EPCHS student Ava Chandler has an opportunity to become a national medalist

EVERGREEN PARK, IL – The art department at Evergreen Park Community High School is proud to announce that eight students have been recognized as recipients of the 2025 Scholastic Art & Writing Awards. 

In addition to seven students receiving honorable mentions for their artworks across various platforms, EPCHS student Ava Chandler received a “Gold Key” recognition and has had her work, a drawing/illustration titled “Distorted Portrait,” sent to the national level of the competition. 

Gold Key works like the one created by Chandler are being judged at the national level in New York City. National medalists will be announced in March. 

EPCHS students who received honorable mention awards were: 

Student Name, Artwork Title, Medium

Nathaniel Novak, 5 Expressions of Rebecca, Digital Art

Alex Francisco, Alex H. Francisco, Painting 

Haley Staidl, Beach, Photography 

Kara Mullen, Distorted Portrait, Drawing & Illustration 

Astro Pentek, Guardian of the Sea, Ceramics & Glass

Marisol Prado, Through Prayer, Photography 

Juliana Bosch, What Do You See?, Drawing & Illustration 

The Scholastic Art & Writing Awards is a national show presented by the Alliance for Young Artists & Writers and is judged in stages. The above students’ works were reviewed and recognized by a panel of creative professionals and awarded for its outstanding merit in originality, skill, and the emergence of a personal voice and vision.