CCSD Student Artists Earn State Awards

Cherokee County School District student artists earned statewide honors in the PTA Reflections fine arts contest, and three advanced to national competition!

The annual competition offers students in all grades and of all abilities the opportunity to create original works of art in the categories of dance choreography, film production, literature, music composition, photography and visual arts.  Students can earn recognition at the school, district, state and national levels. 

Congratulations to all of CCSD’s winners and their teachers and thank you to the Cherokee County Council PTA for its valued partnership!  Our School Board is laser focused on ensuring our students are learning more, growing more, and achieving more in our classrooms than they could anywhere else.

STATE FIRST PLACE
Nina Grace Barbaree, Grade 11, River Ridge HS, Dance Choreography and Photography                    
Tatum Bishop, Grade 7, E.T. Booth MS, Dance Choreography – Advanced to Nationals!
Olivia Kennison, Grade 12, River Ridge High School, Film Production
Aubrey King, Kindergarten, Hickory Flat ES, Photography                               
Ellie Lindberg, Grade 1, Arnold Mill ES, Photography                         
Caroline McDonald, Grade 4, Bascomb ES, Literature                                   
Nicole Muchiri, Grade 12, River Ridge HS, Music Composition                                  
Rishabh Pandya, Grade 7, E.T. Booth MS, Music Composition                                    
Ramsey Streib, Grade 2, Free Home ES, Dance Choreography                                  
Harper Ulrich, Grade 1, Bascomb ES, Dance Choreography – Advanced to Nationals!
Sophie Vanderplough, Grade 7, Woodstock MS, Literature                           

STATE SECOND PLACE
McKenna Baskett, Grade 6, Freedom MS, Photography                                 
Grace Dai, Grade 12, Cherokee HS, Visual Arts                                 
Liliana Kelly, Grade 11, Cherokee HS, Accessible Artists                              
Evelyn Olotka, Grade 5, Bascomb ES, Literature – Advanced to Nationals!                           
Rohan Pandya, Grade 11, Etowah HS, Music Composition                            
Alex Quarles, Grade 8, Freedom MS, Photography                            
Makenna Seckington, Grade 5, Little River ES, Photography                         
Afton Sheldon, Grade 9, Cherokee HS, Dance Choreography                                   
Reyna Titus, Grade 7, E.T. Booth MS, Film Production                                   

STATE THIRD PLACE
Adelynn Gray, Grade 4, Little River ES, Music Composition                           
Gilana “Gigi” Nel, Grade 5, Macedonia ES, Film Production                           
Chloe Okoth, Grade 10, Etowah HS, Literature                                  
Alexandra Schoene, Grade 1, Liberty ES, Literature                           
Jeremiah Shepherd, Grade 9, Cherokee HS, Photography                                
Pranav Vasishta, Grade 7, E.T. Booth MS, Film Production                            
Zoie Zomer, Grade 5, Hickory Flat ES, Dance Choreography                         

Cherokee County Council PTA volunteer Hetal Pandya served as this year’s Reflections chair.

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