OCSA students were honorees in the Art category for the 2025 Scholastic Art and Writing Awards
The following OCSA students were honorees in the Art category for the 2025 Scholastic Art and Writing Awards, which celebrates creative teens regionally and nationally with awards, exhibitions, publications, and scholarships.
Regional Honorable Mention
Samantha Bailey (VA, ‘26) - “Little Girl Keepsakes”
Jack Chen (DM, ‘28) - “From shattered porcelain, we rise, for in our breaking, we find our strength” and “SURVIVAL POD”
Yuer Chen (VA, ‘28) - “Bubble Buddies”
Nuri Chin (DM, ‘25) - “Memories of Sailing With My Sister”
Christian Cho (VA, ‘26) - “Battle Against Time”, “Falling Under Pressure”, and “Silent Struggle”
Isabella Cho (ACT, ‘27) - “Entangled by a net”, “Waters of Sorrow”, and “Whispers of Waste: Urban Echoes"
Jennifer Choi (VA, ‘26) - “Carrying Tomorrow”
Annie Cui (DM, ‘26) - “Into the Blue”
Anvi Dayal (FTV, ‘26) - “It’s Alive! PSA”
Elodie Fu (VA, ‘28) - “Golden” and “Swinging into Stillness”
Eloise Fu (VA, ‘28) - “Culture Echos”
Bella Hwang (CV, ‘27) - “Lipstick on a Pig”
Claire Jung (DM, ‘28) - “Under the Canopy”
Elizabeth Kim (CAH, ‘28) - “Left” and “The Orange Gaze”
Mooyong Kim (DM, ‘27) - “Broken Life”
Shine Kim (FTV, ‘27) - “Even At the Peak, There is Only More Sky” and “The Memories We Left Behind”
Akari Kobayashi (DM, ‘28) - “Within the space of solitude”
Chloe Koo (VA, ‘28) - “Diverging Paths” and “growing reflections”
Ava Kwon (PD, ‘29) - “Sushi”
Erin Lee (VA, ‘27) - “Angelic Fear”
Haewon Lee (VA, ‘25) - “Breaking My Generational Confinement”
Harah Lee (VA, ‘26) - “Paint the Town Blue”
Jessica Lin (VA, ‘26) - “Jackson Hansanuwat”
Jason Liu (VA, ‘28) - “Roots Within”
Jewel Min (DM, ‘28) - “Bride of Goryeo”
Ava Park (VA, ‘25) - “A Fish Shop”, “Plastic to Plush, “Portfolio 2”, “Quiet Routine”, and “Tangled Aspirations”
Irene Son (VA, ‘25) - “Elemental Flow”
YanJun Wang (VA, ‘26) - “The Quiet Light”
Emily Wen (VA, ‘26) - “Ocean of Thoughts” and “Rosy Reverie”
Julianne Wu (DM, ‘27) - “The Gender Complex”
Keyun Xiao (VA, ‘25) - “Inertia”
Emily Yi (VA, ‘26) - “Connected Solitude”, “Driver’s Plea: Save Our Seas”, “Dreams Resting On My Hand”, “The Burden of War on Innocence”, and “Woven Threads of Emotion”
Sol Yoon (VA, ‘27) - “Sinking in”
Shujia Zhang (VA, ‘27) - “Breaking Through”
Xinmeng Zhang (PD) - “Connect to the solar system”
Teresa Zhu (CV, ‘29) - “Resilience Through Ruin”
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