2022 Contest Winners
High School Art Contest
Contest Theme: Keep Going Keep Growing
Best in Show
The Road to Recovery
Lydia Davies, Yale High School
First Place
Grow Through What You Go Through
Elaina Bailey, Marysville High School
Second Place
Prospering State of Mind
Lauren DeVries, Marine City High School
Third Place
Grow Where the Breeze Takes You
Audrey Hollenbaugh, Marine City High School
People's Choice
Grow Through What You Go Through
Emily Domagaiski, St. Clair High School
Honorable Mention
Change in Perspective
Mackenzie Lobeck, St. Clair High School
Keep Going Keep Growing
Maria Zyjewski, St. Clair High School
Good to Grow
Leah Foglesong, Marine City High School
Keep Going… Keep Growing
Ashton Hyslop, Algonac Jr/Sr High School
Flourish
Kerrigan McEvoy, Yale High School
Helping Hands
Ashley Aquilar, Capac Jr/Sr High School
A Growing Mind
Jadyn Tyree, Marysville High School
Untitled
Jesslyn Leonard, Marysville High School
Untitled
Hope Bowman, Marysville High School
Healing Through Movement
Dane Pawlak, Port Huron Northern High School
Teddy Bear
Olivia Heithoff, Cardinal Mooney Catholic High School
Middle School Writing Contest
Contest Theme: Keep Going Keep Growing
Grand Prize Winner
A Funny Feeling
Harlan Christie, Algonac Jr/Sr High School
Fiction/Short Story
First Place
Beautifully Broken
Olivia Pastrone, Algonac Jr/Sr High School
Second Place
Love from a Chestnut Tree
Rose Marie Hill, St. Clair Middle School
Third Place
Hidden from Sunlight
Rylee Kowalski, Algonac Jr/Sr High School
Nonfiction/Essay
First Place
Battling a Learning Disability
Kaylee Isaac, Yale Jr High
Second Place
My Football Journey
Landon July, Fort Gratiot Middle School
Third Place
Moving On
Kylee Strozeski, Algonac Jr/Sr High School
Poetry
First Place
I'm Just a Girl
Eliza Cameron, Algonac Jr/Sr High School
Second Place
Silence is Beauty
Sophia Johnson, Algonac Jr/Sr High School
Third Place
Making Progress
Karam Jazrawi, Marysville Middle School
Elementary School Bookmark Contest
Bookmark Theme: I am Growing
Kindergarten
Finley Babcock, Palms Elementary
First Grade
Mason Joy, John F Farrell Emmett Elementary
Second Grade
Remington Joy, John F Farrell Emmett Elementary
Third Grade
Saydie Kemp, Thomas Edison
Fourth Grade
Jazlynn Jones, Memphis Elementary
Fifth Grade
Ally Roberts, St. Clair Middle School

- Road to Recovery – Lydia Davies
- Grow Thrugh What you Go Through – Elaina Bailey
- Prospering State of Mind – Lauren DeVries
- Grow where the Breese Takes You – Audrey Hollenbaugh
- Grow through what you go through – Emily Domagaiski
- Teddy Bear – Olivia Heithoff
- Untitled – Hope Bowman
- Keep Going Keep Growing – Maria Zyjewski
- Keep Going… Keep Growing – Ashton Hyslop
- Helping Hands – Ashley Aquilar
- Healing Through Movement – Dane Pawlak
- A Growing Mind – Jadyn Tyree
- Good to Grow – Leah Foglesong
- Flourish – Kerrigan McEvoy
- Change in Perspective – Mackenzie Lobeck
- Untitled – Jesslyn Leonard