Scholastic Art & Writing Awards is a great yearly event and I encourage anyone who hasn’t participated to do so. It is great for student recognition and program recognition.
The Scholastic Art & Writing Awards, were founded in 1923 by Maurice R. Robinson. The program was designed to recognize and encourage student achievement in the creative arts and has blossomed to a huge national event. I remember participating in scholastics when I was in middle and high school in the eighties.
http://www.artandwriting.org/
As a digital program, we have only been participating for the last 3 years and man I wish I would have known about it as a middle school teacher. Our program is mainly a digital media program with an emphasis on 3D. Scholastics pulls out a different type of digital student, a student who leans towards more of a fine arts direction plus there is an animation category.
This year one of our students, Jihye, won the prestigious National American Vision Award and will be receiving her award at Carnegie Hall this June. Only one student in the nation per category received this award.
I can't wait to see the National Event. I will write about it after we go.
