Harker was a big winner in this year’s Scholastic Art & Writing Awards, with students collecting more than 30 Regional Gold Key awards.

These works are under consideration for national medals. National medal winners are invited to attend a special event in New York City and also have the opportunity to have their works exhibited and published nationally.

This year’s Regional Gold Key winners, and the categories in which they won, are:

Kaity Gee, grade 11, four awards for her entries in Personal Essay/Memoir, Poetry and Flash Fiction

Shannon Hong, grade 11, three awards for her entries in Photography and Personal Essay/Memoir

Jeffrey Hsu, grade 12, one award for his entry in Design

Doreene Kang, grade 11, one award for her entry in Drawing and Illustration

Kevin Ke, grade 11, two awards for his entries in Drawing and Illustration

Johnathon Keller, grade 11, two awards for his entries in Photography

Safia Khouja, grade 12, one award for her entry in Photography

Sarisha Kurup, grade 10, two awards for her entries in Short Story and Flash Fiction

Suzy Lou, grade 12, two awards for her entries in Poetry

Maya Nandakumar, grade 12, two awards for her entries in Flash Fiction and Personal Essay/Memoir

Sahana Narayanan, grade 11, one award for her entry in Poetry

Archana Podury, grade 12, two awards for her entries in Drawing and Illustration

Andrew Rule, grade 10, two awards for his entries in Short Story

Ravuri Sindhu, grade 12, one award for her entry in Journalism

Meilan Steimle, grade 10, one award for her entry in Digital Art

Catherine Wang, grade 8, one award for her entry in Drawing and Illustration

Kelly Wang, grade 12, three awards for her entries in Digital Art and Drawing and Illustration

Madelyn Wang, grade 12, one award for her entry in Photography

Jessica Yang, grade 12, two awards for her entries in Digital Art

In addition, many students earned Silver Keys and Honorable Mentions for their submissions.

Silver Keys and Honorable Mentions in Writing were awarded to:

Tiara Bhatacharya, grade 12, Silver Key in Poetry, two Honorable Mentions for entries in Poetry

Arushee Bhoja, grade 8, Silver Key in Science Fiction/Fantasy, Honorable Mention in Flash Fiction

Hannah Bollar, grade 12, two Honorable Mentions for entries in Poetry

Gwyneth Chen, grade 9, two Honorable Mentions for entries in Poetry

Kaity Gee, grade 11, Silver Key in Flash Fiction, four Honorable Mentions for entries in Critical Essay, Poetry and Journalism

Alexa Gross, grade 10, Honorable Mention in Personal Essay/Memoir

Shannon Hong, grade 11, Silver Key in Poetry, Honorable Mention in Critical Essay

Vineet Kosaraju, grade 11, Honorable Mention in Poetry

Sarisha Kurup, grade 10, Silver Key in Short Story

Shay Lari-Hosain, grade 11, even Honorable Mentions for entries in Journalism, Personal Essay/Memoir and Poetry

Lauren Liu, grade 10, Honorable Mention in Science Fiction/Fantasy

Suzy Lou, grade 12, two Silver Keys for entries in Poetry and Critical Essay, Honorable Mention in Poetry

Sophia Luo, grade 11, Silver Key in Personal Essay/Memoir, three Honorable Mentions for entries in Humor and Poetry

Ethan Ma, grade 12, two Honorable Mentions for entries in Poetry

Maya Nandakumar, grade 12, three Silver Keys for entries in Personal Essay/Memoir and Poetry, two Honorable Mentions for entries in Critical Essay and Short Story

Sahana Narayanan, grade 11, Silver Key in Personal Essay/Memoir

Evani Radiya-Dixit, grade 10, two Honorable Mentions for entries in Poetry

Sindhu Ravuri, grade 12, Silver Key in Journalism

Sophia Shatas, grade 12, Silver Key in Poetry, Honorable Mention in Personal Essay/Memoir

Elisabeth Siegel, grade 11, two Silver Keys for entries in Poetry and Critical Essay, two Honorable Mentions for entries in Poetry

Meilan Steimle, grade 10, Silver Key in Short Story, Honorable Mention in Flash Fiction

Mariam Sulakian, grade 12, Silver Key in Personal Essay/Memoir

Alice Wu, grade 11, Honorable Mention in Personal Essay/Memoir

Menghua Wu, grade 12, Honorable Mention in Poetry

Daphne Yang, grade 11, Silver Key in Poetry

Tiffany Zhu, Grade 10, Silver Key in Short Story

Silver Keys and Honorable Mentions in Visual Arts were awarded to:

Avni Barman, grade 12, Honorable Mention in Painting

Hannah Bollar, grade 12, Honorable Mention in Drawing

Eric Cheung, grade 12, three Silver Keys for entries in Architecture

Emma Doherty, grade 11, Silver Key in Photography

Alexa Gross, grade 10, three Silver Keys and one Honorable Mention for entries in Photography and Drawing

Vance Hirota, grade 7, Honorable Mention

Matthew Ho, grade 12, Silver Key in Drawing

Jeffrey Hsu, grade 12, two Silver Keys and one Honorable Mention for entries in Painting and Drawing

Ramzi Jahshan, grade 12, Honorable Mention in Digital Art

Doreene Kang, grade 11, three Honorable Mentions for entries in Drawing

Kevin Ke, grade 11, four Honorable Mentions for entries in Drawing and Printmaking

Shay Lari-Hosain, grade 11, two Silver Keys and one Honorable Mention for entries in Photography

Cindy Liu, grade 12, two Silver Keys and three Honorable Mentions for entries in Photgraphy and Drawing

Cheryl Liu, grade 12, Honorable Mention in Drawing

Sophia Luo, grade 11, Honorable Mention in Drawing

Archana Podury, grade 12, Honorable Mention in Drawing

Neha Sunil, grade 12, Silver Key and Honorable Mention for entries in Photography

Kelly Wang, grade 12, Silver Key and Honorable Mention for entries in Drawing and Art Portfolio

Madelyn Wang, grade 12, three Honorable Mentions for entries in Photography

Menghua Wu, grade 12, two Honorable Mentions for entries in Drawing and Printmaking

Kevina Xiao, grade 11, Honorable Mention in Drawing

Jessica Yang, grade 12, Honorable Mention in Digital Art