SBCSS Spotlights

Art, Writing Contest Draws Big Turnout Of Talent

2012-05-08

Every year, the West End Special Education Local Plan Area holds its Art and Writing Contest, and each time the event seems to bring out more and more of the talents of its students.

This year, more than 100 special needs students from the west end of San Bernardino County took home awards from the 14th annual event, which was held on May 1.

The students received first-, second- and third-place awards in the event, sponsored by the West End Special Education Local Plan Area and its Community Advisory Committee. The event was held at Ruth Musser Middle School, 10789 Terra Vista Parkway in Rancho Cucamonga.

The winners were selected from a pool of 188 entries from students in 10 school districts, as well as students served by the San Bernardino County Superintendent of Schools. Students were judged in visual arts, video, essays, poetry, photography, musical score and class performance.

Along with the students' work being recognized, parents and guardians were encouraged to nominate their child's teacher or another staff member who was instrumental in their child's growth in all areas with a parent appreciation award. There were 27 district staff members nominated and received a parent appreciation certificate.

The West End SELPA is a consortium of participating school districts that provides quality special education programs and services to meet the individual needs of special education students in the region. The West End SELPA consists of Alta Loma, Central, Chaffey Joint Union High, Chino Valley Unified, Cucamonga, Etiwanda, Mountain View, Mt. Baldy Joint, Ontario-Montclair and Upland Unified school districts, as well as San Bernardino County Superintendent of Schools.

Following is a list of the first-, second- and third-place award winners in their respective categories.

First place: Gianna Arcena (video); Adrian Armendariz (visual arts); Bryan Banda (visual arts); Kathryn Bandholtz (essay); Evan Bravo (essay); Andre Brim (poetry); Jacob Buntjer (poetry); Delaney Carrasco (visual arts); Evan Castaneda (visual arts); Alberto Ceja (visual arts); Adnan Chowdhury (visual arts); Christopher Clark (essay); Terra Clendening (visual arts); Ishmael Corona (visual arts); Samatha Day (essay); Johnny Delgado (photography); Garrett DiMuccio (visual arts); Andrew Duncan (visual arts); Sidney Flaugher (poetry); Nicole Florence (visual arts); Ellena Gallardo (essay); Daniel Gillies (visual arts); Adam Grubb (photography); Oscar Gutierrez (visual arts); Carlos Henry (visual arts); Faith Hernandez (visual arts); Ashley Higgins (visual arts); Sydney Holland (photography); Brandon Ilori (visual arts); Nick Kalfopoulos (photography, visual arts); Delaney Korth (essay); Joseph LaVerty (visual arts); Luke Manny (essay), Brenda Martinez (visual arts), Trusan McCoy-Bunn (poetry); William Montgomery (photography); Jamie Moreno (essay); Zachary Neise (video), Daniel Ortiz (visual arts), Citiali Prado (visual arts); Lietlanetzi Prado (visual arts); Kiele Robledo (visual arts); Anthony Roman (essay); Angel Rosales (essay); Amanda San Miguel (visual arts); Violet Santos (visual arts); Erika Sheen (essay, visual arts); Ian Treto (visual arts); Lauren Villa Santa (photography); and Nesjheyh Williams (poetry).

Second place: Julia Alcala (visual arts); Robert Andersen (visual arts); Brandon Antista (essay); Crystal Arcos (visual arts); Kathrine Bass (second); Vanessa Bruesch (essay); Aaron Coronel (visual arts); Carlos Cortes (visual arts); Lesly Cortes-Rodriguez (visual arts); Jose Cortez-Garfias (essay); Isabel Davila (visual arts); Breanna Diaz (essay); Alexis Dukes (poetry); Destinee Espinoza (visual arts); Diana Galarza (visual arts); Delaney Gray (visual arts); Jessyca Higareda (visual arts); Justin Kimball (essay); Christophy Laguna (visual arts); Owen Maline (visual arts); Ryan Moore (essay); Monique Rodriguez (visual arts); Diego Romero (visual arts); Jose Romero (visual arts); Cristian Ruiz-Jacobo (essay); Jake Sandoval (visual arts); Aaron Serrano (visual arts); Tatyana Smith (visual arts); Isaac Tututi (visual arts); Katie Von Lutzow (visual arts); Lauren Villa Santa (photography); Trevor Wakefield (visual arts); Amanda Wilkinson (poetry); Nesjheyh Williams (poetry); and Emily Zoque (visual arts).

Third place: Joshua Andersen (visual arts); Jennifer Camacho (visual arts); Edwi Casteneda (visual arts); Daniel Contreras (visual arts); Skyla Davis (essay); Michael Diaz (visual arts); Frank Dominguez (visual arts); Jasmine Garcia (visual arts); Ashley Henry (essay); Luana Hernandez (visual arts); Kelsey Hutchison (photography); Matthew Jacobs (visual arts); Jonathon Lillie (visual arts); Jesse Lopez (video); Tavita Lozada (essay); Austin Lua (visual arts); Eileen Muratalia (visual arts); Robbie Nathanson (poetry); Rosa Perez Martinez (visual arts); Larissa Ramirez (visual arts); Sky Suarez (visual arts); Jesse Valdivia (essay); and Elizabeth Williams (visual arts).