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"My Favorite Place"
2006/2007 Winners

Primary Level

1st Place
Elizabeth Medina
Price Elementary
"My Favorite Place"

 

 

Primary Level

No Awards Given

Primary Level

1st Place
Devin Cornair
Gallatin Elementary
"Medivel Times"

 

Honorable Mention
Jade Martinez
Alameda Elementary
"My Base"

 

Honorable Mention
John Nicolas
Rio Hondo Elementary
"My Cousins House"

 

Primary Level

No Awards Given

Primary Level

1st Place

Joshua Redfox
Rio San Gabriel Elementary
"Fishing at the Lake"

Statement
"Fishing is one of my favorite things to do. I like spending tiem with my family. I really like to cast out."

Honorable Mention

Marcel Rodriguez
Gallatin Elementary
"School"

 

Honorable Mention

Kara Conners
Price Elementary
"My Favorite Place is the Ice Rink"

Primary Level

1st Place
Jonathan Kim Jin
Rio San Gabriel Elementary
"Playing Soccer"

Statement
"There is a lot of sadness and joy in this picture."

Honorable Mention

Diego Saldana
Alameda Elementary
"Art Museum"

(Looking for Image)

Statement
"I picked the art museum because it was fun and I like art."

 

Honorable Mention

Michelle Kim
Unsworth Elementary
"My Favorite Place is the Zoo"

Intermediate Level

1st Place
Jazmin Alejos
Gauldin Elementary
"In My Kitchen"

 

 

Intermediate Level

1st Place
No Award Given

 

Honorable Mention
George Wickens
Price Elementary
"My Bedroom"

Statement
"Lots to do in my room!."

 

Intermediate Level

1st Place
Isabella Gutierrez
Rio San Gabriel Elementary
"Zoogooland"

 

Honorable Mention
Samuel Kim
Price Elementary
"The Library"

Intermediate Level

1st Place
Ashley Armstrong
Gallatin Elementary
"A Day At the Seashore"

Statement
"My song is about how I'm at the seashore. I see crabs run from seagulls. I play in the water. Last, I see big waves form and push me to shore. Then it is all calm again, but I have to leave. That is what my song represents."

Also, 1st Place ~ 33rd District

 

 

Honorable Mention
Curtis Phillips
Rio San Gabriel Elementary
"Imagination"

Intermediate Level

1st Place

Andrew Ascencio

Rio San Gabriel Elementary
"My favorite Vacation, Durango, Mexico"

Statement
"This picture represents my family's culture in Durango, Mexico."

Honorable Mention

Jerenly Quan
Price Elementary
"My Favorite Place"

Intermediate Level

1st Place

Ian Melendrez

Price Elementary
"My Favorite Place is at Home Drawing"

Honorable Mention

Marcello Frasca
Lewis Elementary
"Out Doors"

Statement
"I like to be in the out doors."

Honorable Mention

Rebecca Flores
Lewis Elementary
"Island Camping on the King River (Oregon)"

Statement
"We went to visit some friends in Oregon. We took their boat and set up camp on an island in ghe middle of the river."

Middle/Junior Level

No Awards Given

Middle/Junior Level

1st Place
Tanya Laverde
East Middle
"My Favoriet Place"

Also, 1st Place ~ 33rd District

 

Middle/Junior Level

1st Place
Rachel Koeppe
Griffiths Middle
"My Favorite Place"

Statement
"I love to visit a mossy creekbed and catch polliwogs. It is so peaceful."

 

Honorable Mention
Marina George
West Middle
"Egyptian Memories"

Statement
"This poem did not only mean a poem to me. It meant the entire world to me because I was lucky enough to visit Egypt and my family there for the second time, which was a journey of a lifetime that inspired me to choose Egypt as my favorite place."

Middle/Junior Level

1st Place
Fabian Chavez
Griffiths Middle
"Musical Excursion"

Statement
"In this funky, jazz-salsa piece I play all six instruments."

Also, 1st Place ~ 33rd District

 

Honorable Mention
Todd Aldaco
East Middle
"My Favorite Place...Home"

Middle/Junior Level

1st Place

Elinor De La Torre
West Middle
"Norwegian Woods"

Statement
"My favorite place is my grandma's cabin up in Norway. I spend my summers there."

Middle/Junior Level

1st Place

Jacob Koeppe
Griffiths Middle
"Bottle on the Beach"

Statement
"My favorite place during the summer is at the beach and seeing what treasures the ocean washes up. I wonder what secrets lie in a bottle on the beach."

Honorable Mention

Tiana Hatchie
West Middle
"My Favorite Place is…Willy Wonka and his Chocolate Factory"

Statement
"It doesn't matter if Willy Wonka's Chocolate Factory isn't a real place to visit. I chose this place because it's where all my dreams come true. I used my imagination. I imagined him and the factory. I ws ther, and it's very fascinatin."

 

Senior Level

1st Place
Jesse Schiffmacher
Downey High
"Bathyshere"

Statement
"My late uncle loved the water and this song inspired me because when I hear it I think about the times we would swim together and also how he has passed on."

 

 

Senior Level

1st Place
Amy Gebert
Warren High
"Mammoth"

Also, 1st Place ~ 33rd District

 

Senior Level

1st Place
Joyce Lee
Downey High
"Dining With Peace"

Statement
"I thought it was interesting when I realized my favorite place is my dining room."

Honorable Mention
Amy Gebert
Warren High
"Acreage at Julian"

Statement
"Dedicated to Bob."

 

 

Senior Level

1st Place
Flora Cheng
Warran High
"Garden"

Statement
"This piece came to me after I had a beautiful dream of a garden filled with butterflies."

 

 

 

Senior Level

1st Place

Kyle Edquist.
Downey High
"Looking to the Setting Sun"

Statement
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Honorable Mention

Sangeun Eom.
Warran High
"My Favorite Place"

 

Senior Level

1st Place

Daniel Hosu.
Downey High
"The Jungle"

Statement
"I've always wanted to have a peaceful place and have the company of flowers, butterflies and monkeys; away from life's calamites.."

Honorable Mention

Natalie Bertinelli
Warran High
"My Favorite Place"