North Hills 8th Grader Wins National Artistic Honor

ROSS TOWNSHIP, PA - North Hills Middle School eighth-grader Emma Gallagher won national accolades for her artistic abilities as a 2018 Scholastic Art & Writing Awards National Medalist. Emma’s photo, “Liquid Crystals” was selected by creative professional as among the nation’s most accomplished work.

Less than 1 percent of artists out of nearly 350,000 submissions to the competition are awarded to the highest honor and only 3,300 medals are awarded nationwide.

Gold Key Awards, the state-level competition recognition, were awarded to eighth-graders Kevin Tian and Quinn Peters following the regional Allies for Young Artists & Writers competition at La Roche College’s Zappala Center.

The Scholastic Art and Writing Awards competition have recognized creative teenagers from across the United States since 1923.

Photos via North Hills School District.