Unity Is Our Superpower: Meet the Winners of the GMSD PTO Art & Writing Contest

Creativity and imagination are on full display as the Germantown Municipal PTO announces the winners of its annual Art and Writing Contest. This year’s theme, “Unity Is Our Superpower,” invited students across the district to reflect on how coming together creates strength, inspires kindness and helps communities accomplish more than anyone could alone. Through colorful artwork and thoughtful writing, students explored the idea that when people support one another, incredible things can happen.

(Cover image: First place winner David Miranda, 8th grade, Houston Middle School)

Visual Arts

K-2

1st Place (TIE) - Wright Levy, 1st Grade (Riverdale) & Sumaya Helou, 2nd Grade (Forest Hill)

3rd Place - Ava Whitsitt, 2nd Grade (Farmington)

Honorable Mention - Ava Maynard, 1st Grade (Farmington)

 

3-5

1st Place - Srivagmi Manubolu, 5th Grade (Forest Hill) 

2nd Place - Nakshatra Kumar, 3rd Grade (Farmington)

3rd Place - Logan Schlegel, 5th Grade (Dogwood)

 

Photography

K-2

1st Place: Joanna Wilds, 1st Grade (Dogwood)

2nd Place: Sumaya Helou, 2nd Grade (Forest Hill)

3rd Place: Elle Wenzler, 2nd Grade (Dogwood)

 

3-5

1st Place: Savannah Smith, 4th Grade (Riverdale)

2nd Place: Eric Wilds, 4th Grade (Dogwood)

3rd Place: Michelle Church, 4th Grade (Farmington)

 

6-8

1st Place: David Miranda, 8th Grade (HMS)

 

9-12

1st Place: Aarav Yaligar, 10th Grade

2nd Place: Nicholas Nygren, 10th Grade

3rd Place: Noah Nygren, 11th Grade

 

Poetry

K-2

1st Place: Garner Guynes, 2nd Grade (Dogwood)

2nd Place: Lujain Khan, 2nd Grade (Farmington)

 

3-5

1st Place: Harper McLaughlin, 4th Grade (Forest Hill)

 

9-12

1st Place: Beatrix Hayward, 10th Grade

2nd Place: Lukas Weinmann, 10th Grade

 

Short Story

K-2

1st Place: Winny Liu, 1st Grade (Forest Hill)

 

3-5

1st Place: Dwaipayan Bhowmick, 4th Grade (Farmington)

2nd Place: Heyan Shah, 3rd Grade (Farmington)

3rd Place: Adler Gillespie, 5th Grade (Forest Hill)

 

9-12

1st Place: Veronica Velychko, 11th Grade

 

Personal Narrative

K-2

1st Place: Tejas Smith, Kindergarten (Farmington)

2nd Place: Sachin Jayashankar, 2nd Grade (Farmington)

 

3-5

1st Place: Kinsley Shelton, 5th Grade (Dogwood)

2nd Place: Nakshatra Madan Kumar, 3rd Grade (Farmington)

3rd Place: Valentine Whitney-Cholera, 5th Grade (Riverdale)

 

6-8

1st Place: Catherine Cooley, 7th Grade (Riverdale)