2011 Student Arts & Essay Contest

2011 Leo & Antonia Gershanov Memorial Student Arts & Writing Contest

Changing the Way People Think: Persuasion and Propaganda

2011 Gershanov Arts & Writing Contest winners
Row 1, L to R:  Daliha Orozco, Michelle Castino, Julia Rotunno
Row 2, L to R:  Monica Wei, Jennifer Matthews, Julia Freeman
Row 3, L to R:  Pooja Nayak, Samantha Bartolai
Row 4, L to R:  Stephanie Vitale, Kari Zhou, Gersilda Baci
Row 5, L to R:  Samantha Frank, Sanjay Rao
Row 6, L to R:  Amir Prses, Joey Epstein
Not Pictured:  Garrett Gray, Aishwarya Raj

 

Seventeen middle and high school students were recognized as award winners Sunday, May 15, during a public program held at the Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center.  We wish to thank the more than 350 students from throughout Illinois who participated in the contest, and extend congratulations to our winners:

Gershanov Prize

Awarded to the entry best exemplifying the contest theme
Kari Ling Zhou, Centennial High School, Champaign, Grade 12


Senior Division (Grades 9-12)

ART

1st Place – Amir Prses, Ridgewood High School, Norridge, Grade 10
2nd Place – Monica Wei, William Fremd High School, Palatine, Grade 10
3rd Place – Stephanie Kay Vitale, Ridgewood High School, Norridge, Grade 12

SHORT STORY

1st Place – Samantha Frank, Ridgewood High School, Norridge, Grade 10
2nd Place – Garrett Raymond Gray, Pecatonica High School, Pecatonica, Grade 12
3rd Place – Pooja A. Nayak, William Fremd High School, Palatine, Grade 10

POETRY

1st Place – Samantha L. Bartolai, William Fremd High School, Palatine, Grade 10
2nd Place – Gersilda Baci, Ridgewood High School, Norridge, Grade 12
3rd Place – Jennifer Ann Matthews, Ridgewood High School, Norridge, Grade 10

MUSIC

1st Place – Joey Epstein, Glenbrook North High School, Northbrook, Grade 10


Junior Division  (Grades 7-8)

ART

1st Place – Julia Marilyn Freeman, Haven Middle School, Evanston, Grade 8

writing

1st Place – Sanjay S. Rao, Still Middle School, Aurora, Grade 8
2nd Place – Aishwarya Raj, Granger Middle School, Aurora, Grade 8
3rd Place – Daliha Mireya Orozco, Abbott Middle School, Elgin, Grade 8

MUSIC

1st Place – Michelle Castino and Julia Rotunno, Sunset Ridge School, Northfield, Grade 8