Northside student artists won top honors at the TAEA Junior Visual Arts Scholastic Event (VASE).
Students must complete an individual student interview with a juror and also have their artwork assessed using a rigorous rubric that spans technical merit, critical judgement and expressive/aesthetic choices.
Northside ISD had 565 entries and of those, 463 were awarded the highest rating. Those artworks were then adjudicated in a second round where ten percent of all medalists were awarded a Platinum Medal. NISD had 38 Platinum awards.
Platinum Medals were:
Medalist |
School |
Teacher |
Damian Aceves |
Bernal Middle School |
Carol Hasselbalch |
Muniba Afghan |
Rudder Middle School |
Ymelda Salas |
Kennedy Baser |
Bernal Middle School |
John Davis |
Grace Bellos |
Rawlinson Middle School |
Cruz Ramirez |
Diego Carrillo |
Jordan Middle School |
Kari Blalack |
Gianna A. Cortez |
Pease Middle School |
Ron Palos |
Jack Crosby |
Folks Middle School |
Clayton Kilduff |
Skylar Eastland-sicat |
Rudder Middle School |
Ymelda Salas |
Lauren Espinoza |
Rayburn Middle School |
Larry West |
Nora Hacker |
Bernal Middle School |
Carol Hasselbalch |
Reese Hansen |
Folks Middle School |
Clayton Kilduff |
Stori J. Losey |
Luna Middle School |
Kevin Bell |
Eleanor Morgan |
Bernal Middle School |
Sasha Bashkiroff |
Yesenia Morin |
Bernal Middle School |
John Davis |
Angel Ortega |
Rudder Middle School |
Ymelda Salas |
Jillian Ortiz |
Zachry Middle School |
Rachael Acosta |
Claire Parker |
Rawlinson Middle School |
Cruz Ramirez |
Alessandra Perez |
Bernal Middle School |
John Davis |
Prianne Perez |
Rudder Middle School |
Ymelda Salas |
Genesis Pinkney |
Straus Middle School |
Cynthia Benning-Spencer |
Keira Quarles |
Folks Middle School |
Clayton Kilduff |
Ysabella Ramos |
Stinson Middle School |
Nadine Duncan |
Ava m. Rodriguez |
Luna Middle School |
Kevin Bell |
Zoey Rodriguez |
Rudder Middle School |
Ymelda Salas |
Alejandro Ruiz |
Hector Garcia Middle School |
Cristina Velenzuela |
Layla J. Sanchez |
Rayburn Middle School |
Theresa Northway |
Andrea Sandoval |
Luna Middle School |
Kevin Bell |
Khloe Sauceda |
Stinson Middle School |
Beth Maldonado |
Alishba Syeda |
Hobby Middle School |
Nick Perry |
Avery Toombs |
Rawlinson Middle School |
Cruz Ramirez |
Alex Trant |
Rudder Middle School |
Ymelda Salas |
Ethan Trevino |
Rawlinson Middle School |
Cruz Ramirez |
Ella Visagie |
Staus Middle School |
Robyn Archer |
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