MCPS announced the winners of its second United We Learn arts contest during the Board of Education’s April 12 business meeting.

Winners were announced at the elementary, middle and high school levels in two categories.  

In 2017, the district launched the contest with a goal of providing students with a creative, structured opportunity to explore topical issues and learn about the values of respect, diversity and civility. This year’s theme, All Means All, challenged students to think critically about the meaning of equity.

The contest was open to students from all grade levels. Submissions, which were judged by level and by medium, were created by groups of two students or more. The categories were: written word and visual art.

This year’s winners are:

Visual Arts

Elementary School

First Place

Together We Learn

Giada Ferro, Abi Kizza and Kaden Wells

Rachel Carson Elementary School

Second Place

All Means All: Equity, Equality, Diversity

Finn Perez and Lian Umberger

Oakland Terrace Elementary School

Third Place

Different But The Same: Together We Learn!

Federica Albanese, Spencer Cole and Sarah Waldman

Bethesda Elementary School

Middle School

First Place

All Means All For Everyone!

Joa Basembe, Natalie TenEyck, and Diego Tyner

Gaithersburg Middle School

Second Place

We All Have The Same Roots

Irene Moldes Durano and Gianna Warner

Hallie Wells Middle School

Third Place

All Means All

Devin Cedillos, Jr., Curtis Gravesande, Daniel Singletary and Maya Vargas

Gaithersburg Middle School

High School

First Place

Evolution of Humanity

Nicholas Asante, Dev Desai, Nicholas Olano, Matthew Wong and Tony Wu

Richard Montgomery High School

Second Place

The Great Equalizer

Jonathan X. Cruz, Hung Lai, Martino Ruggeri, Jasson Villanueva Castro and Daniel Williams

Richard Montgomery High School

Third Place

Coming Together

Olivia Blucker, Julia Craig, Caia Gelli, Maximilian Leder and Joy Ware

Richard Montgomery High School

Written

Elementary School

First Place

True Colors

Edie Castano and Lily Scheckner

Piney Branch Elementary School and Rock Creek Forest Elementary School

Second Place

United We Learn: All Means All

Hadrian Tiu and Sophia Tuason

Clarksburg Elementary School

Third Place

Equity, Equality, Diversity

Nicholas Corrado and Luca Petroni

Oakland Terrace Elementary School

Middle School

First Place

Colors

Francesca Venditti and Kara Venditti

Eastern Middle School

Second Place

Now I’m All

Courtney Kim and Pragya Kumar

Hallie Wells Middle School

Third Place

We Are All In This Together

Michael Asiem, Suriel Biyo, Cole Hickman, Ramzy Kironda, Mekhi Mitchell and Nicholas Randolph

Hallie Wells Middle School

Written

High School

First Place

Color Theory: A Lesson

Tina Xia  and Kevin Xia

Walt Whitman High School and Carderock Springs Elementary School