CHS Student Artists Receive Massachusetts Junior Duck Stamp Awards

Several Chelmsford High School Students have had their artwork selected for the Massachusetts Junior Duck Stamp Awards. 

The Federal Junior Duck Stamp Conservation and Design Program (JDS) is a dynamic arts and science curriculum that teaches wetlands and waterfowl conservation to students in kindergarten through high school. The program incorporates scientific and wildlife management principles into a visual arts curriculum, with participants completing a Junior Duck Stamp Art Design.

The Junior Duck Stamp contest begins each spring when students submit their artwork to a state or territory contest. More than 27,000 students enter state JDS art contests each year. This year, over 450 students from across the Commonwealth participated in the program.

At the state level, students are judged in four groups according to grade level: Group I: K-3, Group II: 4-6, Group III: 7-9 and Group IV 10-12. Three first, second and third place entries are selected for each group. The judges select a “Best of Show” from the 12 first-place winners. Each state Best of Show is then entered into the national Junior Duck Stamp Contest. To further the interdisciplinary program, students are encouraged, to include a conservation message on their entry form with their art design.

The winning design from the national contest is used to create the Junior Duck Stamp for the following year. The Junior Duck Stamps are sold at the U.S. Postal Service. 

The Chelmsford High School art students selected for awards this year are:

Kristina Gorski, 2nd Place Award

Elizabeth Salomaa, 3rd Place Award

Alyssa Genereux, Honorable Mention Award

Meagan Makiej, Honorable Mention Award

The students created their duck stamp designs with assistance from their art teacher, Ms. Terry Karangioze. 

To celebrate these students’ accomplishments, an Award Ceremony will be held at Worcester Technical High School, 1 Skyline Drive, Worcester, MA, 508-799-1940, on Saturday May 3, 2014 from 1:00 p.m.  – 3:00 p.m. Their artwork will also be on display. 

Attachment -Alyssa Genereux sketch of the Northern Pintail Duck

Attachment - Kristina Gorski sketch of the Barrows Golden Eyes Duck

For more information, contact CHS Art Teacher Teresa Karangioze at karangiozet@chelmsford.k12.ma.us.

For more information on Chelmsford High School, please visit http://www.chelmsford.k12.ma.us/chs