NEWS Walnut Valley Unified School District
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 880 S. Lemon Avenue
April 21, 2014 Walnut, CA 91789
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Kelli Gile, Office of Community Resources
(909) 595-1261 ext. 31204
Elementary Students Win Music K-8 Magazine Awards
WALNUT, CA--Twenty-six elementary students in the Walnut Valley Unified School District have been named award winners in the 2014 “Draw a Cover for the Music K-8 Magazine” contest.
The Board of Trustees recognized the young artists during the April 16 meeting.
Music Specialist Judy Brunelle introduced the young artists and presented them with keepsake copies of their original artwork.
Congratulations to the following winners from Collegewood, Evergreen, Maple Hill, Quail Summit, Walnut, and Westhoff elementary schools:
Top WVUSD Winners: 1st Runner-Up – Willow Huang and 5th Runner-Up Claire Kung.
Top Finalists: Kathryn Song, Emily Chen, Michael Wu, James Wu, Ricky Lambert, Hailey Lim, and Vencionas Kosasih.
Promising Young Artist Finalist: James Wu.
Finalists: Emma Hsieh, Nathan Lee, Jennifer Lai, Matthew Kao, Michelle Xu, Christa Tang, Olivia Hwang, Katie Kim, and Nikki Yip.
Honorable Mention: Jessie Ji, Clarie Wang, Michelle, Wang, Erin Zhou, Srijani Krishman, Kellie Lam, and Arushi Verma.
The results were published in the June/July issue and the artwork can be seen on the magazine website at www.musick8.com.
Shown:
Elementary winners in the Draw a Cover for the Music K-8 Magazine contest were recognized during the Board meeting held on April 16.
Contest Finalists and Runners-Up were honored by the Board of Trustees on April 16. Shown with Music Specialist Judy Brunelle and Board President Cindy Ruiz.
Walnut Elementary fifth grader James Wu picks up a copy of his artwork from Music Specialist Judy Brunelle.
The District’s top winner is Quail Summit Elementary fifth grader Willow Huang with the 1st Runner-Up award.