Scholastic Art and Writing Award Winners from DC Private Schools

[Anonymous]

Does St. Albans not emphasize writing and creative writing electives, only two recipients seems like very few from the school.

[Anonymous]

I don't think it is that the school doesn't emphasize writing; it does (Writer-in-Residence; literary magazine; Headmaster is a writer, etc.). I just don't think Upper School has promoted this competition. My son does Visual Arts and he said they haven't. I will make sure he enters next year.

[Anonymous]

I am especially pleased that a Lab student won. If they go to Lab, it means that they have learning differences that make school a struggle, so it's nice that they were recognized for a strength.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Thank you. DC came across it through a summer writing workshop they participated in during middle school. In high school DC participated in the Iowa Young Writers program. That was amazing!

This. Sounds. Amazing. I wish I knew about this when I was in high school! I definitely would've applied for something like this had I known about it.

My kid is only 6, but is showing a bit of literary flair already. Long odds, I'm sure, but in about a decade we'll look at this! (Although I just told my husband this and he rolled his eyes).

As a side note, how diverse was the program? We are AA, but the website doesn't look super diverse--doesn't have to be, but just curious.

[Anonymous]

I am laughing because my child received a Gold Key Award and I didn’t know DC had submitted a piece.
Lol.

- public school parent

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I am laughing because my child received a Gold Key Award and I didn’t know DC had submitted a piece.
Lol.

- public school parent

Years ago, when my child submitted and won several awards, I believe that a parent and a teacher were still required to sign off on a submission. But perhaps that was only after a candidate advanced to the national level of the competition.

Congratulations, by the way, in your child's achievement!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I don't think it is that the school doesn't emphasize writing; it does (Writer-in-Residence; literary magazine; Headmaster is a writer, etc.). I just don't think Upper School has promoted this competition. My son does Visual Arts and he said they haven't. I will make sure he enters next year.

My sons does visual art at STA as well and has never heard of it.

[Anonymous]

Anyone know how competitive these are? Seems like there are tens of thousands of winners, so is it really all that prestigious?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I am laughing because my child received a Gold Key Award and I didn’t know DC had submitted a piece.
Lol.

- public school parent

Years ago, when my child submitted and won several awards, I believe that a parent and a teacher were still required to sign off on a submission. But perhaps that was only after a candidate advanced to the national level of the competition.

Congratulations, by the way, in your child's achievement!

A parent's signature is still required to participate.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Anyone know how competitive these are? Seems like there are tens of thousands of winners, so is it really all that prestigious?

I don't know about your writing skills, but your reading capacity is very low. Nearly 1,500 participants in DC area, 108 Gold Keys, 163 Silver Keys, and 239 Honorable Mentions.

[Anonymous]

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[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The Scholastic Art & Writing Awards (http://www.artandwriting.org/who-we-are/) is notably the country's premiere competition to recognize national excellence by middle and high school students (gr. 7-12) in the areas of Art and Writing. There are 29 sub-categories in Art and Writing (e.g. Photography in Art, Screenplay in Writing). Each year the competition receives approximately 320,000 original submissions from middle and high school students across the country. The first round of the competition awards Gold, Silver, and Bronze Keys in each sub-category by geographic region. The Gold Key recipients, already a notable honor, then go on to the National round of the competition where only a small subset of the Gold Key recipients (I believe around 1,000-1,200 students) are awarded a National Gold or Silver Medal. There are several Scholastic Gold Medal and Silver Medal winners from the DC metro area in both Art and Writing this year.

Here is a list of just this year's Gold Key awards. These private schools may have many more awards at the Silver and Bronze Key levels, but a comprehensive list has not been published at the local level yet.

http://www.artandwriting.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/2018-Gold-Key-Recipients.pdf


Deal Middle School - 1


Duke Ellington School of the Arts - 5


CHEC Bell High School - 1


Georgetown Day School - 15


Georgetown Visitation Prep School - 2


Lab School of Washington - 1


Lowell School - 4


Maret School - 16


National Cathedral School - 11


School Without Walls - 1


Sidwell Friends School - 11


St. Albans School - 2


Washington International School - 1


Washington Latin Public Charter School - 1

If the Scholastic Arts and Writing Awards receive approximately 320,000 submissions and there are only 1,200 national Gold or Silver medalists, then that is very competitive.

Even to be one of the over ten thousand regional recipients nationally (of about 320,000 submissions) to receive either a Gold Key (advancing to the national level), a Silver Key, or an Honorable Mention is very competitive.

[Anonymous]

Holton had 37 award recipients, including 6 gold keys.

[Anonymous]

320,000 submissions is not the same as 320,000 students. Each students enters multiple pieces. It’s not that big a deal to get one of these.

[Anonymous]

320,000 submissions is not the same as 320,000 students. Each students enters multiple pieces. It’s not that big a deal to get one of these.