This year we received an abundance of drawings for the Easter portion of the contest, once again all of them beautiful and obviously heartfelt images showing unique understanding of the Passion narrative, joyful creativity and above all love for Jesus Christ.
There are truly no firsts or lasts in the contest but the judges chose Maria Teresa Valenti to showcase our Grades 1-3 group, Eliana Antar, a Grade 5 student who was also chosen last year to represent the Grades 4-6 category, and Grade 8 student Sophia Della Rossa for our Grades 7-8 contest.
Our editors were so impressed with Sophia’s entry that it was chosen to grace the cover of this Easter issue.
Our thanks and congratulations go out to all who entered, and to the teachers and parents who helped guide and gather the contributions for us.
Grade 7-8
Sophia Della Rossa, Grade 8 (Winner)
Maira Holmes, Grade 8
Sophia Bogdanov, Grade 7
Joelyn Chaina, Grade 8
Lorissa Antar, Grade 8
Giselle Mirabal, Grade 7Grade 1-3
Maria Teresa Valenti, Grade 1 (Winner)
Ethan Farmer, Grade 3
Yohanan Laurie, Grade 3
Jax Nielsen, Grade 3
Joseph Johnson, Grade 3Grade 4-6
Eliana Antar, Grade 5 (Winner)
Neha DSouza, Grade 5
Chiara Valenti, Grade 6
Justin Rain Delos Santos, Grade 4
Annie Chen, Grade 6
Gianna Valenti, Grade 4Thank you and Happy Easter to all the participants.