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SLPS PRODUCES EIGHT WINNERS IN THE GATEWAY ARCH CONTEST

(October 26, 2005)-- Eight St. Louis Public School students are winners in the Jefferson National Parks/Gateway Arch Art Contest. The contest entitled, “The Gateway Arch: A Child’s Perspective” inspired hundreds of city and county students to enter their artwork in the competition. Students were required to submit their art illustrations that depicted the symbol of the Arch, which characterized America’s westward expansion during the nineteenth century and paved the way for St. Louis’ as Gateway to the West.

Their artwork will be on display at 11:30 a.m., Friday, October 28 in the Gateway Arch lobby.
The exhibit will be shown through December. “Students were judged on their artistic interpretations of the arch and their experiences with the monument,” said Linda Kraiberg, the school district’s art supervisor.

The winners are as follows:

First place: Emily Forsythe, fifth grade, Gateway Elementary; Debbie Stockhausen, art instructor; Patrick Lehnhoff, eleventh grade, Central Visual and Performing Arts High School; William Perry, art instructor.

Second place: Emily Goodwin, fifth grade, Gateway Elementary; Debbie Stockhausen, art instructor; Tam Nguyen, third grade, Scruggs Elementary School; Anne Knisley, art instructor.

Third place: Alba Stavri, tenth grade, Metro Academic and Classical High School; Tom Tobias, art instructor; N’dea Collins-Whitfield, sixth grade, Carr Lane Visual and Performing Arts Middle School; Dr. Sylvia Saddler, art instructor.

Honorable Mention: My-Chau Nguyen, ninth grade, Metro High School; Tom Tobais, art instructor; Nayvitd Rodriquez, and Japheel Ledguise, fifth graders, Ames Visual and Performing Arts Elementary School, Anne Wirthlin, art instructor.