The West Wing - Leyden High School District 212
The West Wing - Leyden High School District 212
The West Wing - Leyden High School District 212
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<strong>The</strong> <strong>West</strong> <strong>Wing</strong><br />
11th ANNUAL ELMHURST COLLEGE HIGH SCHOOL ART EXHIBITION<br />
<strong>Leyden</strong> students exhibited a total of 128 pieces of student artwork in the Founders Lounge at the Frick Center<br />
at Elmhurst College from January 6 to January 20. Ten area high schools participated in this exhibit. <strong>Leyden</strong><br />
students received a total of 23 awards. Two of those awards also came with a $1,000 scholarship renewable<br />
for 4 years to Elmhurst College. <strong>The</strong> skilled art students who won those awards are Erin Chuang of East <strong>Leyden</strong><br />
and Becky Kauke of <strong>West</strong> <strong>Leyden</strong>. <strong>The</strong> artist’s reception took place on Wednesday, January 13.<br />
See page 12 for the complete list.<br />
Becky Kauke’s Award Winning Drawing of our<br />
very own…<br />
Mr. Andrew Sharos, Social Studies Teacher<br />
ANNUAL TRITON COLLEGE HIGH SCHOOL ART COMPETITION<br />
This year's Triton College <strong>High</strong> <strong>School</strong> Art Competition took place on Saturday, January 9. <strong>The</strong>re were 9 high<br />
schools participating and 586 artworks submitted. 214 pieces were selected to be in the art show. <strong>Leyden</strong> artwork<br />
accounts for 80 of those accepted. Artworks are submitted in 7 different categories; including drawing,<br />
painting, photography, graphic design, mixed media, sculpture, and ceramics.<br />
<strong>Leyden</strong> students took Best of Category in both the Graphic Design and the Painting Categories. East <strong>Leyden</strong><br />
student Mayra Orozco won Best of Category in Painting for her acrylic portrait titled “Timide.” Kevin Roemer,<br />
also an East <strong>Leyden</strong> student, won Best of Graphic Design for “Destination,” a digital collage inspired by<br />
a family vacation. <strong>The</strong>re will be an artists' reception, open to the public, on Wednesday, February 10th, from 6<br />
to 9 p.m. Students who received Best of Category awards will be recognized at 7:30 p.m. <strong>The</strong> work will be on<br />
display through February 11th at the Triton Art Gallery, Building J, on the Triton campus. Complete list on<br />
facing page.<br />
CONGRATULATIONS TO THE FOLLOWING OUTSTANDING CAREER AND<br />
TECHNICAL EDUCATION (CTE) STUDENTS<br />
Business Education Melissa Morales<br />
Business Education Alexandro Zurita<br />
Family & Consumer Sciences Xavier Rodriguez<br />
Family & Consumer Sciences Vanessa Soto<br />
Industrial Technology Allen Paczynski<br />
Industrial Technology Kristen Suarez<br />
A breakfast to honor these students will be held on Thursday, February 18, from 7:00 - 8:00 a.m. in the<br />
Nardini Library at the East campus.<br />
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