Middle School Students Earn CNY Scholastic Awards

SKANEATELES, NY (January 8, 2018) – Skaneateles Middle School students Kelsey Rutledge and Madeleine Wright have earned CNY Scholastic Art and Writing Awards.

Rutledge, an eighth grade student, received the award of Honorable Mention for her reduction print titled, “Tropical Pineapple.”

Wright, a seventh grade student, received the Silver Key award for her collage titled, “Emerald Feathers.”

The Scholastic Art and Writing Awards are the nation’s longest running and most prestigious recognition program for creative teens in grades 7-12.

Each year more than 300,000 works of visual art and writing are submitted to Scholastic with more than 90,000 being recognized and celebrated at the regional level through local exhibitions and ceremonies.

A special ceremony will be held at the SRC Arena at Onondaga Community College on January 11 where all Gold Key and Special Award winners will be recognized individually on stage, with Silver Key recipients also being invited and recognized as a group.

An exhibition of work will also be on display at the Whitney Applied Technology Center at Onondaga Community College from January 12 through March 3.

For more information on the CNY Scholastic Art and Writing Awards visit the Central New York Region page of the www.artandwriting.org website.

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(Kelsey Rutledge pictured left, Madeleine Wright pictured right)