CSW Students Take Home 59 Regional Scholastic Awards

Weston, Mass. - (February 28, 2019) - The Cambridge School of Weston (CSW), a progressive, coeducational, day and boarding school for grades 9–12, recently announced that 27 students have been honored with 59 art and writing awards out of close to 350,000 submissions from across the country. According to Scholastic Art & Writing Awards, judges “look for works that best exemplify originality, technical skill, and the emergence of a personal voice or vision.”

Art and writing are an integral part of the CSW academic curriculum. “At CSW, creative thinking and the willingness to take risks are essential to our program. As educators, we are deeply committed to helping students refine and express their distinctive voices and vision through a wide variety of media. We are so proud of this year’s recipients, who have worked incredibly hard on their chosen pieces,” said Head of School Jane Moulding.

For nearly 100 years, the Scholastic Awards, which are presented by the Alliance for Young Artists & Writers, “have recognized the vision, ingenuity, and talent of our nation’s youth, and provided opportunities for creative teens to be celebrated. Each year, increasing numbers of teens participate in the program, and become a part of our community—young artists and writers, filmmakers and photographers, poets and sculptors, video game artists and science fiction writers—along with countless educators who support and encourage the creative process,” according to the organization's website.

CSW art award recipients hail from around the globe. Their names, hometowns, awards, categories and project titles follow:

• Juila Applebaum, Wellesley, Mass.
• Gold Key, Personal Essay/Memoir, Politicized Womenhood
• Silver Key, Critical Essay, Rediscovering Olympus
• Jazzleigh Bailey, Marlborough, Mass.
• Honorable Mention, Photography, GM WC 2
• Roma Bartel, Watertown, Mass.
• Gold Key, Painting, Forever Umbilical No. 5
• Honorable Mention, Painting, Forever Umbilical No. 11
• Raymond Bauman, Cambridge, Mass.
• Silver Key, Photography, View From Tippling Rock
• Lila Blaustein, Needham, Mass.
• Gold Key, Mixed Media, Mothers
• Silver Key, Art Portfolio, Hot Wax
• Alexia Caillet, Brighton/Boston, Mass.
• Honorable Mention, Photography, Family
• Grace Campbell, Maynard, Mass.
• Honorable Mention, Art Portfolio, Test the Waters
• Xijia Cheng, Nanjing, China
• Silver Key, Painting, Peekaboo
• Silver Key, Mixed Media, Branch
• Miranda “Mimi” Clemente, Union City, New Jersey
• Honorable Mention, Mixed Media, Judith With the Head of Holofernesé
• Hoashu “Sascha” Deng, Natick, Mass.
• Honorable Mention, Drawing and Illustration, Lady Earth
• Adam Dostie, Framingham, Mass.
• Gold Key, Photography, Oxygen
• Honorable Mention, Photography, Timelapse
• Honorable Mention, Photography, Dining Room
• Yuqi “Kelvin” Duan, Shanghai, China
• Gold Key, Painting, Snapline
• Silver Key, Painting, Guess Who.2
• Honorable Mention, Painting, Egg Study
• Maya Feldberg-Bannatyne, Newton Highlands, Mass.
• Honorable Mention, Photography, OnCanvas
• Renée Fritschel, Cambridge, Mass.
• Honorable Mention, Fashion, Mudcloth and Sashiko
• Natalie Good, Maynard, Mass.
• Gold Key, Writing Portfolio, What We Owe
• Silver Key, Drawing and Illustration, Lay Off, I’m Comfy
• Robin Glass, Arlington, Mass.
• Gold Key, Photography, Break
• Silver Key, Photography, Cut
• Silver Key, Photography, Summer Home
• Silver Key, Photography, Embrace
• Honorable Mention, Photography, Stare Down
• Roxy Huang, Shanghai, China
• Honorable Mention, Drawing and Illustration, Jessy’s eye, nose, ear and mouth
• Ruby “Shi Shi” Jacobs, Belmont, Mass.
• Honorable Mention, Drawing and Illustration, Paper Hat Self-Portrait
• Honorable Mention, Drawing and Illustration, Speckled Light Self-Portrait
• Honorable Mention, Drawing and Illustration, Illuminated Dreams No. 7
• Honorable Mention, Drawing and Illustration, Self-Portrait Triptych: Nostalgic Childhood Distortions
• Cice Kaufer, Larchmont, New York
• Honorable Mention, Fashion, Alice and the Red Queen
• Sydney Mai Keller, Cambridge, Mass.
• Silver Key, Printmaking, Putney Bull
• Lena Kim, Guangzhou Guangdong, China
• Gold Key, Mixed Media, Nostalgia
• Silver Key, Drawing and Illustration, Iron Abstraction and Process
• Haiqi “Henry” Li, Shanghai, China
• Honorable Mention, Photography, Grandma
• Sofia Martins, Medford, Mass.
• Honorable Mention, Painting, Esoteric Womb
• Molly Moir, Jamaica Plain, Mass.
• Honorable Mention, Photography, Plant Study
• Sol Rosenthal, Cambridge, Mass.
• Gold Key, Mixed Media, 35 mm studies: An Exploration of the Limits of Perception and the Minds Eye
• Adeline “Addie” Santello, Arlington, Mass.
• Honorable Mention, Art Portfolio, Preservation
• Thomas “Tommy” Shenefield, Arlington, Mass.
• Honorable Mention, Photography, Whirlwind
• Honorable Mention, Photography, Self-Illusion

CSW writing award recipients’ names, hometowns, awards, categories and project titles follow:

• Julia Applebaum, Wellesley, Mass.
• Gold Key, Personal Essay/Memoir, Politicized Womenhood
• Silver Key, Critical Essay, Rediscovering Olympus
• Natalie Good, Arlington, Mass.
• Gold Key, Writing Portfolio, What We Owe
• Rachel Sontheimer, Auburndale, Mass.
• Gold Key, Flash Fiction, A Stitch Away
• Honorable Mention, Flash Fiction, Trypophobia
• Honorable Mention, Poetry, Low Tide

The Cambridge School of Weston is located at 45 Georgian Road, Weston, Mass. 02493. For additional information, call 781-642-8600, visit www.csw.org or email gryphon@csw.org.

About The Cambridge School of Weston: A leader among America’s progressive independent schools, The Cambridge School of Weston has been at the forefront of educational innovation since 1886. At this day and boarding high school located in Weston Mass., creative, motivated students embrace challenging work and address complex questions — with curiosity and courage. Inspired by the diverse perspectives and high expectations of our justice-minded community, they find and develop what is extraordinary in themselves and in the world around them.