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Sage Hill Nets 88 Scholastic Art & Writing Awards
Sage Hill School celebrated 41 students recognized in the 2025 Scholastic Art & Writing Awards for outstanding achievement in themes including photography, painting, poetry, personal essay, critical essay, flash fiction and more.
These Sage Hill students earned 88 awards, which included 30 prestigious Gold Keys, the highest awards. These awards were handed out to art and writing students in the nine-state Western region.
“Each year it is a great privilege to see our Sage Hill students' excellence recognized outside the walls of our classrooms,” English teacher Arlie Parker said. “I’m very hopeful that our students' success this year will continue to inspire the creative efforts in our school community.”
The writing categories saw Gold Key Awards go to Jayla Chan ‘26 for Flash Fiction, Ananya Devkirti ‘26 for Critical Essay, Amy Jia ‘27 for Poetry, Doyoung Lee ‘27 for Personal Essay & Memoir, Taite Nicholson ‘26 for Critical Essay, Meilin Shen ‘26 for Journalism, Katelyn Yeh ‘26 for Humor and Grace Yan for Poetry and Journalism.
Among the Gold Key recipients in art were Veronica Cai ‘28 for Mixed Media, Sarah Huang ‘26 in Mixed Media, Katarina Isakov ‘27 for Photography, Ariel Kang ‘27 for Printmaking, Jessimi Lyu ‘28 for Photography, May Shen ‘26 for Painting, Emily Song ‘26 for Drawing & Illustration, Maggie Wang ‘25 for Drawing & Illustration as well as Painting, Luke Wu ‘25 for Drawing & Illustration, Nancy Xu ‘25 for Portfolio for Art, Painting and Drawing, Anna Yang ‘25 for Fashion, and Grace Yan ‘25 for Portfolio for Art, Photography and Mixed Media.
Gold Key Award winners will be nominated for the National Scholastic Art & Writing Awards set to be announced in March.
Here is the full list of Sage Hill winners for the 2025 Scholastic Art & Writing Awards:
Jayla Chan ‘26
Gold Key, Flash Fiction
Silver Key, Short Story
Honorable Mention, Short Story
Veronica Cai ‘28
Gold Key, Mixed Media
Silver Key, Drawing & Illustration
Chelsea Chen ‘27
Silver Key, Poetry
Elaine Chen ‘28
Silver Key, Personal Essay and Memoir
Maya Desai ‘27
Silver Key, Poetry
Ananya Devkirti ‘26
Gold Key, Critical Essay
Alyssa Dinh ‘25
Honorable Mention, Digital Art
Sarina Haque ‘28
Silver Key, Poetry
Sarah Huang ‘26
Gold Key and American Visions Nominee, Mixed Media
Isabella Huang ‘27
Silver Key, Poetry
Silver Key, Personal Essay & Memoir
Katarina Isakov ‘27
Honorable Mention, Architecture & Industrial Design
Silver Key, Photography
Gold Key, Photography
Honorable Mention, Photography
Honorable Mention, Architecture & Industrial Design
Amy Jia ‘27
Gold Key, Poetry
Silver Key, Novel Writing
Honorable Mention, Poetry
Ariel Kang ‘27
Gold Key, Printmaking
Silver Key, Drawing & Illustration
Honorable Mention, Drawing & Illustration
Honorable Mention, Printmaking
Cailyn Kwon ‘27
Honorable Mention, Poetry
Honorable Mention, Drawing and Illustration
Minhkha Le ‘28
Honorable Mention, Poetry
Doyoung Lee ‘27
Gold Key, Personal Essay & Memoir
Silver Key, Photography
Honorable Mention, Photography
Mia Li ‘26
Silver Key, Drawing & Illustration
Honorable Mention, Sculpture
Honorable Mention, Painting
Honorable Mention, Drawing & Illustration
Jenny Li ‘26
Honorable Mention, Mixed Media
Katherine Liao ‘26
Honorable Mention, Critical Essay
Tony Lin ‘28
Silver Key, Poetry
Jessimi Lyu ‘28
Gold Key, Photography
Honorable Mention, Photography
Silver Key, Photography
Honorable Mention, Personal Essay & Memoir
Mila Munguia ‘28
Honorable Mention, Painting
Taite Nicholson ‘26
Gold Key, Critical Essay
Honorable Mention, Flash Fiction
Honorable Mention, Poetry
Arya Rawal ‘26
Silver Key, Flash Fiction
Dylan Rosmann ‘25
Honorable Mention, Poetry
May Shen ‘26
Gold Key, Journalism
Gold Key, Painting
Silver Key Critical Essay
Silver Key Critical Essay
Silver Key Personal Essay and Memoir
Silver Key, Mixed Media
Emily Song ‘26
Gold Key, Drawing & Illustration
Sydnee Trautman ‘28
Honorable Mention, Critical Essay
Eleanor Wang ‘26
Honorable Mention, Critical Essay
Ella Wong ‘26
Honorable Mention, Critical Essay
Grace Yan ‘25
Gold Key, Portfolio for Art
3 Gold Keys, Photography
Gold Key, Mixed Media
Silver Key, Photography
Gold Key, Poetry
Gold, Journalism
Silver Key, Journalism
Honorable Mention, Portfolio
Honorable Mention, Poetry
Honorable Mention, Science Fiction & Fantasy
Anna Yang ‘25
Gold Key, Fashion
Katelyn Yeh ‘26
Gold Key, Humor
Everett Yun ‘26
Honorable Mention, Personal Essay and Memoir
Maggie Wang ‘25
2 Gold Keys, Drawing & Illustration
Gold Key, Painting
Honorable Mention, Painting
Honorable Mention, Drawing & Illustration
Luke Wu ‘25
2 Gold Keys, Drawing & Illustration
Nancy Xu ‘25
Gold Key, Portfolio for Art
Gold Key, Drawing & Illustration
Gold Key, Painting
Silver Key, Painting
Silver Key, Film & Animation
Silver Key, Mixed Media
Honorable Mention, Drawing & Illustration
David Zheng ‘27
Honorable Mention, Film & Animation
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