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East Leyden photography student Magdalena Trusiewicz won the Best Overall Award for her "Whispering Wisdom" photo that was an entry in the Triton College Visual Communications Contest held in May. In this piece, Magdalena copied and pasted parts of a photo of smoke to build an image of a dove in her photograph.
Updated: July 22, 2012 6:02AM
District 212
Winners in Triton
artwork contest
During the month of May, Triton College sponsored its 41st annual Triton College Visual Communications Contest. The event is held to honor high school students who create digital communication artwork.
Students from 14 area high schools entered more than 400 pieces of artwork in the following 10 categories: Press Work, Screen Printing, Page Layout, Photo Shop, Illustrator, Web Design/Animation, Video, Digital Photography Edited and Digital Photography Unedited. Each category is divided into levels of competition based on the number of semesters a student has had in that media.
The entries are judged by industry specialists to determine the awards. All students receive certificates of participation and the top three at each level in each category receive awards. The projects are judged based on difficulty, creativity, neatness and clarity of information given by the student on their summary of steps taken to complete the project.
At the awards ceremony held on Monday, May 21, Leyden students captured numerous awards, including the Best Overall Award. This top award was presented to Magdalena Trusiewicz for her photo titled, “Whispering Wisdom.” In this piece, she copied and pasted parts of a photo of smoke to build an image of a dove in her photograph. Congratulations to the following Leyden students for their outstanding work:
Magdalena Trusiewicz, Best Overall Award, Digital Photography Edited IV; Kassidy Doyle, First place, Digital Photography Edited III; Kim Gussy, First place, Digital Photography Un‐Edited IV; Jessica Magnifico, Second place, Digital Photography Edited III; Nicole Muench, Third place, Digital Photography Edited III; Magdalena Trusiewicz, First place, Digital Photography Edited IV; Magdalena Trusiewicz, Second place, Digital Photography Edited IV; Jessica Zysko, Second place, Digital Photography Un‐Edited I; Lizbeth Gutierrez, First place, Digital Photography Edited I; Isamar Mata, First place, Digital Photography Un‐Edited III; Nikole Birholtz, Third, Digital Photography Edited IV; Gabriela Guevara, First place, Photoshop III; Gabriela Guevara, Second place, Photoshop IV; Christian Davila, Second place, Illustrator I; Rebecca Frey, Second place, Illustrator II; Bobby Covert, First place, Illustrator II; Igor Pagoda, Third place, Illustrator I; Jaharira Rodriguez, Third place, Graphic Design II.
Nat’l Tech Honor
Society inductees
A total of 13 District 212 students were inducted into the National Technical Honor society last fall.
The six East Leyden students inducted into the National Technical Honor Society are Toni Milushev, Patricia Le Grand, Kara Passialis, Cassie Dan, Asad Mian and Steve Vargas.
Family and Consumer Science teacher Jennifer Maldonado is the club sponsor at the East campus.
French Honor
Society inductees
Twenty-eight District 212 students who have an A average in French, as well as an interest in the language and culture, were inducted into the Cyrano De Bergerac Chapter of the Societe Honoraire de Francais (French Honor Society) Thursday, May 3, in the Little Theater at East Leyden High School, 3400 Rose St., Franklin Park.
The East Leyden inductees are: Angel Castillo, Youssef Dib, Ivan Dimitrov, Kevin Flores, Rebecca Frey, Alexandra Gutierrez, Christian Gutierrez, Naila Kapic, Jessica Krawiec, Eduardo, Ocon, Jazlin Rosario, Kevin Solis, Tiana Stephens and Maria Azvala.
Club sponsors are Michael Bodin from East Leyden.
