Our judges had a tough time again this year especially since we received 312 entries this year!
Entries came from various cities across the Rocky Mountain West Denver, Aurora, Boulder, Centennial, Englewood, Evergreen, Greenwood Village, Highlands Ranch, Littleton, Parker, Santa Fe, NM and as far away as Los Angeles!
Entries were received from participants affiliated with a host of schools and synagogues:
Public & Private Schools: Campus Middle School, Challenge School, Graland Country Day School, High Plains Elementary, Ricks Center.
Jewish Day Schools: DAT, Herzl-RMHA, Hillel.
Synagogues & Temples: Aish Denver (Shalom School), Bais Menachem, Beth Evergreen, Community Talmud Torah (BMH-BJ, Rodef Shalom), DAT Minyan, EDOS, Har Hashem (Boulder), Beth Shalom, Chabad of Northwest Metro Denver, HEA, Judaism in the Foothills, Kohelet, Temple Beth Shalom (Santa Fe), Temple Emanuel, Temple Sinai, Yeshiva Toras Chaim, Zera Abraham.
The winning entries published in the December 19 edition of the IJN will be on display at Childrens Hospital, Friday, Dec. 19-Friday, Dec. 26.
Winners will be honored at a ceremony at Childrens Hospital at 11 a.m on Friday, Dec. 26, 2008.
K-GRADE 1
1ST PLACE TIE
Rebecca Belle Chapman, Grade 1, Herzl-RMHA
Nechama Wasserman, Grade 1, Hillel Academy
2ND PLACE
Benjamin Quezada, Grade 1, DAT
3RD PLACE
Ashira Wolpo, Grade 1, Herzl-RMHA
GRADES 2-3
1ST PLACE
Molly Parris, Grade 3, High Plains/Shalom
2ND PLACE TIE
Max Topelson, Grade 2, Herzl-RMHA
David Frank, Grade 2, DAT
3RD PLACE TIE
Talya Betzaleli, Grade 3, Herzl-RMHA
Alana Perlmutter, Grade 3, Herzl-RMHA
GRADES 4-6
1ST PLACE
Anna Berman, Grade 6, Campus Middle School
2ND PLACE TIE
Gabriel Bean, Grade 6, DAT
Alana Kaufman, Grade 6, Herzl-RMHA
3RD PLACE TIE
Rivkah Frank, Grade 5, DAT
Elazar Fleischmann, Grade 5, Hillel Academy
HONORABLE MENTION
Julia Gergely, Grade 4, Herzl-RMHA
Molly Silvers, Grade 5, Herzl-RMHA
For reproductions of the winning art as well as a complete listing of all participants, contact Carol at (303) 861-2234 or carol@ijn.com to order your copy of the IJN’s Chanukah edition.
