And now, the moment for which you all have been waiting! Finally, it is time to announce the winners of The Walking Classroom’s 2019 Illustration Contest!
Since late-January, large manila envelopes found their way to our office. All were full of entries for our annual illustration contest.
As we did last year, we offered prizes for the winners and runners-up in three different categories. And, there were a variety of creative and colorful illustrations submitted!
The guidelines . . .
Again, this year’s contest presented several possibilities for student artists. Students’ artwork could be from any one of the following categories.
- Draw pictures of your class walking, listening and learning (and, of course, smiling!).
- Illustrate your favorite podcast.
- Create a before and after walking illustration. What do you look like before and then after a Walking Classroom lesson?
After opening all of the envelopes, we had quite a stack of artful illustrations from which to choose. And, they were in a variety of mediums! In creating their illustrations, students made masterful use of colored pencils, markers, and crayons. It was a pleasure looking through them all, but it was no small feat selecting our winners!
And the winners are . . .
With so many great choices, the decision took some time. When the late-March deadline for entries hit, we had some work to do. First, we had to go through the stack and sort the illustrations into the correct categories. Then, we began to separate some from the others.
Eventually, we narrowed it down and chose the winners and runners-up, and are pleased to share our selections.
Category 1: “Walking, Listening, and Learning!”
Winner
Anahi
Anthony Traina Elementary, CA
Teacher: Grit Walther
Runner-Up
Yasmina
Dale Street School, MA
Teacher: Bethany Sager
Category 2: Favorite Podcast
Winner
Cecily
Importance of Superheroes in Society (Complete-#43, 4-#79)
Carondelet Catholic School, MN
Teacher: Kristen Rafferty
Runner Up
Dani
Boston Tea Party (Complete-#62, 4-#53)
Westwood Elementary, TN
Teacher: Kari Lawson
Category 3: “Before and After”
Winner
Scarlett
Carondelet Catholic School, MN
Teacher: Kristen Rafferty
Runner-Up
Arianna
Union Intermediate School, NC
Teacher: Tanya Robinson-Freeman
As promised, some special items went to the winners and runners-up selected for each category. And, the teachers of the winner in each category received a little something too!
Several Others Worthy of . . . (Honorable) Mention!
With the record number of entries this year, there was amazing artistic talent in evidence! While searching for the winners, several other illustrations caught our attention, and we are highlighting them here as well!
This year, we also identified an Honorable Mention in each of the three categories. In addition, we selected three entries for their particularly innovative/imaginative design.
Honorable Mention
Specific Categories
Category 1: “Walking, Listening, and Learning”
Keira
Westwood Elementary, TN
Category 2: Favorite Podcast
Cecily
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (Complete-#123, 4-#64)
Carondelet Catholic School, MN
Category 3: “Before and After”
Eva
Carondelet Catholic School, MN
Inventive/Imaginative Design
Tarun
Dale Street School, MA
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Scarlett
Carondelet Catholic School, MN
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Isaac
Union Intermediate School, NC
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A heartfelt “thank you” to all of the students who participated. And, special congratulations to our winners and runners-up! It is clear that there are many talented young illustrators walking, listening, and learning with The Walking Classroom.
Finally, extra thanks to the teachers who encouraged these young artists and mailed all of those masterpieces in on time! We appreciate you!
So amazing!!!