Contest Winners
High School Art Contest
Contest Theme: Building Bridges to Wellness: Nurturing Hope, Healing, and Resilience
Best in Show
Untitled
Reese Klei,
Junior, Yale High School
First Place
Cutting the Chains
Alan Daugherty
Junior, Memphis Jr/Sr
Second Place
Bridge to Clear Paths
Heather Segura
Senior, Marine City High School
Third Place
The Road Ahead
Madison Hoenicke
Sophomore, Yale High School
People's Choice
Wings of Resilience
Payten Danneels
Sophomore, St. Clair High School
Honorable Mention
A Bridge to Wellness
Justin Hudzinski
Junior, Yale High School
I Believe In You
Olivia Pastrone
Freshman, Algonac Jr/Sr
Middle School Writing Contest
Contest Theme: Building Bridges to Wellness: Nurturing Hope, Healing, and Resilience
Grand Prize Winner
The Sunflower's Legacy
Kaylee Isaac
Yale Junior High
Fiction
First Place
Mother's Note
Riley Phillips
Memphis Jr/Sr High School
Second Place
Me
Brooke Carrier
Yale Junior High
Third Place
The Wellness Arc: Building Bridges to a Thriving Harmony Springs
Josephine Ferguson
Fort Gratiot Middle School
Nonfiction
First Place
Bridges of Resilience: Navigating Grief, Gratitude, and the Symphony of Healing
Josephine Ferguson
Fort Gratiot Middle School
Poetry
First Place
The Monster of Mental Illness
Vivienne DeGroff
Marysville Middle School
Second Place
Quicksand
Faith Ognian
Memphis Jr/Sr High School
Third Place (tie)
Wellness of the People
Karam Jazrawi
Marysville Middle School
Building the Garden of Wellness
Josephine Ferguson
Fort Gratiot Middle School
Elementary School Bookmark Contest
Bookmark Theme: I am Important: the world around me is a better place because of me
Kindergarten
Hendrix Bueche, Morton Elementary School
First Grade
Alex Mihora, St. Mary/McCormack Catholic Academy
Second Grade
Harper Hitchcock, Yale Elementary School
Third Grade
Isabella Gudme, Gearing Elementary School
Fourth Grade
Jenna Qualls, Gearing Elementary School
Fifth Grade
Rowan Delor, Belle River Elementary School