2018 Fellowship Contest Winners

The Palm Beach Fellowship of Christians & Jews has announced the winners of its 2018 Essay Contest and Creative Arts Competition.

The annual competition is open to all middle and high school students in public, private, parochial, and charter schools in Palm Beach County. The theme this year was inspired by the Robert Frost poem, “The Road Not Taken.” Students were challenged to write an essay or poem, or create a piece of art or music or a video that explores how they confronted two possibilities: how they made a decision, and how that choice affected them.

Students submitting art projects were also asked to write a brief essay about their work — the concept, process, etc.

Essays
First place: Sydney Jansen, St. Mark’s
Episcopal School (8th grade)
Second place: Aayushi Ranjan, Don
Estridge High Tech Middle School (6th grade)
Third place (tie): Jack Regnery and
Nika Wolfs, St. Mark’s Episcopal School (8th grade)
Honorable mention: Lily Guari and
MJ Hanlon, Rosarian Academy (7th grade)
Photography
Black and white: Meagan Hage,
Western Pines Middle School (8th grade)
Color: Jonathan Schram, Palm Beach
Day Academy (7th grade)
Video
First Place: Robby Vargas, Rosarian
Academy (8th grade)
Second Place: Tess Romine, Western
Pines Middle School (8th grade)
3-D art
First Place: Matthew “Matti” Cohen,
Rosarian Academy (7th grade)
2-D art
First Place: Mia Starkman, Pine Crest
School (7th grade)
Second Place: Victoria Bassey,
Western Pines Middle School (8th grade)
Third Place (tie): Ava Teo, Pine Crest
School (6th grade) and Elyza Lotero,
Western Pines Middle School (8th grade)
Look for more winning entries in the Daily News this summer.