. Her visit included four ageappropriate presentations for children in each grade level. A graduate of Duke University, Delano lives in Alexandria, Va. She is currently Award-winning children’s author Marfe Ferguson Delano autographs working on a children’s book one of her books for students at Our Lady of Sorrows Catholic School about George Washington and during her visit. With her are, from left, students Katie Foster, Joseph slavery, set to be published by Dubruiel and Jacob Pugh. Photo special to the Journal National Geographic in 2012. ❖