Board of Education Recognizes Student Artists
At the May 12, 2025, Regular Meeting, the Board of Education recognized many student artists. Students were recognized for having their pieces of art, literature or dance advance to the state level of the PTSA Reflections Contest as well as for the students who received regional and state-level awards for the MAEA Young @ Art Show. Congratulations to the following students on their art accomplishments. Below, you’ll see the students' school, name, grade, title of piece and material/media.
PTSA Reflections Art Contest
26 students had their artwork advanced to the state level for the National PTSA Reflections contest, "Accepting Imperfections." The following students were recognized by the Board.
Angell Elementary School
- Vivian Anderson, 2nd grade, Visual Arts, As I Look in the Mirror and Popcorn, a literature piece
- River Lawson, 1st grade, Visual Arts, Nothing Is Perfect
- Abigail Wilson, 4th grade, Dance, Who I Am
Burton Elementary School
- Ilana Adler, 2nd grade, Visual Arts, Impurrfection
- Casey Jozlin, TK, Photography, The Mega Castle
- Lucas Krantz, 3rd grade, Visual Arts, Imperfection Is Perfect!
- Alexandra Mosko, 4th grade, Literature, Imperfections
Norup International
Delainey Fraccaro, 1st grade, Dance, It's Okay Not to Be Perfect
Pattengill Elementary
- Lacey Eaton, 2nd grade, Visual Arts, Loving Hands
- Evelyn Huyghe, 1st grade, Photography, Elie
- Maxwell Huyghe, 5th grade, Photography, Edna
- Alan Layne, 1st grade, Photography, We See!
- Asher Layne, Kindergarten, Photography, Orange
Rogers Elementary
- Sophia Banyai, 5th grade, Literature, A World Trade Moment
- Madeline Miller, 4th grade, Visual Arts, Different Sides Of The Mirror
- Carter Mynderse, 3rd grade, Photography, More Than A Rock and Butterflies Like Me, a visual arts piece
- Samantha Ribits, 5th grade, Visual Arts, Unique Beauty, which earned the Award of Excellence at the State level, in the Intermediate Visual Arts Category. In addition, Samantha’s literature piece, Beauty, advanced to the state level.
- Olivia Solner, 5th grade, Dance, Fight Song
- Audrey Walker, 5th grade, Photography, Nature's Own Creation
- Layla Watteny, 5th grade, Literature, Imperfect Imperfections
Anderson Middle
- Riley Bluhm, 7th grade, Visual Arts, Don't Let Perfection Hold You Back
- Peyton Peasley, 6th grade, Dance, Try. Peyton’s piece took first place in the Middle School Dance Choreography Category and was advanced to the National Competition.
Berkley High
Sophia Snell, 12th grade, Literature, My Anxiety And Me
MAEA Young @ Art
Top 100 - Elementary
- Rylan Hunt, Angell, 2nd gr, Rylan's Piece - mixed media
- Carman Dickinson, Burton, 3rd gr, Birds and Birch Trees - watercolor paint, tempera paint, salt, oil pastel
- Lennon Sims, Burton, 5th gr, Floating Leaves - black glue, chalk pastel
- Merrick Williams, Norup, K, Luna the Loon - torn paper
- Erik Satchel, Norup, 2nd gr, The Great Turtle - wax (crayon) resist and watercolor
- Saajan Shah, Norup, 3rd gr, Wavy Monstrocity - construction paper, chalk, marker
- Greta Hill, Norup, 5th gr, Mars - Tempera, chalk, construction paper
- Madeline Oliver, Pattengill, 5th gr, Friday Night Warhol - drawing
Top 18 Elementary - Displayed at Michigan Department of Education
- Isla Taylor, Burton, 1st gr, Dancing Giraffe - watercolor, crayon
- Eleanor Bence, Rogers, 5th gr, Breakfast with Warhol - Drawing
Oakland County Regional Award
- Sam Peters, Rogers, 5th gr, Tree of Life - metal embossing
- Sophia Jablonowski, BHS, 10th gr, Entombed by Judgement - colored pencil
- Zoe Kregear, BHS, 9th gr, Blossoming Flower - ceramics
Top 100 - Middle School
- Kyla Piatt, AMS, 7th gr, Cupcake Party - printmaking
- Nadia Pontes, AMS, 7th gr, I Love Softball - printmaking
- Catherine Johnson, Norup, 8th gr, Wolfin' Out - foil relief and acrylic paint
Top 100 - High School
- Jordan Coleman, BHS, 11th gr, Dragonflies - metal
- Avery Coleman, BHS, 9th gr, The First Meeting - digital art
- Nicholas Momper, BHS, 12th gr, My Mirror Twin - digital art
- Kara Neiman, BHS, 10th gr, Moon Earrings - metal
