Students recognized for being young artists

The Walnut Valley Unified School District Board of Trustees recognized 29 young artists for their award winning entries in the annual Music K-8 Cover Contest.

The fifth-grade students representing seven WVUSD had their artwork selected from over 16,000 nationwide entries.

Music Specialist Judy Brunelle introduced the students who received a Certificate of Award and color copy of their artwork that appeared in the June issue of the Music K-8 magazine. 

Top Winners: Samantha Yang, Quail Summit - 1st Runner-Up and $125 winner; Eunice Chung, Maple Hill - 1st Runner-Up and $125 winner; Serris Lew, Westhoff - 2nd Runner Up and $100 winner. Top Finalists: Sarah Wang, Jessie Wang, Nadine Lin - Westhoff; Victoria Shen, Betty Kim, and James Park - Maple Hill; Eric Chen- Quail Summit. Finalists: Stephanie Yang, Nicholas Huang, Sandy Pan - Evergreen; Nicolas Zhou, Azaan Barlas, Luis Choa, Angela Hou, Brandon Chen, and Emily Su - Quail Summit; Sejin Park - Walnut El; Jessica Lai - Collegewood; Derek Wan - Westhoff; and Mark Shin Castle Rock. Honorable Mention:Amber Min - Castle Rock; Jedidiah Hu - Walnut El; Eric Liu - Quail Summit; Gabrielle Thornock and Justin Kim - Evergreen.