Last night the Abington School Board honored Abington students whose artwork has been selected for display in the School District Administration Building. Now in its eighteenth year, selected beautiful student artwork has been on display in the Administration Building. The elementary and secondary art teachers, in conjunction with Mr. Howard Baxter, Supervisor of Music and Coordinator of Elementary Art, selected the artwork, which is placed on display for four years and then returned to the student. Last night Mr. Baxter and the art teachers presented the artwork to the Board of School Directors and the community and provided certificates to the student artists to honor their handiwork.
The following students and their art teachers were honored last night – note that the grade listed is the student’s grade last year when the artwork was created and selected: Sofia Alenkina, 4th Grade – Overlook Elementary School, Art Teacher – Mrs. Margaret Johnson; Cameron Edwards, 4th Grade – Willow Hill Elementary School, Art Teacher – Mr. Anthony Shelton; Brandon Fehnel, 2nd Grade – Rydal Elementary School, Art Teacher – Mrs. Natalie Haertsch; Cassidy Foster, 2nd Grade – Roslyn Elementary School, Art Teacher – Ms. Chelsea Schryver; Aeryn Gibbons, Kindergarten – Roslyn Elementary School, Art Teacher – Ms. Chelsea Schryver; Hannah Gillespie, 5th Grade – Copper Beech Elementary School, Art Teacher – Mr. Michael McKeough; Crystal Guzzi, 11th Grade – Abington Senior High School. Art Teacher – Ms. Nicole Caracciolo; John Harbison, 3rd Grade – Copper Beech Elementary School, Art Teacher – Mr. Michael McKeough; Collin Henry, 12th Grade – Abington Senior High School, Art Teacher – Mr. Stephen Lupo; Aidan Kaye, 5th Grade – Copper Beech Elementary School, Art Teacher – Ms. Chelsea Schryver; Madelaine Kneipp, 7th Grade – Abington Junior High School, Art Teacher – Mr. Fabio Tulli; Renee Krier, 5th Grade – Highland Elementary School, Art Teacher – Ms. Patricia Forrest; Isabella Martinez, 6th Grade – Willow Hill Elementary School, Art Teacher – Mr. Anthony Shelton; Joshua Masri, 7th Grade – Abington Junior High School, Art Teacher – Mrs. Julia Rix; Brigid McDonald, 4th Grade – McKinley Elementary School, Art Teacher – Mrs. Donna Zar; Dariya Medynska, 12th Grade – Abington Senior High School, Art Teacher – Mr. Richard Metz; Nicholas Orzhykhovsky, 12th Grade – Abington Senior High School, Art Teacher – Mr. David Ferro; Sophie Poor, 5th Grade – Rydal Elementary School, Art Teacher – Mrs. Natalie Haertsch; Gianni Rodriguez-Caceres, 7th Grade – Abington Junior High School, Art Teacher – Mrs. Julia Rix; Michael Schaible, 4th Grade – McKinley Elementary School, Art Teacher – Mrs. Donna Zar; Olivia Schrecengost, 8th Grade – Abington Junior High School, Art Teacher – Mr. Fabio Tulli; Jessica Sokolski, 6th Grade – Copper Beech Elementary School, Art Teacher – Mr. Michael McKeough; Ashley Spence, 3rd Grade – Overlook Elementary School, Art Teacher – Mrs. Margaret Johnson; Miciah Washington, 2nd Grade – Highland Elementary School, Art Teacher – Ms. Patricia Forrest; and Chloe Winters, 6th Grade – McKinley Elementary School, Art Teacher – Mrs. Donna Zar.