Let’s give a big round of applause to Paxton Barnard, who received a SILVER MEDAL in the 2022 National Scholastic Art Awards in NYC for her editorial cartoon entitled “In-School vs. Online School”! She created this cartoon following a virtual workshop we did as part of an NTI assignment last year. She poignantly illustrated what so many students were feeling last winter during extended lockdown, away from school interaction and friends. She nailed the emotions of so many students and teachers, and I’m so proud of her. She created this artwork using Procreate on an iPad.

More than 80,000 students submitted nearly 230,000 works of art and writing to the 2022 Scholastic Awards. The works were selected by some of the foremost leaders in the visual and literary arts for excellence in originality, technical skills, and the emergence of a personal voice or vision. Only 2,000 works received a National Medal, which places these students in the top 1% of all submissions.

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