Winners Named In Stamford Schools' Holiday Greeting Card Contest

From Stamford Schools: Stamford Public Schools Superintendent Dr. Tamu Lucero and City of Stamford Mayor David Martin announced the winners of the 2019 Holiday Greeting Card Competition. Superintendent Lucero selected artwork created by Cloonan Middle School Seventh Grader Teji Rawat to use on her holiday greeting card. Mayor Martin chose artwork submitted by Dolan Middle School Eighth Grader Natalia Sierra Vettorazzi to feature on his card this year. Rawat is a student of Cloonan Art Teacher Tammy Friedman, and Vettorazzi is a student of Dolan Art Teacher Jennifer Marchetti.

Each year, the superintendent and mayor ask art teachers from the elementary or secondary schools to submit student work for consideration. They blindly selected this year’s winners from among more than 100 secondary school student submissions. In addition to the winners, the mayor and superintendent each also designate runners up, whose artwork they also felt was exceptional from among the many submissions.

Superintendent's Runners Up:

• Jhelma Velveder, Grade 11, Stamford High School (Art teacher: Module Downer)
• Rachel Kelly, Grade 7, Scofield Magnet Middle School (Art teacher: Jennifer Robertson)

Mayor's Runners Up:

• Viktoriia Levchuk, Grade 8, Dolan Middle School (Art teacher: Jennifer Marchetti)
• Isabella Wasserman, Grade 8, Dolan Middle School (Art teacher: Jennifer Marchetti)

The winners, runners-up, their families and teachers are invited to a celebration in the Government Center Lobby, on Wednesday, December 4, at 4:00 p.m. Select submissions will be on display in the Government Center throughout the month of December.

Note to Editors: For copies of the artwork go to www.stamfordpublicschools.org.

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