Forty-eight LWSD students recognized for excellence in art and writing
Lake Washington School District (LWSD) students have always excelled in art and writing, and this year is no different. Forty-eight LWSD students were recognized during this year’s Scholastic Art & Writing Awards. Among all the LWSD schools that participated, students earned 28 gold keys, 25 silver keys and 43 honorable mentions. Artists who received a Gold Key for their entries are then judged on the national level. These students will find out in mid-March if they receive a national award.
The Scholastic Art & Writing Awards are the nation’s longest-running and most prestigious recognition program for creative teens in grades 7–12. There will be a virtual event held in May to celebrate award recipients. An event in June will feature the national award winners at a ceremony.
Below is a list of the LWSD students who earned the regional Gold Key, Silver Key and Honorable Mention awards of the 2025 Scholastic Art & Writing Awards (listed by student name, grade, award, category and name of project):
Art
- Eastlake High School
- Rosie Bao, Grade 9
- Gold Key, Comic Art, “Distortion of Time”
- Honorable Mention, Digital Art, “If I Am Me, Why Am I Still Trapped Here?”
- Kevin Chen, Grade 9, Honorable Mention, Painting, “School Reality and Imagination”
- Marissa Dzio, Grade 12
- Silver Key, Painting, “Castle in my Dreams”
- Honorable Mention, Mixed Media, “Hidden Perfections”
- Sophia Huang, Grade 12
- Gold Key, Painting, “Sign of Heritage”
- Silver Key, Painting, “The Ugly Duckling”
- Sarah Lei, Grade 10, Honorable Mention, Painting, “Chroma Multiplicity”
- Kaitlyn Ma, Grade 11,
- Honorable Mention, Painting, “In The Eye of The Beholder”
- Honorable Mention, Comic Art, “Renewal”
- Eileen Moon, Grade 9, Honorable Mention, Painting, “Let My Insecurities Bloom”
- Julia Qu, Grade 9, Silver Key, Drawing & Illustration, “Cat & Toy”
- Zenith Tang, Grade 11
- Gold Key, Painting, “Bloodless Sunset
- Honorable Mention, Painting, ”Peach, Peeled Softly”
- Jeffrey Yuan, Grade 12
- Gold Key, Painting, “A Light in the Dark”
- Gold Key, Painting, “Making Waves”
- Rosie Bao, Grade 9
- International Community School
- Isabella Chang, Grade 9, Gold Key, Digital Art, “Perfect Grade Expectation”
- Marie Choi, Grade 8, Silver Key, Painting, “True Beauty”
- Rosha Roudaki, Grade 11, Gold Key, Comic Art, “The Journey, Acceptance, and Betrayal”
- Xuanyue Shang, Grade 10, Gold Key, Drawing & Illustration, “U.S”
- Julie Sheng, Grade 12
- Honorable Mention, Mixed Media, “Journey to Belonging”
- Honorable Mention, Mixed Media, “Nostalgia”
- Honorable Mention, Painting, “Shame”
- Yuhan Song, Grade 9, Honorable Mention, Digital Art, “Beacon”
- Grace Yu, grade 10
- Gold Key, Painting, Resonance
- Silver Key, Painting, “Sunset at Mount Fuji”
- Lake Washington High School
- Jinho Lee, grade 12
- Honorable Mention, Drawing & Illustration, “Ambivalence”
- Silver Key, Photography, “Lake Day”
- Gold Key, Digital Art, “Let's Feast Under This Heat Wave!”
- Honorable Mention, Painting, “Life with Colors”
- Silver Key, Painting, “Soar”
- Gold Key, Digital Art, “Splash Splash”
- Gold Key, Photography, “To Speak”
- Gold Key, Portfolio (Art), “Unearthing the Treasure Within”
- Gold Key, Photography, “Water Dynamic”
- Hyolyn Yang, Grade 12, Silver Key, Portfolio (Art), “Discovery & Expression”
- Jinho Lee, grade 12
- Redmond High School
- Jennifer Gao, Grade 10, Honorable Mention, Painting, “Hope Floats on Summer” Winds
- Halim Lee, Grade 10
- Gold Key, Film & Animation, “As You Are”
- Silver Key, Mixed Media, “Growth”
- Honorable Mention, Painting, “Shadows of Hope”
- Honorable Mention, Painting, “Shadows on Me”
- Ruoqi Miao, Grade 11
- Silver Key, Comic Art, “Future You”
- Gold Key, Drawing & Illustration, “The Abyss Within the Glass”
- Honorable Mention, Drawing & Illustration, “ Wings of Reverie”
- Fiona Xian, Grade 10
- Silver Key, Painting, “A Child’s Earthbound Curiosity”
- Silver Key, Digital Art, “Between Flags”
- Silver Key, Photography, ”Beyond the Chaos”
- Silver Key, Painting, “Caught in the Screen”
- Honorable Mention, Painting, “Cousin Hangout”
- Honorable Mention, Mixed Media, “Deemed the Better One”
- Gold Key, Painting, “First Day”
- Silver Key, Mixed Media, “I am not Chinese”
- Gold Key, Painting, “Judged by the Cover”
- Gold Key, Digital Art, “Losing My Skin”
- Gold Key, Painting, “Mahjong”
- Gold Key, Digital Art, “Make a Wish”
- Gold Key, Editorial Cartoon, “Ongoing Inflation”
- Silver Key, Drawing & Illustration, “Safe at Home”
- Honorable Mention, Photography, “Scarred”
- Gold Key, Drawing & Illustration, “Summer 2010”
- Silver Key, Drawing & Illustration, “There’s More to the World?”
- Eva Zrazhevskaya, Grade 11
- Honorable Mention, Painting, “So this How Mountains Look?”
- Silver Key, Painting, “The Last Chapter”
- Tesla STEM High School
- Elisa Kim, Grade 12, Honorable Mention, Photography, “What Do I See?”
Writing
- Eastlake High School
- Bharat Dwivedi, Grade 9
- Gold Key, Poetry, “ataiyalam // pilgrimage”
- Honorable Mention, Poetry, “polaroid”
- Ruohan Huang, Grade 11
- Silver Key, Flash Fiction, “The End of Infinity”
- Gold Key, Journalism, “ Why Too Many Choices May Not Be the Best Choice”
- Gia Kim, Grade 9, Honorable Mention, Poetry, “My Black Screen”
- Brooke Lin, Grade 11, Honorable Mention, Flash Fiction, “Good Things Come to Those Who Take”
- Katherine Long, Grade 9
- Honorable Mention, Flash Fiction, “Blue Hour”
- Honorable Mention, Critical Essay, “On the Moral Obligation to be Intelligent in Asian Culture”
- Ila Lu, Grade 9, Honorable Mention, Poetry, “the first taste”
- Eileen Moon, Grade 9, Honorable Mention, Poetry, “Reaching Back”
- Savitur Ramasubramanian, Grade 9, Gold Key, Poetry, “Symphony of Stammer”
- Bharat Dwivedi, Grade 9
- International Community School
- Susana Castañeda, Grade 8, Honorable Mention, Flash Fiction, “Case #8113”
- Emily Dai, Grade 8, Silver Key, Flash Fiction, “School Alone”
- Joy Le, Grade 8, Honorable Mention, Flash Fiction, “Reconciliation”
- Kieran McLoughlin, Grade 12, Silver Key, Poetry, “Panic Attack”
- Lily Pogue, Grade 11, Silver Key, Poetry, “A Couple of Breakfast Thoughts”
- Jasmine Zhen, Grade 12, Gold Key, Critical Essay, “’Coming from a Black Man’s Soul’: Emotional Pain and the Redefinition of the Black Experience in Harlem Renaissance Art and Writing”
- Lake Washington High School
- Addison Goldberg, Grade 12
- Honorable Mention, Personal Essay & Memoir, “All Was Well”
- Honorable Mention, Critical Essay, “Childhood Trauma in the Classroom and the Positive Effects of Trauma-Informed Education on Students With and Without Childhood Trauma”
- Jinho Lee, Grade 12, Silver Key, Critical Essay, “Reinventing School Meal”
- Addison Goldberg, Grade 12
- Redmond High School
- Isabella Li, Grade 10, Honorable Mention, Flash Fiction, “Winter Nostalgia”
- Siri Mutalik Desai, Grade 11, Gold Key, Poetry, “two dimensional”
- Jillian Swigard, Grade 12, Honorable Mention, Flash Fiction, “Pomegranate”
- Stephanie Chen, Grade 10, Silver Key, Critical Essay, “Autism in Society: The Struggles of Individuals with ASD”
- Nicole Cheng, Grade 10, Honorable Mention, Personal Essay & Memoir, “A Playlist for Nostalgia”
- Sirjana Kaur, Grade 11
- Honorable Mention, Poetry, “creation song”
- Honorable Mention, Poetry, “Letter for Chetna”
- Honorable Mention, Poetry, “School Song / Offerings”
- Silver Key, Poetry, “this is my american disappearing”
- Tesla STEM High School
- Ivana Mohapatra, Grade 9, Honorable Mention, Poetry, “School Hope”
- Ivana Mohapatra, Grade 9, Honorable Mention, Poetry, “School Hope”
- Evergreen Middle School
- Jamie Zhu, Grade 8
- Honorable Mention, Poetry, “Dreams Come True”
- Honorable Mention, Poetry, “My favorite, fall”
- Jamie Zhu, Grade 8