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2012
Toni Smith
1st Place
I am Toni Smith, a junior at Arroyo Valley High School in San Bernardino. Besides drawing, I enjoy dancing and singing. I stay very busy participating in two very important clubs on campus: Cancer Club, raising awareness and helping raise funds through Relay for Life, and Healthy Living Club, which promotes all aspects of living a healthy lifestyle. My favorite subject in school in physiology and I one day hope to become a neo-natal nurse. In my piece I wanted to depict aspects of the different cultures. I was thinking about how our experiences and knowledge of all the people around the work impacts our lives. The book with the different languages shows how we are able to communicate throughout our world.
2012
Sevrie McKinney
2nd Place
I am Sevrie McKinney and I am a second
grader at Elliott Ranch Elementary
School in Elk Grove. In my free time I
like to play piano, draw or play soccer. I have recently been accepted
on a competitive soccer team, FC Elk Grove. My favorite part of school is when we do art projects. I am on the Honor Roll and love being an active student. My art piece is about people from different countries, different religions, and different groups. The
two babies in the picture are entering the world, with their differences, and are becoming part of our world.
2012
Easton Vidales & Jakob Johnson
3rd Place
Easton and Jakob are both eighth graders at Douglas Middle School in Woodland Joint Unified School District. Easton enjoys playing sports in his free time and Jakob likes to go hunting and fishing. Although this is Easton’s first art competition, Jakob has experienced being recognized for his art ability when he was in the first grade, coming in third place in an art contest. Using several techniques: paint, cut-outs, markers, colored pencils, the two created their piece with some assistance from their art class members. Classmates helped by designing the various shirt designs, representing the many cultures around the world. Easton and Jakob selected which to include in their final piece. The boys chose to include several languages: English, Spanish, Japanese, Urdu and Punjabi, to frame their art to show that everybody is equal and many cultures make up our world.
2012
Napa Valley Language Academy
Napa Valley Language Academy is a Pre K-6th grade schoolwide Two-way Bilingual Immersion Charter School with over 700students. Located in the lowest income, highest minority neighborhood of Napa, NVLA maintains a highly diverse student population with families driving in from all over the Napa Valley to enroll their children. NVLA typically sees over 200 kinder requests each year. NVLA follows the 90/10 TWBI model and maintains a linguistic balance of 50% native English and 50% native Spanish speakers. NVLA testing data shows API growth from 420 to 795 points over the past 10 years. NVLA has many innovative programs in place including: Visual and Performing Arts with World Music, art, dance and “Heartstrings”, the schoolwide instrumental music program; support an orphanage in Goma, Congo through annual benefit concerts; AVID Elementary College Readiness; daily leveled ELD/SLD; free After-School enrichment programs in the arts and sciences; 6th grade third language elective of French, Japanese or “TechnoEnglish”; Corazones Unidos community service program; BEST Behavior positive discipline; and monthly Character Education focus and Student of the Month Assemblies. Parents and staff share leadership and serve as reps on the NVLA Charter Council and the CLASE Foundation, the schools non-profit parent organization. Both English and Spanish speaking parents assist as classroom and playground volunteers and come together for Town Hall Meetings, Family Movie Nights, English/Spanish Conversation Class and many other special events throughout the school year.
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