Okaloosa Arts Alliance names school poster winners

FORT WALTON BEACH, Fla. — The Okaloosa Arts Alliance (OAA) has announced the winners of its 13th annual OAA Okaloosa County School Poster Contest.

First-place winners included students from Northwest FL Ballet Académie, Rocky Bayou Christian School, and Crestview High School.

This year the theme was “Sparking the Arts.”

All 218 entries are displayed at Enlightened Studios (Grades 5^th-12^th) and the Fort Walton Beach Library (K-4^th) through May 20, 2022.

Enlightened is located at 142 Miracle Strip Parkway SE, Fort Walton Beach, FL 32548, and the FWB Library is located at 185 Miracle Strip Pkwy SE, Fort Walton Beach, FL 32548.

Participating schools include Rocky Bayou Christian School, Crestview High School, Youth Village, Silver Sands School, Destin High School, Fort Walton Beach High School, Shalimar Elementary, Northwest Florida Ballet Académie, Edge Elementary, Kenwood Elementary, Mary Esther Elementary, Elliot Point Elementary, Ruckel Middle School, Meigs Middle School, Lewis Middle School, and Bob Sikes Elementary.

Eglin Federal Credit Union generously donated gift cards.

Each 1st place prize was a $75 gift card, each 2nd place prize was a $50 gift card, and each 3rd place prize was a $25 gift card.

The winners and honorable mentions are as follows:

Elementary School (K5-4)

First Place, Norah Hall, 3rd Grade, Northwest FL Ballet Académie

Second Place, Chandler Fife-3rd Grade, Edge Elementary School

Third Place, Linley Chilcoat, 3^rd Grade, Edge Elementary School

Third Place, Mariah Tindall, 3^rd Grade, Kenwood Elementary School

Honorable Mention: Elizabeth Rose Bogar, Kindergarten, Youth Village

Honorable Mention: Nalani Thomas, 3^rd grade, Mary Esther Elementary

Honorable Mention: Colten Lowe-3rd Grade, Edge Elementary School

Honorable Mention: Elsie Darling-3rd Grade, Edge Elementary School

Honorable Mention: Lyric Hyde-4th Grade, Kenwood Elementary School

Honorable Mention: Ella Graves-2nd Grade, Kenwood Elementary School

Honorable Mention: Violet Lewis-3rd Grade, Kenwood Elementary School

Honorable Mention: Logan Bulay-1st Grade, Edge Elementary School

Honorable Mention: Mikayla Nolan-3rd Grade, Edge Elementary School

Honorable Mention: Zaniyah Williams, 4th grade, Mary Esther Elementary

Honorable Mention: Milan Mann-4th Grade, Kenwood Elementary School

Honorable Mention: Addisyn Mitchell- 1^st Grade, Shalimar Elementary School

Honorable Mention: Cadence Poluus- 1^st Grade, Shalimar Elementary School

Honorable Mention: Lennoh Gorman- 1^st Grade, Shalimar Elementary School

Honorable Mention: Jackson Roy Walker- 1^st Grade, Shalimar Elementary School

Honorable Mention: Ryker Beam- 1^st Grade, Shalimar Elementary School

Honorable Mention: Reuul Salazar- 1^st Grade, Shalimar Elementary School

Middle School  (5-8)

First Place, Sarah Hood, 8th Grade, Rocky Bayou Christian School

Second Place, Jenessa Laemmel, 7^th Grade, Rocky Bayou Christian School

Third Place, Brodie Laconlac, 7th grade, Ruckel Middle School

Honorable Mention: Anime Fleischer, 5th grade, Northwest FL Ballet Académie

Honorable Mention: Isabell Saiani, 8th Grade, Rocky Bayou Christian School

Honorable Mention: Kaycee Mercurio, 6th Grade, Rocky Bayou Christian School

Honorable Mention: Kyle Carver, 8th grade, Rocky Bayou Christian School

Honorable Mention: Molly Proulx, 8th grade, Rocky Bayou Christian School

Honorable Mention: Lela Cawood, 8th grade, Rocky Bayou Christian School

Honorable Mention: Emma Jacques, 5th grade, Kenwood Elementary School

Honorable Mention: Hailey Johnson, 5th grade, Kenwood Elementary School

Honorable Mention: Lilyian Skeen, 5th grade, Kenwood Elementary School

Honorable Mention: Jeneveve McKay, 7th grade, Northwest FL Ballet Académie

High School (9-12)

First Place, Kayla Watson, 10th Grade, Crestview High School

Second Place, Julia Partain, 9th Grade, Crestview High School

Third Place, Laura Hill, 9^th grade, Fort Walton Beach High School

Honorable Mention: Lily LaSalle, 10th Grade, Crestview High School

Honorable Mention: Sophia Reynolds, 9^th grade, Fort Walton Beach High School

Honorable Mention: Colt Moore, 9th grade, Destin High School

Honorable Mention: Chris Hanson, 11th grade, Destin High School

Honorable Mention: Elizabeth Guerrero, 10^th grade, Fort Walton Beach High School

Honorable Mention: Catherine McCraine, 9th grade, Destin High School

Honorable Mention: Isabella Perez, 9th Grade, Crestview High School

Honorable Mention: Joanha Jimenee, 9^th grade, Fort Walton Beach High School

Honorable Mention: Brooke Moran, 9th grade, Destin High School

Honorable Mention: Kai Parker-Ramirez, 9th Grade, Crestview High School

Honorable Mention: Ro Rhiando, 11th grade, Destin High School

Honorable Mention: Saline Therrie, 12^th grade, Fort Walton Beach High School

Honorable Mention: Callie Young, 11^th grade, Fort Walton Beach High School

The Okaloosa Arts Alliance (OAA) is a non-profit 501(c)3 local arts agency that strengthens Okaloosa County by supporting the arts through advocacy, education, and marketing.

The OAA is supported in part by the Florida Department of State Division of Arts & Culture and from Florida Arts auto license tag revenues but could not exist without its members and community support. For more information, go to www.okaloosaarts.org

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