March 24, 2000
Santa Ana, CA – Winners of the 10th Annual John Wayne Airport (JWA) Student Art Contest took top honors at the national and state levels of the 2000 International Aviation Art Contest. Fifteen of 18 state award winners, one first place and one third place national awards in Category III (ages 14-17) and one third place in Category II (ages 10-14) are from Orange County. The national winners have been invited to participate in the National Awards Ceremony on March 27, 2000 at the Air and Space Museum in Washington, D.C. Their artwork will be forwarded to compete internationally in Lausanne, Switzerland, on May 4, 2000.
"What a proud moment for Orange County," said Alan L. Murphy, Airport Director. "John Wayne Airport congratulates all the winners and participants of this year's contest. We wish them the best of luck at the international competition."
Students in three age groups, 6-9, 10-13, and 14-17 from across the United States were invited to use their imagination to create a poster for "Flight Into The Future." JWA's contest is the first of three levels culminating with the international level.
The International Aviation Art Contest is generously sponsored by the National Aeronautic Association, National Association of State Aviation Officials and the Federal Aviation Administration in cooperation with the Federation Aeronautique Internationale (FAI), to motivate and encourage children of FAI-member nations to become more familiar with and participate in aeronautics, engineering and science.
The following are the state and national results of the 2000 International Aviation Art Contest for Orange County:
City
Category *
Student, Age, School
Place
Anaheim
Category II
Valerie Pidgen, 16, Katella High School Honorable Mention, State
Costa Mesa
Category III
Jihan Kwon, 17, Fairmont High School Honorable Mention, State
Garden
Grove
Category III
Jee Hee Hwang, 17, Fairmont High School 2nd Place, State
Irvine
Category I
Raymond Tsai, 9, Turtle Rock Elementary 3rd Place, State
Benjamin Dong, 8, Deerfield School Honorable Mention, State
Kyle Xiong, 7, Irvine Art Academy Honorable Mention 1, State
Category II
Sarah Choi, 12, Sierra Vista 1st Place, State
Peter Liu, 11, Turtle Rock Elementary Honorable Mention, State
Tiffany Ngo, 11, Ming's Art Studio Honorable Mention, State
Category
III
Sean C. Wu, 16, Irvine High School 3rd Place, State and 1st Place National
Lake Forest
Category I
Michael P. Wu, 7, Lake Forest Elementary Honorable Mention, State
Category II
Lydia Kang, 13, Serrano Intermediate School 2nd Place, State and 3rd Place National
Newport Beach
Category I
Chloe Tsai, 8, Ming's Art Studio 1st Place, State
Tustin
Category I
Mary Chen, 9, Ming's Art Studio 2nd Place, State
Westminster
Category III
Christopher Kawagiwa, 16, Fountain Valley High 1st Place, State and 3rd Place National
* Category I = 6-9 years old
Category II = 10-13 years old
Category III = 14-17 years old
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