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In partnership with the U.S. Department of Education and the President’s Committee on the Arts and the Humanities

OPENING RECEPTION, SEPTEMBER 13, 2013

SCHEDULE OF EVENTS—September 13, 2013

BREAKFAST: 9 - 9:30 am

BREAKOUT GROUPS: 9:30–10:45 am

Students: Storytelling WorkshopTeachers: Professional Development WorkshopGuests: Film Screening of 2013 National Medalists

CEREMONY: 11 am–12 pm

RemarksMonique Chism, Director, Student Achievement and School Accountability Programs, U.S. Department of Education

Rachel Goslins, Executive Director, President’s Committee on the Arts and the Humanities

Virginia McEnerney, Executive Director, Alliance for Young Artists & Writers

Special GuestCarlos Molina, Photography Teacher, Abraham Lincoln High School, New York, and Scholastic Art & Writing Awards Alumnus

IntroductionsScholastic Award Winners

Formal Ribbon CuttingStudents, teachers and guests can view the art and writing on display.

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION EXHIBITION VIEWING: 12–1 pm

LUNCH AND DOCENT LED MUSEUM TOUR : 1–4 pm

PCAH EXHIBITION VIEWING: 4:30–5:30 pm

U.S. Department of EducationEmily Adamo, 18, NYKevin Aragon, 18, COJohn Ayer, 17, NHAndrew Bai, 17, U.K.Stanley Vasaris Balzekas IV, 18, ILKara Buck, 15, OHMikayla Burress, 18, KYSommer Cade, 17, KYChristian Caraballo, 18, NJSoohyun Cho, 19, NYHayun Chong, 14, VACameron Clements, 20, COAlison Concannon, 17, NEWake Coulter, 18, VAAnnabelle DeCamillis, 18, ALAlyssa Dekenipp, 18, PAClaire Dozer, 13, KYRyan Duncan, 17, VAWilliam Erwin, 18, MISydney Fleisher, 15, FLEmily Gaubatz, 18, FLKatiuscia Gregoire, 18, FLChristian Gutierrez, 16, HISeungeun Ha, 18, NYOlivia Hagerty, 17, MIHannah Hansen, 15, MIHarrison Heinks, 15, MNNikki Hemel, 17, KSRicardo Hernandez, 18, FLMichael Im, 14, GAJuwoon Jun, 17, CTJake Knoke, 17, INYun Lee, 17, GATaylor Leong, 17, CAKristen Longsderff, 18, PAJin Hee Ma, 20, South KoreaHannah Marshall, 18, CTLauren McDowell, 15, NCChristina McKnight, 18, WAAlex Mediate, 16, NVQuinton Merada, 18, FLLillie Meyer, 17, WAKwon Minji, 18, NJSoyoung Park, 16, NJShannon Puerini, 18, RINatalia Riedel, 18, CTHannah Rosen, 18, NCJee Hyeong Ryoo, 19, South KoreaRoxana Santana, 18, NYMadison Scheper, 18, MI Aaron Smithson, 16, NYBriget Villanueva, 17, NYTara Walton, 18, NCIan Watt, 18, VAHannah Wilton, 17, CAKarli Wittenberg, 18, WINicole Yoon, 19, INZoe Zylowski, 18, NJ

President’s Committee on the Arts and the HumanitiesNikki Abel, 19, INBrian Abud, 18, MIMegan Basaldua, 17, NYAnn Bernhardt, 14, NCKai Blatt, 18, CAKendall Buckingham, 16, ALLeah Bydalek, 18, TXChristian Caraballo, 18, NJDong Ouk Chung, 15, GAJasmine Clarke, 17, NYAlexis Deleon, 18, CTKatelyn Fay, 18, FLKendra Foster, 17, SCPeter Gajewski, 18, ILSlade Gorski, 16, INKatiuscia Gregoire, 18, FLHolland Haag, 18, SCAnnabelle Hayford, 15, VAJaye Johnson, 14, OHAnya Katz, 18, NYCynthia Leyva, 19, FLGeorge Liu, 15, OHGuannan Liu, 17, ILNicole Lucas, 17, OHEliza Lynard, 18, MNTabitha Masters, 14, MIRyan Nicola, 17, WIErica Oh, 17, NJSora Park, 19, GACasey Pfister, 17, OHSepideh Sanaei, 18, VAMadison Schuessler, 17, FLAllison Schukis, 16, ORSharaya Schwardt, 18, MNValerie Schwarz, 18, ILAnna Shats, 18, MDPeri Shechtman, 14, FLPauline Silsby, 16, TaiwanTomi Souder, 17, NVKeila Stumbaugh, 17, ILKendall Taylor, 18, TXElisabeth Tropea, 18, VALining Wang, 17, PAYifan Wang, 17, FL

2013 Best Teen Writing ContributorsMelanie Abrams, 17, MAKevin Aragon, 18, COGarrison Asma, 17, WILuisa Banchoff, 17, VACeleste Barnaby, 17, NVNachiketa Baru, 17, CARobert Bedell, 17, FLRicha Bijlani, 17, MIBrianna Breaux, 17, LALeah Bydalek, 17, TXMiranda Cashman, 17, MAPooja Chandrashekar, 15, VASerina Chang, 15, NY

Yihan Chou, 17, NJMckayla Conahan, 16, SCAaron Cooper-Lob, 17, LAHelen Copp, 14, NHJanay Alexandrea Crane, 17, INAshley Crutcher, 13, PAAnisha Datta, 16, ORKatelyn Davis, 16, MSAkshan Dealwis, 16, MAAnthony DeSantis, 17, SCAline Dolinh, 14, VAMary Elizabeth Dubois, 17, TXParker Elkins, 12, MEKatherine Fang, 17, TXIsabella Giovannini, 18, NYStefania Gomez, 17, ILGabriella Gonzales, 16, NYUrsula Grunwald, 18, COKyungjoo Ha, 18, MILuke Haas, 13, MABenjamin Haidt, 13, OHRachel Hargrave, 15, NCEmma Hathaway, 18, NJElizabeth Heym, 16, OHBailey Hwa, 13, VAJacqueline Knight, 17, KYJake Kuhn, 18, MAHaley Lee, 15, AZHana Lee, 16, ORJohn Lhota, 15, NYOlivia Linn, 16, OHAlison Liu, 16, OKGuannan Liu, 16, ILDylan Magruder, 17, SCGloria Martinez, 13, AZRobyn Mathews, 17, NVNathan Meyer, 16, KYElizabeth Miller, 12, PAIndia Nabarro, 18, GAAlexander Nguyen, 15, TXSola Park, 16, CanadaAlexis Payne, 15, PAKira Pelowitz, 17, NMKathleen Radigan, 18, RICaleb Rak, 13, CTHolly Rice, 16, TXMeggie Royer, 18, IAAdam Schorin, 17, NYRebecca Scurlock, 14, WAFrancesca Sedlacek, 12, DEMichael Sun, 14, South KoreaLydia Suttle, 14, TNNicholas Teague, 15, GANiklas Theorin, 15, PAMarley Townsend, 14, CAJackson Trice, 16, SCLucy Wainger, 15, NYMary Rose Weber, 13, INSamantha West, 17, IDAnna Xie, 18, MAHana Zeric, 15, Italy

Featuring a selection from the 2013 Scholastic Art & Writing Awards

The Alliance for Young Artists & Writers, a nonprofit organization, identifies teenagers with exceptional artistic and literary talent and brings their remarkable work to a national audience through The Scholastic Art & Writing Awards. In the past five years alone, submissions have topped 700,000 works, and students have been eligible for over $25 million in awards and scholarships. The Scholastic Art & Writing Awards continues to be the longest-running, most prestigious recognition program for creative teens in the U.S., and the largest source of scholarships for young artists and writers. Visit www.artandwriting.org for more information.

The U.S. Department of Education’s Student Art Exhibit Program, now in its tenth year under the direction of the Office of Communications and Outreach and the Office of Innovation and Improvement, features art created by stu-dents in U.S. schools and around the world. The program provides students and teachers an opportunity to display creative work from the classroom in a highly public place that honors their work as an effective path to learning and knowledge for all. Contact Jackye Zimmermann at (202) 401-0762 or at jacquelyn.zimmermann@ed.gov to visit the exhibition or learn more about the program.

The President’s Committee on the Arts and the Humanities (PCAH) has served each Administration since 1982, advancing the White House’s arts and humanities objectives by working directly with the three primary cultural agencies—National Endowment for the Arts (NEA), National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH), Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS)—to initiate and support key programs; to recognize excellence in the fields of the arts and humanities; and to encourage private-public partnerships around those disciplines. Contact Lindsey Clark at (202) 682-5409 or visit www.pcah.gov for more information.

FRONT: Kevin Aragon, Suburban Astronaut, Grade 12, Age 18, Colorado Springs, CO; INSIDE: Minji Kwon, Fairy’s Wonder, Grade 12, Age 17, Edgewater, NJ; Christina McKnight, Tangible, Grade 12, Age 17, Everett, WA; Roxana Santana, Loss of Innocence, Grade 12, Age 17, Brooklyn, NY; BACK : Hayun Chong , The Art Room, Grade 8, Age 14, Vienna, VA; Yun Lee, Mundane Future-selves, Age 17, Grade 11, Alpharetta, GA; Christian Caraballo, Vroom Street, Age 17, Grade 12, Jersey City, NJ