Arts
2020 Bullying Poster & Poetry Contest Winners
Congratulations to the winners in each category of the RCSD 2020 Bullying Poster & Poetry Contest.
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Category 1: PreK – 2nd Grade
1st Place
Anna Allen Estridge
2nd Grade |Â StoneBridge Elementary School
Category 1: PreK – 2nd Grade
2nd Place
John Parker Chance
2nd Grade |Â Richland Elementary School
Category 1: PreK – 2nd Grade
3rd Place
Emma Jane Harbour
1st Grade |Â Rouse Elementary School
Category 2: 3rd – 5th
1st Place
Tucker Jones
4th Grade |Â Brandon Elementary School
Category 2: 3rd – 5th
2nd Place
Maycee Fallin
3rd Grade |Â Richland Upper Elementary School
Category 2: 3rd – 5th
3rd Place
Lilly Sarrett
5th Grade |Â Brandon Elementary School
Category 3: 6th – 8th Poster
1st Place
Jamie Dearman
9th Grade |Â Florence Middle School
Category 3: 6th – 8th Poster
2nd Place
Jossalyn White
7th Grade |Â McLaurin High School
Category 3: 6th – 8th Poster
3rd Place
Vihaan Mahajan
6th Grade |Â Northshore Elementary School
Category 4: 9th – 12th Poster
1st Place
Jill Hardin
10th Grade |Â Northwest Rankin High School
Category 4: 9th – 12th Poster
2nd Place
Addison Johnson
11th Grade |Â Brandon High School
Category 4: 9th – 12th Poster
3rd Place
Caitlin Mixon
11th Grade |Â Northwest Rankin High School
Category 3: 6th – 8th Poetry
1st Place
Ethan Horton
8th Grade |Â Florence Middle School
Category 3: 6th – 8th Poetry
2nd Place
Kyra Means
6th Grade | McLaurin Elementary School
Category 3: 6th – 8th Poetry
3rd Place
Jadrien Shoemaker
8th Grade |Â Florence Middle School
Category 4: 9th – 12th Poetry
1st Place
Shayne Barnes
10th Grade |Â Brandon High School
Category 4: 9th – 12th Poetry
2nd Place
Aliah Hammack
9th Grade | McLaurin High School
Category 4: 9th – 12th Poetry
3rd Place
Judy Slay
12th Grade |Â Florence High School
Richland High School's choir Resonance/VocalRiot!, directed by Rachel Dennis, performs Carol of the Bells.
The Last Illusion
The Last Illusion by Dwayne Craft is Brandon High School's Theater's production about Houdini and his life and death
17th annual Actors Showcase
The theatre students at Northwest Rankin Middle School recently performed their monologues at the 17th annual Actors Showcase. This year traditional students video tapped their performances with the help of WJTV and choice students performed for a live audience of more than 100 viewers via Zoom.
NWRHS had winners in the Hometown Rankin Christmas/Holiday Cover Art Contest
Cover Winner was Jill Hardin(10th), she won $200.00 and her artwork is featured on the Dec. cover of Hometown Rankin magazine. Amelia Gealogo (10th) and Annsli Evans(9th) were runners up. Congratulations Girls!
Students from Brandon High School's National Art Honor Society made Christmas ornaments for the Governor's Mansion Christmas Tree
Those pictured here, along with others, will hang proudly on the tree this year that honors our First Responders who have kept our state going during this difficult time.
Pictured here are two of the students who participated:
Josie Summers (lf) and Hanna Bynum (rt)
The sponsors for NAHS at BHS are: Catherine Terhune and Paula McClain
Josie Summers (lf) and Hanna Bynum (rt)
Shantae Perry
NWRH Student Selected for the Anderson Museum of Art 2020 Senior Exhibition
by Melissa K. Magee
Drew Winter,a senior at NWRHS, was selected to be a part of the Walter Anderson Museum of Art 2020 Senior Exhibition. Her sculpture " Blue Crab Bucket" made from polymer clay is featured on the WAMA website.
Four NWRHS students placed in the RCSD Visual Arts Contest
by Melissa K. Magee
Four NWRHS students placed in the RCSD Visual Arts Contest. Their artwork will be featured in the RCSD Secondary Connection newsletter in March. Pictured left to right: Jamie Ferreras, Chloe Easterling, Aubrey McLellan and Skylar Smith
2020 Scholastic Art Competition
by Melissa K. Magee
The following students placed in the 2020 Scholastic Art Competition: from left to right Sylar Smith - Silver Key, Scarlett Jacobs - Honorable Mention, Kaitlyn Ratliff - Honorable Mention, Drew Winter - Gold Key and Silver Key, Lilly Piotrowski - Gold Key and Honorable Mention, Aaliyah Morton - Honorable Mention. They will be awarded at a ceremony on March 22, 2020, at the MS Museum of Art. Gold and Silver key winners' artworks will be displayed at the MS Museum of Art February 10 - March 22.
Chimneyville Arts Festival
by Delwin Wallace
Several local schools participated in the Chimneyville Arts Festival this past weekend as they held a HS art competition.
Amelia Fitzgerald from Northwest Rankin High School received one of the special awards with a $50 cash prize. She entered a ceramic work of a Jellyfish.
Jamie Ferreras places 1st in the RCSD Bullying Awareness Art Contest
by Melissa Magee
Jamie Ferreras a senior at Northwest Rankin High School placed 1st in the RCSD Bullying Awareness Art Contest. Jamie won 100.00 and her artwork will be made into posters to display in the Rankin county schools.
Hometown Rankin Cover Design WInner
by Melissa Magee
Drew Winter, a 12th grader at Northwest Rankin High School, won 200.00 and the cover design contest for Hometown Rankin magazine. 15,000 copies will be distributed throughout Rankin County during the month of December.
by Melissa Magee
NWRHS's, Jamie Ferreras, won overall state-wide winner in the Mississippi Art Education Association's Youth Art Month Flag contest. Jamie won 1,000 and her artwork was made into a flag to represent MS at the National Art Education Association's annual conference.
by Melissa Magee
NWRHS Art and Community recycled their candy costumes for Keep the Rez Beautiful's annual Project Rezway fashion show. We added 2 new costumes: Mardi Gras and an original piece. We had 2 winners...1st place 18 and above Shawn Mackey, Harlem Globetrotter and 3rd place 17 and under Olivia Carley, Barbie in a box. Both students won cash prizes, as well as, money for our art class.
by Melissa Magee
These pictures are from the 2nd annual Flowood Chamber of Commerce's Chocolate Festival Project Yummy Fashion show. Students from local area schools were asked to compete to create outfits out of candy wrappers. NWRHS placed 1st with Barbie in a box, and 2nd with the Harlem Globetrotters. The students won cash prizes, as well as, money for our art class.
by Delwin Wallace
This past summer, I was fortunate to take a group of NWRHS students on the “Artists of France and Spain” tour. I do this every other summer and this is the second time I was able to do this trip. I will be taking a group to New York this Spring break for the Broadway and the Arts tour.
We visited Paris, Provence, Avignon, Arles, Barcelona, and Madrid. Our Highlights included the Louvre, Musee D’Orsay, The Rodin museum, Eiffel Tower, Montparnasse, Monet’s Gardens at Giverney and Notre Dame (2 months after fire) in Paris. While in the Provence region in south France, we visited the Pont du Gard, Paul Cezanne’s house and studio as well as the cafe Van Gogh painted in the Cafe Terrace at Night. We then traveled over to Barcelona for the Picasso museum and the Dali museum. We saw great architecture in Antonio Gaudi’s La Sagrada Familia and Park Guell. We finished in Madrid with The Reina Sofia to see Picasso’s Guernica, and the Prado Museum.
by Edward Robinson
Judy Slay (FHS Band Student) sang the national anthem at the MS Braves games. She had to go through an audition process to be able to do this.
She did a great job!
by Mark Edwards
Richard Smallwood (Alto Sax; Brandon High) and Mark Edwards; Director of Bands at Brandon participated in the MS Lions Allstate Band. They competed in the International Lions Parade In Italy, and won the International Lions Band Champions!