Several students at Cherokee Bend Elementary School were winners in the 2011-12 Mountain Brook PTO Council’s Expressions Art Contest.
One hundred and eighty-five students at Cherokee Bend participated in the contest with more than 200 entries. Students who placed at the school level went on to be judged at the Mountain Brook Council level.
This year’s winners from Cherokee Bend are:
Visual arts category for kindergarten-second grade: Virginia Kate Brandt, first place; Hunter Anderson, second place; and Olivia Norris, third place. Maggie Huffman, Nicole Hatton, Henry Hufham, Lucy Kerr and Georgia Hairston won honorable mention awards. Anderson placed on the district level.
Visual arts category for third and fourth grades: Emma Fooshee, first place; Lily Gilbert, second place; Alonso Medina, third place. Vann Stewart, Campbell Anderson, Marilyn Joyce, Edward Berry and Grace Carr won honorable mention awards. Fooshee placed on the district level.
Visual arts category for fifth and sixth grades: Sterling Edwards, first place; Juliet Wiatrak, second place; and Mary Allison Anderson, third place. Sarah Andrews, Caroline Goings, Lauren Gilbert, Jack Thomas Jones and Lacy Smith won honorable mention awards.
Musical composition category for third and fourth grades: Chandler Vargas, first place. He also placed on the district level.
Musical composition category for fifth and sixth grades: Jack Steinmetz, first place; Jonah Allen, second place; and Haskins Jones third place. These three students placed on the district level.
Video production category for kindergarten-second grade: Bergin Hairston, first place, and Olivia Norris, second place. These two students also placed on the district level.
Video production category for third and fourth grades: Carlitos Norris, first place, and Mary Carlisle Jones, second place. Norris placed on the district level.
Video production category for fifth and sixth grades: Max Gault, first place, and Cami Curtis, second place. Gault placed on the district level.
Literature category for kindergarten-second grade: Alex Roberts, first place; Joseph Moellinger, second place; and Olivia Norris, third place. Creed Allen and Koerper Campbell won honorable mention awards. Allen and Roberts placed on the district level.
Literature category for third and fourth grades: Sydney Hannon, first place; Audrey Osborne, second place; and Tessa Allen, third place. Teddy Feig, Cate Jones, Tessa Allen and Anne Moore Neal won honorable mention awards. Hannon and Allen placed on the district level.
Literature category for fifth and sixth grades: Mary Allison Anderson, first place; Anna Hufham, second place; and Cami Curtis, third place. Caroline Chamoun, Mary Cameron McLean, Campbell Doidge and Katie Wiatrak won honorable mentions. Anderson and Curtis placed on the district level.
Photography category for kindergarten-second grade: Jack Brandt, first place; Brynn Hannon, second place; and Jonah Kipp, third place. Olivia Norris and Ann Woodke won honorable mentions. Brandt, Hannon, Kipp and Norris placed on the district level.
Photography category for third and fourth grades: Jack Michie, first place; Genevieve Wilson, second place; and Lauren Snipes, third place. Mary Carlisle Jones, Charlie Gault, Cate Jones and Blake Pugh won honorable mentions. Snipes and Michie placed on the district level.
Photography category for fifth and sixth grades: Haskins Jones, first place; Max Gault, second place, and Olivia Elam, third place. Bradford Page and Anna Rose Alexander won honorable mentions. Gault and Page placed on the district level.
Winners at the district level were recognized Feb. 27 at the Expressions Art Exhibit at Crestline Elementary School.