
Congratulations to the 2022 Holocaust Creative Arts Competition Award Winners
Our REMEMBER Program's Holocaust Creative Arts & Writing Competition received many entries from high school students across the Greater Charleston area. This year's theme was "Turning Memory to Strength". The 2022 winners will receive cash prizes thanks to the generous support of Homegrown Hospitality Group. Thank you to Sandra Brett for her leadership of this important program and to all of the community members who judge the competition.
First place
David Bounds, Sophomore - Summerville High School
Jadzia Stern’s Holocaust survival
Second place tie
Martha Comer, Junior - Summerville High School
The Recurring Nightmare of Genocide
Jackson Clapp, Sophomore - Summerville High School
Honorable mentions
Isaac Cinnamon, Junior - Summerville High School
James Swing, Freshman - Summerville High School
Ella Fritz, Junior - Charleston County School of the Arts
My Great Aunt's Story-Her Mother's Sacrifice, A Miracle Survival
Thank you to these teachers and schools who supported their students in participating
Tarah Meyer - Summerville Hiigh School - DD2
Francis Hammes - Charleston County School of the Arts - CCSD
John Cullinen - Cross Schools - SCISA
Congratulations to the 2022 South Carolina Council on the Holocaust Statewide Holocaust Art and Writing Contest Winners
5 - 8 grade: Maxwell Holmann from Cross Schools in Bluffton
9 - 11 grade: Tui Xan Tin from Charleston School of the Arts High School
12th grade: Emma Cesari from Summerville High School
Congratulations to the National 2022 Chapman University Annual Holocaust Art & Writing Contest Winners
Sara Lebowitz, a student at Summerville High School, won 2nd place in the high school prose category. You can read her piece A Woman of Valor.