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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
December 18, 2007

Contact: Jenny Wedge
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ORANGE COUNTY STUDENTS WIN AVIATION ART CONTEST
Hosted by John Wayne Airport

SANTA ANA, Calif. – John Wayne Airport (JWA) has announced the winners of its 18th Annual JWA Student Art Contest themed “Design an Aviation Postage Stamp.” This year’s contest generated over 2,000 entries from public and private schools as well as public libraries throughout Orange County from students in kindergarten through twelfth grade. For each grade level, a first, second and third place and honorable mention were selected along with two grand prize winners.

Orion Abel Traulle

Charissa Kim

Orion Abel Traullé
Grand Prize, Category 1, 6th Grade
Covenant Christian Academy, Westminster

Charissa Kim
Grand Prize, Category 2, 9th Grade Brea Olinda High School, Brea

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“We are honored to host an event that generates so much enthusiasm each year from such talented young artists,” noted Alan L. Murphy, Airport Director. “The Airport’s annual Student Art Contest continues to be very popular and offers a great opportunity for these student artists to be recognized in our community.”

Sponsors of this year’s contest include Aloha Airlines, Bowers Museum, Delta Airlines, Frontier Airlines, Discovery Science Center, The Irvine Museum, Laguna College of Art & Design, Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, McDonald’s at John Wayne Airport, Newport Harbor Nautical Museum and the Santa Ana Zoo.

A list of all the winners is below:

Grand Prize

Category I (Grades K-6): 

Orion Abel Traullé (6th Grade, Covenant Christian Academy, Westminster)

Category II (Grades 7-12): 

Charissa Kim (9th Grade, Brea Olinda High School, Brea)

Kindergarten

1st Place: 

Jingwen Hu (Turtle Rock Elementary, Irvine)

2nd Place:

Eliner Kim (Springbrook Elementary, Irvine)

3rd Place:

Laura Kubiatko (Weaver Elementary, Los Alamitos)

Honorable Mention: 

Esther Lee (Springbrook Elementary, Irvine)

First Grade

1st Place: 

Alexandra Lai (Oakridge Private School, Villa Park)

2nd Place:

Bridget Sun (Peters Canyon Elementary, Tustin)

3rd Place:

Jeffrey Sung (Ladera Ranch Elementary, Ladera Ranch)

Honorable Mention: 

Mabel Tang (Mayford Elementary, Irvine)

Second Grade

1st Place:

Roger Hsieh (Patton Elementary, Garden Grove)

2nd Place:

Rachel Rhee (Glenknoll Elementary, Yorba Linda)

3rd Place:

Lucy Zhou (Mayford Elementary, Irvine)

Honorable Mention:    

Caitlyn Zhang (Turtle Rock Elementary, Irvine)

Third Grade

1st Place:

Emily Ho (Alderwood Basic Plus, Irvine)

2nd Place: 

Betty Fan (Alderwood Basic Plus, Irvine)

3rd Place:

Erica Hur (Westpark Elementary, Irvine)

Honorable Mention: 

George Lee (Lincoln Elementary, Corona Del Mar)

Fourth Grade

1st Place: 

Ryan Hsieh (Patton Elementary, Garden Grove)

2nd Place:

Katie Im (Santiago Hills Elementary, Irvine)

3rd Place:

Samantha Padillo (Glenknoll Elementary, Yorba Linda)

Honorable Mention: 

James Lu (Westwood Basic Plus, Irvine)

Fifth Grade

1st Place:

Annie Fu (Los Coyotes Elementary, La Palma)

2nd Place:

Jennifer McCleary (Mayford Elementary, Irvine)

3rd Place:

Chelsey Lin (Irvine Art Academy, Irvine)

Honorable Mention: 

Niko Ridge (Victoria Elementary, Costa Mesa)

Sixth Grade

1st Place:

Sophia Tsau (College Park Elementary, Irvine)

2nd Place:

Melody Chen (Turtle Rock Elementary, Irvine)

3rd Place:

Joanne Chiu (Fairmont Private School, Anaheim Hills)

Honorable Mention:

Kevin Huai (Plaza Vista Elementary, Irvine)

Seventh Grade

1st Place:

Leon Chang (Rancho Middle School, Irvine)

2nd Place:

Hailey Golden (Carden Heights Academy, Orange)

3rd Place:

Ali Taylor (Bernice Ayers Middle School, San Clemente)

Honorable Mention:

Sang Yoon (Venado Middle School, Irvine)

Eighth Grade

1st Place:

Nicole Chen (Rancho San Joaquin Middle School, Irvine)

2nd Place:

Amelia Lin (Irvine Art Academy, Irvine)

3rd Place:

Lichi Dong (Las Flores Middle School, Las Flores)

Honorable Mention:

Crystal Wang (Orange County High School of the Arts, Santa Ana)

Ninth Grade

1st Place:

Soomin Kim (Irvine High School, Irvine)

2nd Place:

Jessica Yang (Northwood High School, Irvine)

3rd Place:

Stephanie Chen (University High School, Irvine)

Honorable Mention:

Constance Tang (Ming’s Art Studio, Irvine)

Tenth Grade

1st Place:

Emmeline Tran (Irvine Art Academy, Irvine)

2nd Place:

Antonio Augelov (Ming’s Art Studio, Irvine)

3rd Place:

Cindy Guzman (Laguna Hills High School, Laguna Hills)

Honorable Mention:

Mina Choi (Northwood High School, Irvine)

Eleventh Grade

1st Place:

Linda Lam (Garden Grove High School, Garden Grove)

2nd Place:

Hannah Gil (Irvine Art Academy, Tustin)

3rd Place:

Mariela Hernandez (Anaheim High School, Anaheim)

Honorable Mention:

Katie Winn (Brethren Christian High School, Huntington Beach)

Twelfth Grade

1st Place:

Michael Kim (Sunny Hills High School, Fullerton)

2nd Place:

Francisco Portillo (Anaheim High School, Anaheim)

3rd Place:

Jackilyn Liu (Laguna Hills High School, Laguna Hills)

Honorable Mention:

Sharday Murray (Saddleback Valley Christian, San Juan Capistrano)

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John Wayne Airport (SNA) is a self-supporting enterprise, owned and operated by the County of Orange, and serves more than nine million passengers annually and is governed by the five-member Orange County Board of Supervisors.

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