Mira Awards Honor Escambia’s Most Creative Seniors

March 21, 2013

Seventy of Escambia County’s most creative high school seniors were honored Thursday night during the 2013 Mira Creative Arts Awards Banquet at New World Landing.

Mira Award recipients were nominated for the award by their teachers and received  engraved medallions, a book scholarship from Pensacola State College, memberships from the Pensacola Museum of Art and Artel Gallery, and Certificates of Special Congressional Recognition from Congressman Jeff Miller.

2013 Mira Creative Arts Award recipients were:

Northview High School: Alison Danielle Bardin, Vocal Music; Ashton Brooke Gibbs, Instrumental/Vocal Music; Alisha Grice, Graphic Arts; Zach Johnson, Journalism; Courtney Lambert, Culinary Arts; Ashley Mooney, Graphic Arts; Maranda Moye, Journalism; Stephanie Roach, Instrumental Music; Johnnie Smith, Visual Arts; Julia Thorpe, Journalism.

Tate High School: Lindsey Gordon, Band; Marissa Sue Jackson, Orchestra; Jennifer Haley Krostag, Visual Arts; Nicholas Andrew Krostag, Television Production; Katie Massey, Band; Kimberlee Marie Richards, Photography; Victoria Ryder, Yearbook Photo Editor; Amy Sapp, Mock Trial; Brooke Lindsey Marie Verlaan, Drama; Elizabeth Violet Watson, Chorus.

West Florida High School: Natalie Allgyer, Art; Italia Maria Brinston, Band; Lauren Hughes, Journalism/Yearbook; Jacob McDonough, Band; Lauren Elaine Meadors, Drama/Performance; Jahleel Ordoñéz, Multimedia; James Rhyne, Drama-Scenic Design/Technical Theatre; Michelle Shepherd, Newspaper; Jessica Taylor, Art; Hannah Woolford, Journalism/Yearbook.

Pine Forest High School: Serena Bishop, Band; Jennifer Lenore Cacal, Media Academy; Joshua Tyler Carnahan, Yearbook; Alyssa Marie Jones, Art; Christopher S. Patch, Culinary Arts; Kaylee Toyne, Art; Angel Trevino, Culinary Arts; Zachary Walston, Media Academy; Adrian Maurice Jackson Weatherspoon, Yearbook; Morganthë Williams, Theatre.

Escambia High School: Erran Bergstrom, Instrumental Music; Mindy Lynn Cramlet, Visual Arts; Danielle Davis, Culinary Arts; Alyssa Etienne Elliott, Visual Arts; James Thomas Faist, Chorus; Caitlin Fournier, Journalism; Elaina Keyes, Theatre; Amelia Slaughter, Instrumental Music; Shelby Vanstraten, Instrumental Music; Kelsey Wood, Digital Multimedia.

Pensacola High School: Jasmine Bradstreet, Instrumental Music; Anishandeliz Claudio-Torres, Instrumental Music; Hannah Fernandes-Martin, Visual Arts; Savannah Green, Drama; Lauren Heckathorn, Visual Arts; Christina Jones, Instrumental Music; Samantha Negron, Instrumental Music; Caroline Shell, Photography; Rhiana C. Simon, Fiction/Nonfiction; Courtney Stein, Visual Arts.

Washington High School: Heath Barrow, Visual Arts; Kristen Michelle Broussard, Instrumental Music; Breyanna Cayla Chapron, Vocal Music; Austin Paul Marvin Conner, Jr., Instrumental Music; Elliot David Friedman, Drama; Cameron A. Gonzales, Drama; Amanda Irby, Vocal Music; Shane King, Visual Arts; Adam Vinson, Instrumental Music; Matt Young, Visual Arts.

About The Mira Creative Arts Awards
In 1987, a group of teachers at J. M. Tate High School created the Mira Awards to recognize talented and creative students in the arts and sciences. The following year, the committee approached the Foundation to bring the awards under its umbrella and to initiate county-wide student participation each year in the areas of writing, performing and visual arts, and other disciplines. The term “Mira” is Latin for the name of the brightest star in the constellation Cetus.

Pictured top: Alison Bardin (left) and Ashton Gibbs of Northview High School are two of the 2013 Mira Creative Arts Award winners. NorthEscambia.com file photo, click to enlarge.

Comments

9 Responses to “Mira Awards Honor Escambia’s Most Creative Seniors”

  1. Kim on March 22nd, 2013 9:14 pm

    Congratulations Zach! We are so proud of you!!

  2. kala on March 22nd, 2013 3:52 pm

    And also no one said anyone owed anyone anything but when you tell them we are giving you something and then not really giving it to them is shameful wrong and dishonest.

  3. kala on March 22nd, 2013 3:51 pm

    V. Baggett I am sure the did appreciate the recognition they received.Which is all well and good. However its dishonest to tell the kids they are getting scholarship money and then not actually follow through. Many of those kids are trying to scrape every last $ they can get for college and many were disappointed. Very shameful of PSC to do that. Thats why the can afford to offer that as a reward cause very few people will actually use it.

    Its like winning the lottery and getting paid monopoly money.

  4. V. Baggett on March 22nd, 2013 3:18 pm

    And all other sponsors as well!

  5. V. Baggett on March 22nd, 2013 3:17 pm

    Congratulations to all of these winners, especially the kiddos from Northview. Go Chiefs. And as far as Kala’s comment: I hope these students learn to appreciate any recognition they get, regardless of whether they will be using it. Nobody owes anyone ANYTHING, and to get ANY sort of recognition is such a great accomplishment. Thank you, PSC!

  6. Jennifer Kavanagh on March 22nd, 2013 12:29 pm

    Congrats to my niece Alyssa Jones. Aunt Jennifer

  7. kala on March 22nd, 2013 4:55 am

    Congrats all winners. However it would have been nice of Pensacola State College if the book scholarship could be used anywhere and NOT if you just enrolled into their school. Very few of the people last night stated they would be attending PSC. Many a child was disappointed thinking they were getting actual scholarship money to use for books when it can only be used at PSC IF you go to that school. Not worth the paper it was written on

  8. trisha woodburn on March 21st, 2013 9:13 pm

    Tonights awards showcased the talent we are nurturing in Escambia County. I watched with pride as each high school came forward to individually recognize each of their students. Thank you for your inspiration to others in the room. Trisha Woodburn, board member, Escambia County Public Schools Foundation.

  9. NHS Class of 99 Alumni on March 21st, 2013 10:47 am

    Congrats to Ashton Gibbs, and Alison Bardin. Wish you both the best in ur years to come… Best of Luck

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