NA had its strongest Scholastic year ever with 29 students across 5 grades earning 64 awards in flash fiction, humor, journalism, personal essay/memoir, poetry, science fiction/fantasy, scriptwriting, and short story, as well as in design, painting, and photography. Congratulations to the following students:
HONORABLE MENTION distinction, which shows “tremendous creative promise and places the student in the top 20% of the Northwest US region,” was awarded to: Mark Berger ‘17 (Personal Essay, Flash Fiction), James Blume ’19 (Poetry), Paul Brown ‘17 (Flash Fiction), Courtney Cooperman ‘16 (Poetry), Tommy Damiano ’15 (Poetry), Mark Dempsey ’16 (Poetry), Claudia Hyman ’16 (Poetry), Brendan James ‘14 (Senior Art Portfolio), Flannery James ’14 (Personal Essay, Flash Fiction), Daniel Kwiatkowski ’15 (3 Poetry, Personal Essay), James Marcucci ‘16 (Personal Essay), Mauranda Men ’16 (Poetry), Haley Mudrick ‘15 (Personal Essay), Jordyn Norris ‘14 (Personal Essay), Kristie Petillo ’14 (2 Short Story), Anne Ruble ‘17 (2 Poetry), Rebecca Tolpin ‘14 (Personal Essay, Journalism), Remenna Xu ’14 (Poetry, 2 Personal Essay, Dramatic Script).
THE SILVER KEY AWARD, which indicates “high honors on the regional level and places students in the top 15% of their region,” was earned by Courtney Cooperman ’16 (Journalism), Emma Hoffman ‘16 (Short Story), Brendan James ‘14 (Film & Animation), Flannery James ’14 (Fantasy), Daniel Kwiatkowski ‘15 (2 Flash Fiction, Short Story), Elizabeth Merrigan ’15 (Poetry), Kristie Petillo ’14 (Personal Essay, Fantasy), Gabrielle Poisson ’17 (Short Story), Zoe Rollenhagen ’14 (Personal Essay), Anne Ruble ‘17 (Flash Fiction), Ryan Skorka ‘17 (Flash Fiction), Lance Tan ‘17 (Short Story), Jocelyn Tolpin ‘17 (Short Story), Rebecca Tolpin ‘14 (Poetry), Eve Verzani ‘17 (Personal Essay), Remenna Xu ’14 (2 Flash Fiction, Humor, Short Story & Dramatic Script).
THE GOLD KEY AWARD, which is “the highest level of achievement on the regional level and places students in the top 10% of their region,” was earned by James Blume ‘19 (Flash Fiction), Courtney Cooperman ’16 (Personal Essay), Emma Hoffman ’16 (Poetry), Brendan James ‘14 (3 Photography), Flannery James ’14 (Poetry, Senior Writing Portfolio), Kristie Petillo ’14 (Short Story), Greta Skagerlind ’14 (Design), Andie Wei ‘14 (Painting), Hannah Zack ‘14 (Personal Essay).
Work by Gold Key winners will go on to compete at the national level. Good luck!