IHS photography students made their mark at the 2019 Washington State High School Photography Competition. Eason Chen earned third place in the People category, which was also selected for the Jones Soda Award, which means it will be printed on 250,000 Jones Soda bottles. Eason's photo is part of a traveling exhibit that will be on display at three locations around Seattle through 2019, including the Seattle Art Musuem.
Eason also earned two Judges Select ribbons in the People category and a Judges Select ribbon in the Landscape category.
Lillian Zhu won fourth place in the Landscape category and a Judges Select ribbon in the Documentary category.
Connor McKee-Sargent was a finalist in the Manipulation and Portrait categories and got a Judges Select ribbon in Manipulation.
Giovanni Jennings won a Judges Select ribbon in Landscape, and Mason Maron won a Judges Select ribbon in the Animal category.
Issaquah High's 41 entries were among 3,500 entries from 66 schools across the state, which makes it the largest high school photo competition in the U.S.
Check out all the top photo prizes.
On May 15, 74 members of the Pine Lake Middle School seventh grade orchestra visited Thorndyke Elementary in Tukwila to share a music program called “Giving Bach” with second- through fifth-grade students. Pine Lake students became teachers and worked one-on-one with elementary students, giving a hands-on musical experience with a string instrument. In a matter of minutes, the elementary students were playing along to a song. Pine Lake students enjoyed performing, teaching, leading games, and participating in recess with the students of Thorndyke Elementary.
Have you got five minutes and feel like maybe crying a bit? Then check out "One in 13 Million," the national award-winning film by Issaquah High student Isobel Grudin! Isobel's film received an Award of Excellence in this year's National PTA Reflections competition. She was one of only three high school students in the country to receive the award for film. This year's Reflections theme was "Heroes Around Me." Here's what Isobel had to say about her film:
“Becoming a hero does not happen overnight. It is not a job title or something one can vacation from. From the first time a child lays its eyes upon their parents, they see heroes. From then on, for the rest of their lives, parents are striving to be those heroes. When a child has a single parent, that parent works much harder to be their hero. Single parents often go unnoticed for the work they do and the hardships they face. There are thirteen million single parents in the US that selflessly become heroes for their children.