Winners have been announced for Carroll County public schools' annual media festival for students in all grades.
PHOTOGRAPHY DIVISION
Best of show (selected from all first-place winners): "Rustic Fence Post," Allyson Lethbridge, Northwest Middle; "The Singer," Jay Vette, Mount Airy Elementary; "Steel Wheel," Brittany Lethbridge, Elmer Wolfe Elementary.
First place Experimental: K-2, color, "Reflections," Alexandra Julian, Carrolltowne Elementary; 3-5, color, "Icy Trees in Reflection," Brianna Stefanelli, Hampstead Elementary.
Still life: K-2, color, "My Jennifer's Flowers," Alanna Leipold, Linton Springs Elementary; K-2, black and white, "Galactic Battle," Connor Trexler, Mount Airy Elementary; K-2, digital, "Mixed Up Season," Johnathan Mayo, Carrolltowne Elementary; 3-5, color, "Steel Wheel," Brittany Lethbridge, Elmer Wolfe Elementary; 3-5, black and white, "Sphere of Light," Ashby Haines, Manchester Elementary; 3-5, digital, "Snowman w/Bad Hair Day," Lori Wiles, Mount Airy Elementary; 6-8, color, "Ripe and Red," Allyson Lethbridge, Northwest Middle.
Life study: K-2, color, "Puppy Sleeping," Mackenzie Kappe, Mount Airy Elementary; K-2, black and white, "Dad, The Policeman," Connor Trexler, Mount Airy Elementary; K-2, digital, "Leah Looking Upward," Johnathan Mayo, Carrolltowne Elementary; 3-5, color, "Beauty and the Beast," Max Vinson, Manchester Elementary; 3-5, black and white, "The Singer," Jay Vette, Mount Airy Elementary; 3-5, digital, "Out for a Stroll," Lori Wiles, Mount Airy Elementary; 6-8, color, "In Like a Lamb," Rachael Schuster, New Windsor Middle; 6-8, black and white, "So Many Letters/Little Time," Amber Maurer, North Carroll Middle; 9-12, black and white; "You-Me in the Shade," Meghan Phinney, Westminster High.
Landscape: K-2, color, "Bahama Beach," Jacob Caples, Hampstead Elementary; K-2, digital, "Washington Monument," Jill Kile, Mount Airy Elementary; 3-5, color, "Sunset on the Harbor," Andrew McCorkle, Sandymount Elementary; 3-5, black and white, "Old Man Rock," Kristen May, Linton Springs Elementary; 3-5, digital, "Snow Banks Waterfall," Lori Wiles, Mount Airy Elementary; 6-8, color, "Rustic Fence Post," Allyson Lethbridge, Northwest Middle; 9-12, color, "Backs to the Future," Andrew Balchunas, Liberty High.
Second place
Experimental: 3-5, color, "Spangled Tomato," Brittany Lethbridge, Elmer Wolfe Elementary.
Still life: K-2, color, "Icicle Leaf," T. J. Baker, Elmer Wolfe Elementary; 3-5, color, "Victorian Evening," Kim Moore, Piney Ridge Elementary; 3-5, black and white, "Oops! Forgot Something," Sheridan Rental, Mount Airy Elementary; 6-8, color, "Purrr-fect," Lindsay Young, New Windsor Middle.
Life study: K-2, color, "Icy Day," Chandler Mass, Hampstead Elementary; K-2, black and white, "Game Ball," Collins Lethbridge, Elmer Wolfe Elementary; 3-5, color, "Marching On," Jennifer Nevin, Sandymount Elementary; 3-5, black and white, "Pony in Brush," Sabra Bushey, Linton Springs Elementary; 3-5, digital, "You Talkin' to Me?", David Tyler Grimes, William Winchester Elementary; 6-8, color, "Beat the Heat," Allyson Lethbridge, Northwest Middle.
Landscape: K-2, color, "The Snow Stream" (tie), Katie Tine, Manchester Elementary; K-2, color, "Lonely Canoes" (tie), Cody Cooley, Linton Springs Elementary; 3-5, color, "Brandywine Falls," Sabra Bushey, Linton Springs Elementary; 3-5, black and white, "Farm Truck," Jay Vette, Mount Airy Elementary; 6-8, color, "A Florida Sunset," Amy Miskimon, North Carroll Middle; 6-8, black and white, "Chimes Tower/Longwood," Amber Maurer, North Carroll Middle; 9-12, color, "Eastern Light," Becky Pickett, Westminster High.
VIDEO PRODUCTION
First place: K-2, "Visit to Washington D.C.," Jill Kile, Mount Airy Elementary; 3-5, "Kids, Guns, and Violence," Wayne Downing, Carrolltowne Elementary; 9-12, "Musee des Beaux Arts," Lindsay Alford, Jamie Schlipper, Amanda Taylor, Becky Wood, Westminster High.
SEQUENTIAL SKILLS
First Place: K-2, "The Weird Election," Marina Stevens, Linton Springs Elementary.
Second place: K-2, "Wants and Needs," Johnathan Mayo, Carrolltowne Elementary.
All students who participated but are not listed will receive honorable mention certificates.
