Scholastic Art Awards: National Medalists

More than 100,000 teens from across the country and Canada entered more than 260,000 works of art and writing to the 2022 Scholastic Awards. Nearly 2,000 works received National Medals this year.

This year’s Arlington Public Schools national award recipients are:

Art Awards – Gold Medalist:

“Lachrymarum”
(Photography)

Marceline Castrillon
Wakefield High School, Grade 11

“Untitled”
(Digital Art)

Roman Diascro
Yorktown High School, Grade 12

“Growing up in front of people’s eyes is a weird thing.”
(Painting)

Katerine Velasquez
Wakefield High School

Art Awards – Portfolio Silver Medalist

“My Collection of Creatures”

Morgan Andrews
Washington-Liberty High School, Grade 12

“Black People Just Being Black”

Mason Taylor
Wakefield High School, Grade 12

Art Awards – Silver Medalist

	“Holy Grail” (Mixed Media) Celeste Boyer Yorktown High School, Grade 11
	“Image” (Comic Art) Mary Frances Dempsey Yorktown High School, Grade 9
	“Panic” (Digital Art) Roman Diascro Yorktown High School, Grade 12
	“Help!” (Photography) Rachel Hocker Washington-Liberty High School, Grade 12
	“Fade to White” (Printmaking) Anne-Sophie Kagan Washington-Liberty High School, Grade 11
	“Sub Rosa” (Painting) Madeleine Kenny Washington-Liberty High School, Grade 12
	“Makeup” (Photography) Spencer Strebe Yorktown High School, Grade 11

Art Awards – American Visions Medal

“Lachrymarum”
(Photography)

Marceline Castrillon
Wakefield High School, Grade 11