FCAHS Students Win Scholastic Art & Writing Awards

Twelve Fox Chapel Area High School students recently won awards for their entries in the Pittsburgh Region of the Scholastic Art Awards 2024.  

Fox Chapel Area High School Gold Key winners were seniors Emma Kim (2 Gold Keys), Mikayla Korczynski (2 Gold Keys), and Gabriella Urso and sophomores Emiko Brasfield, Nora Kelley (4 Gold Keys), Mary Lynch, and Elyse Ritchie. All of the Gold Key winners will now have their work sent to New York for national judging where they will be competing with other regional winners from across the United States for national awards. The winners of the national contest will be part of The Scholastic Art Awards National Exhibit.

The Fox Chapel Area High School Silver Key winners were seniors Emma Kim (2 Silver Keys), Mikayla Korczynski (2 Silver Keys), and Gabriella Urso; junior Caleb Adams; and sophomores Raina Guzman (2 Silver Keys), Nora Kelley, Akshay Lath (2 Silver Keys), and Elyse Ritchie.

The Fox Chapel Area High School Honorable Mention winners were seniors Emma Kim (2 Honorable Mentions) and Gabriella Urso (3 Honorable Mentions); juniors Caleb Adams and Isabella Cheatham; and sophomores Claire Conti (2 Honorable Mentions), Raina Guzman, and Akshay Lath (3 Honorable Mentions).

Students from approximately 45 schools from across the greater Pittsburgh area participated in the regional competition. The award winners were selected by a panel of distinguished judges which included artists, art educators, and art professionals.   

The Fox Chapel Area students were honored at a special ceremony March 23 at 1 p.m. at Carnegie Mellon University’s College of Fine Arts and 2210 Doherty Hall.

The Fox Chapel Area High School art teachers are Joan Marangoni, Mary Jo Montgomery, Christine Smith, Sarah Stewart-Vasquez, and Amy Wickman.  

Additionally, Eighteen Fox Chapel Area School District students won awards for their submissions in the 2024 Pittsburgh Region Scholastic Writing Awards. Gold Keys were won by Fox Chapel Area High School junior Hannah Parker for her critical essay, “Letter to the Pennsylvania State Senate,” and sophomore Joanna Li for her short story, “The Crimson Covenant,” and Dorseyville Middle School eighth-grader Eliana Wellman in the flash fiction category for “The Artist.”  All three of these Fox Chapel Area School District students have qualified for national judging.  National award winners will be announced by Scholastics later in the spring.

Silver Keys were awarded to Fox Chapel Area High School juniors Anna Delale-O’Connor, Rayna Huang, and Sangyon Park; sophomore Veda Catone; and freshmen Nadre Digbohou and Ella Ettinger; and Dorseyville Middle School eighth-grader Talya Rubin.

Honorable Mentions went to Fox Chapel Area High School senior Emma Kim; sophomores Akshay Lath, Joanna Li (2 Honorable Mentions), and Zachary Rubin (2 Honorable Mentions); freshmen Nadre Digbohou and Aislynn Senn; and Dorseyville Middle School eighth-graders Sarah Dering, Amelia Tedesco, and Divya Thirumala (2 Honorable Mentions), and seventh-grader Rebecca Dorneich.

Hundreds of submissions spanning a variety of different genres of writing were received from students in grades 7-12 from across Allegheny County. The local competition is sponsored by the Point Park University Honors Program, which hosted a regional recognition ceremony for the winners March 23 at the Pittsburgh Playhouse.