3 Smithtown Students Named Winners In Annual Calendar Contest

From Smithtown Schools: Three students from Smithtown Central School District have been named winners for their artwork in the annual 2018 Shanti Peace art calendar. Kayla Pardini, a fifth-grader from Smithtown Elementary School, was selected as a winner and will be presented with $501. Nesaquake Middle School sixth-grader Juliana Paparella was named a winner and will receive $601 for her submission. Smithtown High School East senior Ilysa Sirota received $1,201 for her winning artwork.

This is the 12th year of the annual calendar contest. The Shanti Fund is a charitable group dedicated to promoting Mahatma Gandhi’s ideals and his philosophy of peace. The Smithtown students’ artwork will appear in the 2018 calendar.

Photo courtesy of Smithtown Central School District