Our REMEMBER Program's Holocaust Creative Arts & Writing Competition received entries from middle and high school students from across the Greater Charleston area. This year's theme was "Women in the Holocaust"

You can learn more about the competition and meet the students artists at the Presentation and Award Ceremony at 3 pm on April 28th at the Library.  Thank you to Homegrown Hospitality Group for their annual sponsorship of this competition and to Sandra Brett and her committee for their leadership of this program.

Art submitted by middle and high school students to our 2019 Holocaust Creative Arts Competition are now on display at the Charleston County Public Library downtown at 68 Calhoun Street until the end of April.

Congratulations to our 2019 Holocaust Creative Arts Competition Award Winners!

Middle School Creative Writing

First Place: Grace Hamilton,  “Holocaust Diary,” Coastal Christian Prep

Second Place: Dora Bendetti, “Forgotten Now Remembered,” Rollings Middle School of the Arts

Honorable Mention:

Cortez Lee, “Holocaust Play”, James Simons Middle School

Isabelle Johnson, “Hours and Hours”, Haut Gap Middle School

Middle School Visual Arts

First Place: Abby Szala, “Fitting In?” Marrington Middle School of the Arts

Second Place: Adelaide Miller, “Remembering My Last Twin,” Cane Bay Middle School

Third Place: Julia Boyer, “Good-bye to my Daughter,” Charleston County School of the Arts

Honorable Mention:

Gracie Vanwagenen, “She Stands Strong”, Charleston County School of the Arts

Ireland Letizi, “A Look into a Girl’s Soul”, Marrington Middle School of the Arts

Lucas Hoffman, “A Prayer Through Numb Hands,” Charleston County School of the Arts

Middle School Multimedia

First Place: Shamore Burns and Trayvon Manigault, “An Original Rap about Irene Sendler, WWII Humanitarian,” St. James Santee Middle School

Second Place: Josylyn G. Taylor and Olivia Schuchow, “Women Facing the Holocaust,” Rollings Middle School of the Arts

High School Creative Writing

First Place: Jillian McManus, “And For What,” Bishop England High School

Second Place: Chase Bruder, “Diary of a White Rose,” Bishop England High School

Third Place: Emma Albano, “Playing for a Voice,” Bishop England High School

Honorable Mention:

Gabrielle Palmer, “After Dawn”, Goose Creek High School

Lewis Lee, “Kathy Lechter”, Goose Creek High School

High School Visual Arts

First Place: Margaret Woody, “Motherly Love,” Bishop England High School

Second Place: Doryan Boone, “Don’t Let Us Fade Away,” Fort Dorchester High School

Third Place: Nicole Boyd, “The Resistance of Vivou Chevrillon,” Bishop England High School

Honorable Mention:

Grace Hotchkiss, “Anne Frank,” Bishop England High School

Aidan McCool, “White Rose, ” Bishop England High School

High School Multimedia

First Place:  Reese Stoney, “Peace and Pain,” Goose Creek High School

Second Place: Joleen Rugema and Lilly Summers, “A Mother’s Love,” Goose Creek High School

Third Place: Madison Odom, “Train Wreck,” Goose Creek High School

Honorable Mention:

Alexandra Pack, “The Remains,” Goose Creek High School 

Miranda Hartnett, “During the Storm, She Dreamed of Trombones,” Charleston County School of the Arts         

THANK YOU & CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR WINNING SCHOOLS AND TEACHERS!

Laura Caddell, Coastal Christian Prep

Hallie Farmer, Rollings Middle School of the Arts

Jennifer Savage, James Simons Middle School

Kenneth Huttner, Haut Gap Middle School

Elizabeth Ellis, Marrington Middle School of the Arts

Jessica Wade, Cane Bay Middle School

Diamond Howard & Debra Benson, Charleston County School of the Arts

Stefani Timmerman, St. James Santee Middle School