On April 1, students from the C. J. Hooker Middle School traveled to Saratoga to compete in the Olympics of the Visual Arts, an event sponsored by the New York Art Teachers Association. This is the first time that CJH students attended the event with their peers from Scotchtown Avenue Elementary School and Goshen High School.

Our students presented wonderfully creative art projects in different categories: drawing, painting, architecture, sculpture, furniture design, photography and illustration.

All of our students’ efforts were exceptional, and seventh grade student Lee Bush placed first in the drawing category with his rendering of a playground. During the competition, Bush also drew a picture for a spontaneous project. He completed the drawing in an hour and a half and it counted for a third of his overall score.

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