Wheeling Schools
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First place, Prose - 'Slingshot'Apr 07, 2022 11:00 pm - During a rainy lunch time, Jason sat at a table in the school cafeteria with his two friends, Bill and Sonny. He said he had an idea that he had been thinking about for ...
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Third place, Visual Art - 'Life Versus Death'Apr 07, 2022 11:00 pm - Judge's comment: This simple diptych is layered with meaning reinforced by employing color and texture. The hands hold single flowers at varying stages of life, conceptu...
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Third place, Prose - 'The Last Sunrise'Apr 07, 2022 11:00 pm - The sun rose for the final time. Myron wasn't the only one who knew this. Other astronomers had worked it out, but few believed their calculations at first, and later, n...
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Second place, Poetry - 'Two Erasers'Apr 07, 2022 11:00 pm - I never wrote in pen. It was always a perfectly sharpened pencil, and two erasers, just in case. A fear gripped to me, that there would be a mistake I couldn't fix, a ...
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First place, Poetry - 'Luncheon in South Garden of the Art Institute of Chicago'Apr 07, 2022 11:00 pm - I lunch among strangers gathered to the sound of splashing, collapsing water spears not quite drowning the sirens, motors on Michigan Avenue. Prone upon the pool edge, ...
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Third place, Poetry - 'The Oracle'Apr 07, 2022 11:00 pm - When my belly was stretched and rounded with you at nearly full-term, a tanned and bearded Greek man with sparkling white teeth would approach, kneel down and press in....
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First place, Visual Art - 'The Husk'Apr 07, 2022 11:00 pm - Judge's comment: This haunting figure evokes strong emotions while raising questions about the fragility of our bodies and alluding to a dystopian narrative. The artist ...
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Honorable mention, Prose — 'Masquerade'Apr 07, 2022 11:00 pm - “Higher! Push me higher!” Elissa's shrill eight-year-old voice cut through the damp morning air. She shrieked as she flew back and forth on a wooden swing. Behind her, h...
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The Theater Lab Closes 2021-2022 season with 'You Can't Take It With You'Apr 06, 2022 11:00 pm - The Theater Lab, a District 214 Community Education program, is excited to announce the cast of the closing play of its 2021-2022 season, "You Can't Take It With You." T...
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Elk Grove's Art Senteno namedAssociate Principal of the YearApr 05, 2022 11:00 pm - Elk Grove High School Associate Principal Arturo Senteno has been honored as 2022 Illinois Assistant Principal of the Year by Horace Mann and the Illinois Principals Ass...