A season of inspiration
We have some talented young artists in the Capital Region, evident in all the submissions we saw for our Holiday Card Contest.
Reporters, designers and editors from the Times Union, many from our features staff, got together to go over each and every single entry we received to pick our favorites from each grade. Submissions are accepted from students in kindergarten through 12th grade. Needless to say, we were in the room for a while.
Those we picked were then handed to Rex Smith, our editor, who made the final choice for the drawing that will grace our front page on Christmas Day. This year, we'll be showcasing 12th-grader Grace Bombard, of Loudonville Christian School, and her capering mice. We've been impressed with Grace's work in the past: She won the 10th- and 11th-grade categories in our last two contests.
You can see our other grade winners, listed below, inside this Unwind section:
Kindergarten: Mya Smith, Rotterdam Academy
First grade: Ellie Friday-Hohman, Troy School 18
Second grade: Miah Ferrera, Rotterdam Academy
Third grade: Aniyah Jeffress, Lincoln Community School
Fourth grade: Kailey Burkins, St. Thomas the Apostle School
Fifth grade: Isaac Deyoe, St. Pius X Catholic School
Sixth grade: Cali Rylewicz, Acadia Middle School
Seventh grade: Russel Irish, Loudonville Christian School
Eighth grade: Emmie Ashley, Loudonville Christian School
Ninth grade: Lily Whitt, Loudonville Christian School
10th grade: Caroline Johnson, Shenendehowa High School
11th grade: Ronald Stetkewicz, Maywood School
12th grade: Katie Warner, Loudonville Christian School
Online, we will have a massive gallery of all of the entries...