May 25, 2019
By: Dwayne Page
A rising ninth grader Jana Faith Tripp won “Best of Show” and the “People’s Choice Award” in the DeKalb Schools Art Exhibit held Saturday at the County Complex. Tripp, daughter of JR and Beth Tripp, was also the 1st place winner in the Middle School Division. She has just completed 8th grade at DeKalb West School. The annual event was sponsored by the Smithville Study Club. Walteen Parker is the President of the club. Susan Hinton is the Art Chairman.
The Best of Show Painting winner was Javan Walker, a 6th grader at DeKalb Middle School.
Students from Pre-Kindergarten to 12th grade participated in the art exhibit.
This year’s art exhibit featured entries from winners named at each school as follows:
*Division 1- Pre-Kindergarten to 1st Grade:
1st Place- Abby Ramsey
2nd Place- Ella Taylor
3rd Place-Jasper Barber
4th Place-Conner Grisham
Honorable Mention: Cloey Ervin
*Division 2- 2nd & 3rd grades
1st Place-Payne Bryant
2nd Place-Willow Walker
3rd Place-Elijah Carr
4th Place-Angel Sosa Santillian
Honorable Mention-Baylei Benson
*Division 3- 4th & 5th grades
1st Place- Taylor Patterson
2nd Place-Victor Locklear
3rd Place-Jayden Sherrill
4th Place-Addison Hodges
Honorable Mention- Christopher Boner
*Division 4- 6th – 8th grades
1st Place-Jana Faith Tripp
2nd Place-Halayna Newby
3rd Place-Hailey Skinner
4th Place-Samantha Murphy
Honorable Mention: Savannah Martinez and Sara Fuson
*Division 5- 9th-12th grades
1st Place- Shanti Liu
2nd Place-Rodrigo Sosa
3rd Place-Stephanie J. Atnip
4th Place-Hannah Willingham
Honorable Mention: Savannah Buckley and Keith Buck
Paintings (Any Grade)
1st Place- Javan Walker
2nd Place-Hannah Finan
3rd Place-Evan Jones
4th Place-Autumn Hendrixson
Honorable Mention: Savannah Jackson