Goshen High School and C.J. Hooker Middle School didn’t just set a new record for Scholastic Art Awards received by the district this year, it was more than doubled. Just one year ago in 2024, Goshen’s entries set a new record that would only last one year, winning eight gold, 15 silver, and 12 honorable mentions. In 2025, the Gladiator’s artists established a new high in awards received: 23 Gold, 24 Silver and 38 Honorable Mentions. For seniors Lefa Brown and Katie Palau, the recognition reflects hard work they put in every day in Goshen’s art program.
Lefa began participating in the art program at Goshen in fifth grade. This year, she was recognized for multiple entries to the Scholastic Arts awards, including a Silver award for her piece Sheryl Crow in the drawing and illustration category. The work came out of an assignment Goshen’s Chrissy Pahucki gave students: draw a famous person on a map of where that person is from. “Sheryl Crow is from Missouri and I love her,” Lefa said. “So I was like: ‘I’ll draw her with pen and ink.’”

Katie Palau has been a part of the art program in Goshen for as long as she can remember. Like Lefa, Katie received multiple awards from her Scholastic entries, including a Gold award for Mood Wheel, a wooden sculpture of herself with an acrylic background that has wheels in more ways than one.
“It’s only on wheels because it’s so heavy,” Katie said. “It’s on a gym scooter so that we can slide it around. It’s a big wooden wheel that spins and it stands up and there’s a cut out in front.”

Lefa feels like the awards Goshen students won this year through Scholastic are meaningful. “I think it’s getting recognition for your really hard work,” Lefa said. “A lot of these pieces that everyone did took three months. I think it’s nice to be recognized.”
“I worked super hard for six months,” Katie said. “It feels really good to have someone recognize it.”


See the award winning entries from Goshen students in this year’s Scholastic Arts awards here:
Goshen High School Awards
American Vision Award

Paulette Nedorost, 9th grade, Digital Art
Gold Award

Shiny Still Life
Hannah Barhorst, 11th grade, Painting

Kaitlyn Baumgardt, 10th grade, Painting

Kaitlyn Baumgardt, 10th grade, Painting

Kaitlyn Baumgardt, 10th grade, Painting

Tahir Bernard, 10th grade, Drawing & Illustration

Ava Carroll, 11th grade, Painting

Fiona Corrigan, 11th grade, Painting

Alexa Krabbe, 8th grade, Drawing & Illustration

Alexa Krabbe, 9th grade, Photography

Michelle Navidad, 9th grade, Painting

Onyx Ortiz, 12th grade, Painting

Katie Palau, 12th grade, Sculpture

Sunny Rain
Gianna Peters, 11th grade, Digital Art

Riley Quattrini, 12th grade, Photography

Sabine Sanchezcastellanos, 12th grade, Editorial Cartoon

Arianna Tuthill, 12th grade, Photography

Arianna Tuthill, 12th grade, Photography

Stefany Vidals Hernandez, 12th grade, Digital Art

A day in the school bus
Stefany Vidals Hernandez, 12th grade, Digital Art

Stefany Vidals Hernandez, 12th grade, Digital Art
Star Poodle – Gianna Peters, 10th grade, Film & Animation
Silver Award

Hannah Barhorst, 10 grade, Digital Art

Tahir Bernard, 10th grade, Drawing & Illustration

Lefa Brown, 12th grade, Drawing & Illustration

Ava Carroll, 10the grade, Painting

Ava Carroll, 11th grade, Ceramics & Glass

Liam Clark, 12th grade, Photography

Liam Clark, 12th grade, Photography

Fiona Corrigan, 12th grade, Photography

Olivia Jiang, 10th grade, Painting

Onyx Ortiz, 11th grade, Painting

Katie Palau, 12th grade, Sculpture

Digital Art

Riley Quattrini, 12th grade, Photography

Riley Quattrini, 12th grade, Painting

Morgan Taylor, 12th grade, Painting

Arianna Tuthill, 12th grade, Photography

Arianna Tuthill, 12th grade, Photography

Arianna Tuthill, 12th grade, Photography

Arianna Tuthill, 12th grade, Photography

Arianna Tuthill, 12th grade, Photography

Arianna Tuthill, 12th grade, Photography

Stefany Vidals Hernandez, 12th grade, Editorial Cartoon

Stefany Vidals Hernandez, 12th grade, Digital Art
Honorable Mentions

Hannah Barhorst, 11th grade, Editorial Cartoon

Kaitlyn Baumgardt, 10th grade, Painting

Tahir Bernard, 10th grade, Drawing & Illustration

Lefa Brown, 12th grade, Painting

Lefa, Brown, 12th grade, Painting

Lefa Brown, 12th grade, Painting

Lefa Brown, 12th grade, Painting

Underwater, Lefa Brown, 12th grade, Painting

Lefa Brown, 12th grade, Painting

Laundry Night
Ava Carroll, 10th grade, Painting

Ava Carroll, 10th grade,
Drawing & Illustration

Fiona Corrigan, 12th grade, Photography

Lost and Found
Fiona Corrigan, 11th grade
Drawing & Illustration

Abandoned
Alexa Krabbe, 8th grade, Photography

Kelsey Layman, 12th grade, Sculpture

Onyx Ortiz, 12th grade, Drawing & Illustration

Onyx Ortiz, 12th grade, Editorial Cartoon

Self Portrait
Onyx Ortiz, 12th grade, Drawing & Illustration

The Crow
Onyx Ortiz, 12th grade, Drawing & Illustration

Wolf in The Woods
Onyx Ortiz, 12th grade, Drawing & Illustration

Acceptance
Katie Palau, 12th grade, Painting

Katie Palau, 12th grade, Painting

Katie Palau, 12th grade, Painting

Katie Palau, 12th grade, Painting

Katie Palau, 12th grade, Painting

Riley Quattrini, 12th grade, Painting

Riley Quattrini, 12th grade, Painting

Riley Quattrini, 12th grade, Portfolio (Art)

In A Time
Riley Quattrini, 12th grade, Portfolio (Art)

Riley Quattrini, 12th grade, Photography

Riley Quattrini, 12th grade, Painting

Riley Quattrini, 12th grade, Photography

Riley Quattrini, 11th grade, Painting

Riley Quattrini, 12th grade, Painting

Morgan Taylor, 11th grade, Painting

Sabine Sanchezcastellanos, 12th grade, Portfolio (Art)

Sabine Sanchezcastellanos, 12th grade, Portfolio (Art)

Sabine Sanchezcastellanos, 12th grade, Portfolio (Art)

Sabine Sanchezcastellanos, 12th grade, Portfolio (Art)

Sabine Sanchezcastellanos, 12th grade, Portfolio (Art)

Sabine Sanchezcastellanos, 12th grade, Portfolio (Art)

Stefany Vidals Hernandez, 12th grade, Digital Art
C.J. Hooker Middle School Awards
Gold awards

Anna Shapiro, 8th grade, Editorial Cartoon

Gundam
Anna Shapiro, 8th grade, Comic Art

modern days
Camila Perez, 8th grade, Architecture & Industrial Design

Sunny Winter Morning
Liesl McGuinness, 8th grade, Photography

Mateo Vanichpong Barbosa, 8th grade, Mixed Media

Matthew Castillo Valencia, 8th grade, Painting

Giuliana Kyles, 8th grade, Sculpture
Silver Award

Anna Shapiro, 8th grade, Photography

Camille Pedrosa, 8th grade, Painting

Cora Massaro, 8th grade, Photography

Cora Massaro, 8th grade, Photography

Cora Massaro, 8th grade, Photography

Daniela Gomez-Redondo, 8th grade, Photography

Liesl McGuinness, 8th grade, Photography

Liesl McGuinness, 8th grade, Photography

Maiya Nurse, 8th grade, Painting

Marissa Monteiro, 8th grade, Fashion

Mia Rucker, 8th grade, Photography

Mia Rucker, 8th grade, Photography

Nishi Patel, 8th grade, Photography

Nora McAndrews, 8th grade, Sculpture

Serafina Marku, 8th grade, Photography

Thehan Lekamalage, 8th grade, Editorial Cartoon

Thehan Lekamalage, 8th grade, Painting
Honorable Mentions

Anna Shapiro, 8th grade, Photography

Anna Shapiro, 8th grade, Photography

Anna Shapiro, 8th grade, Drawing & Illustration

Cora Massaro, 8th grade, Photography

Cora Massaro, 8th grade, Photography

Gabriella McManus, 8th grade, Photography

Escaping
Gianna Lamparillo, 8th grade, Sculpture

Giuliana Kyles, 8th grade, Photography

Giuliana Kyles, 8th grade, Photography

Giuliana Kyles, 8th grade, Photography

Thehan Lekamalage, 8th grade, Photography

Cora Massaro, 8th grade, Photography

Leah Gorman, 8th grade, Photography

Leah Gorman, 8th grade, Photography

Matthew Castillo Valencia, 8th grade, Photography

May CoppersCostantino, 8th grade, Photography

Melania Civitano, 8th grade, Photography

Nishi Patel, 8th grade, Mixed Media

Nishi Patel, 8th grade, Mixed Media

Nishi Patel, 8th grade, Photography

Rhyanne Ruffy, 8th grade, Photography

Camila Perez, 8th grade, Architecture & Industrial Design

Serafina Marku, 8th grade, Sculpture

Serafina Marku, 8th grade, Sculpture