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Students Earn 40 Regional Scholastic Art and Writing Awards

A total of 10 Gold Key awards, 14 Silver Key awards, and 16 Honorable Mentions were presented to CSW students across 12 different categories, making for a total of 40 awards. Gold Key winners will go on to be considered for national awards, which are announced later in the spring. Congrats to all of our student artists and writers!
Gold Key (Art): 
Charlotte ’28, Mixed Media, Younger/Older Trash Self Portrait 
Josephine ’27, Photography, Centering Souls 
Josephine ’27, Fashion, Stitched Hearts 
Josephine ’27, Photography, Moving Forward
Avalon ’28, Photography, “No More Dreaming of the Dead as of Death Itself”
Lily ’26, Photography, Coleman 
Giuliana ’26, Photography, Sunlight Through Vines 
Ella ’26, Portfolio Category (Art), Inner Realms 
Mckenna ’27, Photography, Rainy Mood 
Abe ’26, Sculpture, Restoration 

Silver Key (Art): 
Josephine ’27, Photography, Intersecting Stories 
Josephine ’27, Digital Painting, Drawing & Collage, Painting Through Generations 
Parker ’26, Drawing, “Disconnect” 
Bee ’26, Experimental Photography, Pisces
Katherine ’26, Portfolio Category (Art), She, Her, Her’s 
Ella ’26, Drawing, The Fog: Self Portrait 
Andrew ’26, Photography, Untitled 
Rita ’29, Photography, Orchid
Grace ’27, Photography, Amiable 

Honorable Mention (Art): 
Ziyu ’26, Photography, Congratulations 
Ziyu ’26, Photography, Moving Out 
Bee ’26, Experimental Photography, Marina Dreaming 
Bee ’26, Experimental Photography, Trees in Tin 
Flynn ’27, Drawing, Cloudscapes No.1
Flynn ’27, Drawing, Cloudscapes No.2 
Aster ’29, Photography, Prism 
Lily ’29, Photography, Dandelion 
Ella ’26, Drawing, Contemplation in Wood Grain: Self Portrait 
Asper ’28, Painting, Disvisualization 
Doria ’29, Sculpture, Cardboard Self-Portrait 
Rita ’29, Photography, Onions 

Silver Key (Writing):
John ’26, Short Story, Whistleblower
Zoe ’27, Personal Essay & Memoir, Letting Go of Perfection 
Woody ’27, Short Story, A Harm that Abides: Segregation, Housing Policy, and Racial Inequality in American Education 
Sophia ’26, Short Story, In a Silent Room 
Ada ’26, Short Story, A Bitter Aftertaste 

Honorable Mention (Writing): 
Anyu ’27, Short Story, Small Things That Break 
Amira ’28, Poetry, Putbacktogether 
Amira ’28, Poetry, The Masked Singer 
Rita ’29, Poetry, Hands of Blue 
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CSW—a gender-inclusive day and boarding school for grades 9-12—is a national leader in progressive education. We live out our values of inquiry-based learning, student agency, and embracing diverse perspectives in every aspect of our student experience. Young people come to CSW to learn how to learn and then put what they learn into action—essential skills they carry into their futures as doers, makers, innovators, leaders, and exceptional humans who do meaningful work in the world.