Goshen High School and C.J. Hooker Middle School didn’t just set a new record for Scholastic Art Awards received by the district this year, it was more than doubled. Just one year ago in 2024, Goshen’s entries set a new record that would only last one year, winning eight gold, 15 silver, and 12 honorable mentions. In 2025, the Gladiator’s artists established a new high in awards received: 23 Gold, 24 Silver and 38 Honorable Mentions. For seniors Lefa Brown and Katie Palau, the recognition reflects hard work they put in every day in Goshen’s art program.
Lefa began participating in the art program at Goshen in fifth grade. This year, she was recognized for multiple entries to the Scholastic Arts awards, including a Silver award for her piece Sheryl Crow in the drawing and illustration category. The work came out of an assignment Goshen’s Chrissy Pahucki gave students: draw a famous person on a map of where that person is from. “Sheryl Crow is from Missouri and I love her,” Lefa said. “So I was like: ‘I’ll draw her with pen and ink.’”
Katie Palau has been a part of the art program in Goshen for as long as she can remember. Like Lefa, Katie received multiple awards from her Scholastic entries, including a Gold award for Mood Wheel, a wooden sculpture of herself with an acrylic background that has wheels in more ways than one.
“It’s only on wheels because it’s so heavy,” Katie said. “It’s on a gym scooter so that we can slide it around. It’s a big wooden wheel that spins and it stands up and there’s a cut out in front.”
Lefa feels like the awards Goshen students won this year through Scholastic are meaningful. “I think it’s getting recognition for your really hard work,” Lefa said. “A lot of these pieces that everyone did took three months. I think it’s nice to be recognized.”
“I worked super hard for six months,” Katie said. “It feels really good to have someone recognize it.”
See the award winning entries from Goshen students in this year’s Scholastic Arts awards here:
Goshen High School Awards
American Vision Award
Paulette Nedorost, 9th grade, Digital Art
Gold Award
Shiny Still Life
Hannah Barhorst, 11th grade, Painting
Kaitlyn Baumgardt, 10th grade, Painting
Kaitlyn Baumgardt, 10th grade, Painting
Kaitlyn Baumgardt, 10th grade, Painting
Tahir Bernard, 10th grade, Drawing & Illustration
Ava Carroll, 11th grade, Painting
Fiona Corrigan, 11th grade, Painting
Alexa Krabbe, 8th grade, Drawing & Illustration
Alexa Krabbe, 9th grade, Photography
Michelle Navidad, 9th grade, Painting
Onyx Ortiz, 12th grade, Painting
Katie Palau, 12th grade, Sculpture
Sunny Rain
Gianna Peters, 11th grade, Digital Art
Riley Quattrini, 12th grade, Photography
Sabine Sanchezcastellanos, 12th grade, Editorial Cartoon
Arianna Tuthill, 12th grade, Photography
Arianna Tuthill, 12th grade, Photography
Stefany Vidals Hernandez, 12th grade, Digital Art
A day in the school bus
Stefany Vidals Hernandez, 12th grade, Digital Art
Stefany Vidals Hernandez, 12th grade, Digital Art
Star Poodle – Gianna Peters, 10th grade, Film & Animation
Silver Award
Hannah Barhorst, 10 grade, Digital Art
Tahir Bernard, 10th grade, Drawing & Illustration
Lefa Brown, 12th grade, Drawing & Illustration
Ava Carroll, 10the grade, Painting
Ava Carroll, 11th grade, Ceramics & Glass
Liam Clark, 12th grade, Photography
Liam Clark, 12th grade, Photography
Fiona Corrigan, 12th grade, Photography
Olivia Jiang, 10th grade, Painting
Onyx Ortiz, 11th grade, Painting
Katie Palau, 12th grade, Sculpture
Digital Art
Riley Quattrini, 12th grade, Photography
Riley Quattrini, 12th grade, Painting
Morgan Taylor, 12th grade, Painting
Arianna Tuthill, 12th grade, Photography
Arianna Tuthill, 12th grade, Photography
Arianna Tuthill, 12th grade, Photography
Arianna Tuthill, 12th grade, Photography
Arianna Tuthill, 12th grade, Photography
Arianna Tuthill, 12th grade, Photography
Stefany Vidals Hernandez, 12th grade, Editorial Cartoon
Stefany Vidals Hernandez, 12th grade, Digital Art
Honorable Mentions
Hannah Barhorst, 11th grade, Editorial Cartoon
Kaitlyn Baumgardt, 10th grade, Painting
Tahir Bernard, 10th grade, Drawing & Illustration
Lefa Brown, 12th grade, Painting
Lefa, Brown, 12th grade, Painting
Lefa Brown, 12th grade, Painting
Lefa Brown, 12th grade, Painting
Underwater, Lefa Brown, 12th grade, Painting
Lefa Brown, 12th grade, Painting
Laundry Night
Ava Carroll, 10th grade, Painting
Ava Carroll, 10th grade,
Drawing & Illustration
Fiona Corrigan, 12th grade, Photography
Lost and Found
Fiona Corrigan, 11th grade
Drawing & Illustration
Abandoned
Alexa Krabbe, 8th grade, Photography
Kelsey Layman, 12th grade, Sculpture
Onyx Ortiz, 12th grade, Drawing & Illustration
Onyx Ortiz, 12th grade, Editorial Cartoon
Self Portrait
Onyx Ortiz, 12th grade, Drawing & Illustration
The Crow
Onyx Ortiz, 12th grade, Drawing & Illustration
Wolf in The Woods
Onyx Ortiz, 12th grade, Drawing & Illustration
Acceptance
Katie Palau, 12th grade, Painting
Katie Palau, 12th grade, Painting
Katie Palau, 12th grade, Painting
Katie Palau, 12th grade, Painting
Katie Palau, 12th grade, Painting
Riley Quattrini, 12th grade, Painting
Riley Quattrini, 12th grade, Painting
Riley Quattrini, 12th grade, Portfolio (Art)
In A Time
Riley Quattrini, 12th grade, Portfolio (Art)
Riley Quattrini, 12th grade, Photography
Riley Quattrini, 12th grade, Painting
Riley Quattrini, 12th grade, Photography
Riley Quattrini, 11th grade, Painting
Riley Quattrini, 12th grade, Painting
Morgan Taylor, 11th grade, Painting
Sabine Sanchezcastellanos, 12th grade, Portfolio (Art)
Sabine Sanchezcastellanos, 12th grade, Portfolio (Art)
Sabine Sanchezcastellanos, 12th grade, Portfolio (Art)
Sabine Sanchezcastellanos, 12th grade, Portfolio (Art)
Sabine Sanchezcastellanos, 12th grade, Portfolio (Art)
Sabine Sanchezcastellanos, 12th grade, Portfolio (Art)
Stefany Vidals Hernandez, 12th grade, Digital Art
C.J. Hooker Middle School Awards
Gold awards
Anna Shapiro, 8th grade, Editorial Cartoon
Gundam
Anna Shapiro, 8th grade, Comic Art
modern days
Camila Perez, 8th grade, Architecture & Industrial Design
Sunny Winter Morning
Liesl McGuinness, 8th grade, Photography
Mateo Vanichpong Barbosa, 8th grade, Mixed Media
Matthew Castillo Valencia, 8th grade, Painting
Giuliana Kyles, 8th grade, Sculpture
Silver Award
Anna Shapiro, 8th grade, Photography
Camille Pedrosa, 8th grade, Painting
Cora Massaro, 8th grade, Photography
Cora Massaro, 8th grade, Photography
Cora Massaro, 8th grade, Photography
Daniela Gomez-Redondo, 8th grade, Photography
Liesl McGuinness, 8th grade, Photography
Liesl McGuinness, 8th grade, Photography
Maiya Nurse, 8th grade, Painting
Marissa Monteiro, 8th grade, Fashion
Mia Rucker, 8th grade, Photography
Mia Rucker, 8th grade, Photography
Nishi Patel, 8th grade, Photography
Nora McAndrews, 8th grade, Sculpture
Serafina Marku, 8th grade, Photography
Thehan Lekamalage, 8th grade, Editorial Cartoon
Thehan Lekamalage, 8th grade, Painting
Honorable Mentions
Anna Shapiro, 8th grade, Photography
Anna Shapiro, 8th grade, Photography
Anna Shapiro, 8th grade, Drawing & Illustration
Cora Massaro, 8th grade, Photography
Cora Massaro, 8th grade, Photography
Gabriella McManus, 8th grade, Photography
Escaping
Gianna Lamparillo, 8th grade, Sculpture
Giuliana Kyles, 8th grade, Photography
Giuliana Kyles, 8th grade, Photography
Giuliana Kyles, 8th grade, Photography
Thehan Lekamalage, 8th grade, Photography
Cora Massaro, 8th grade, Photography
Leah Gorman, 8th grade, Photography
Leah Gorman, 8th grade, Photography
Matthew Castillo Valencia, 8th grade, Photography
May CoppersCostantino, 8th grade, Photography
Melania Civitano, 8th grade, Photography
Nishi Patel, 8th grade, Mixed Media
Nishi Patel, 8th grade, Mixed Media
Nishi Patel, 8th grade, Photography
Rhyanne Ruffy, 8th grade, Photography
Camila Perez, 8th grade, Architecture & Industrial Design
Serafina Marku, 8th grade, Sculpture
Serafina Marku, 8th grade, Sculpture