NFAA or YOUNG ARTS News

Congratulations to these Outstanding Booker T. Washington Students!
Also see www.nfaa.org

The Presidential Scholars Program or YOUNG ARTS is a national recognition program administered by the U.S. Department of Education to honor some of the nation’s most distinguished graduating high school seniors. Each year, up to 141 students are nominated from across the nation. Entries are judged based on academic achievement, artistic excellence, community service, school evaluations, and transcripts.

2008 YOUNG ARTS Finalists

BTWHS is proud to announce that four seniors have qualified as finalists in the Young Arts Competition (NFAA). These students will go to Miami in January to compete with other Arts students from around the nation for the coveted title of 'Presidential Scholar.

Finalists:

Alysha Deslorieux * Musical Theater
Judge Rucker * Visual Arts, 3-D
Abbey Adkins * Modern Dance
Isoke Brown * West African Dance

Honorable Mention:

Haley Carter * West African Dance
Weaver Rhodes * Modern Dance
Annie Such * Film/Video
Jordan Pettay * Jazz-Saxophone
Alysha Deslouieux * Popular Voice
Kelton Blackshear * Popular Voice
Daryl Meador * Photography
ShaVunda Horsley * Theater
Dilan Walpola * Visual Arts
Ryan Bock * Visual Arts

Merit Awards:

McKenna Birmingham * Modern Dance
Ebony Cunningham * Modern Dance
Alex Halbert * Visual Arts
Tessa Langle * West African Dance
Annie Such * Writing, Play or Script for Film/Video
Brady Wolshansky * Visual Arts

2007 YOUNG ARTS or NFAA Results

Three BTWHS students - Seniors Brittanie Brown, Asher Frankfurt, and Jay Jackson were chosen for the highest honor of Presidential Scholar, which is given to only 20 students in the country. Booker T. had the highest number of Presidential Scholars from any one school. Presidential Scholars and their teachers will be honored in June in Washington, D.C.

NFAA Winners

Presidential Scholar Winners

Brittanie Brown * Modern Dance
Jay Jackson * Dance Choreography
Asher Frankfurt * Writing Play or Script

Finalists

Brittanie Brown * Modern Dance
Jay Jackson * Dance Choreography
Adryan Moorefield * African Dance
Asher Frankfurt * Writing Play or Script

Honorable Mentions

Clarynda Nimmons * Modern Dance
Ebony Rodriguez * World Dance African
Mark Meadows * Jazz Keyboard
Paul Barron * Visual Arts

Merit Awards

Jasmine Flowers * World Dance African
Ellen Hoffman * World Dance Folklorico
Jehbreal Jackson * Modern Dance
Cecil Moore * Modern Dance
Jay Henning * Non-Fiction Writing
Chase Arrington * Film & Video Production
Forrest McClain * Film & Video Production

Also see www.nfaa.org

 

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