Updated 05/18/18: You can now find LPIE winners at the bottom of this story.
By Jenna Evaristo, Business Manager
// Students gathered into the Community Hall at the Lafayette Library on May 11 as many of their talents were recognized and awarded in the fifth annual Project LPIE, organized and sponsored by the Lafayette Partners in Education.
Submissions for each category which varied from arts to science were judged by professionals who then chose 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and honorable mention.
“Project LPIE is such a great opportunity for the community to see how talented our students are in so many different categories,” school co-chair, Laura-Kate Rurka, said.
Along with the awards, projects were displayed around the room including junior, Abby Lapporte’s 3-D Applied Design submission.
“I did an agate project. I printed flowers, seaweed, and bird feathers on fabric and sewed them into a skirt, a shirt, and a dress,” Lapporte said. “I wanted to show the codependency of ecosystems on each other in a land, air, sea theme.”
By Jenna Evaristo
Lapporte took home 2nd in 3-D Applied Design and honorable mention in 2-D Fine Art.
Students were also given the opportunity to perform at the ceremony. Along with winning first place for vocal music and acting, senior, Michaela Sasner, sang “Another Life”.
“I’ve been doing this since freshman year and every year it’s a really fun and interesting event because all the different kinds of talents that people at Acalanes have get to be showcased and I think that’s really exciting,” Sasner said.
As this is the fifth year of Project LPIE, they hope to continue to showcase student students talents and skills.
“I think it’s really important to get encouraged because that’s going to give you the drive to keep doing it and getting better,” Sasner said. “That support means everything and it’s great that we have a community like LPIE that supports us in that way. It’s so important to me and to all of my peers who participated.”
2018 Project LPIE Award Winners
2D Fine Art
1st Place – Katherine Heaton
2nd Place – Ariella Zulch
3rd Place – Juliette Benazra
Honorable Mention – Anna Cain
Honorable Mention – Melissa Nolan
Honorable Mention – Abby Lapporte
Honorable Mention – Claire Jenkins
Honorable Mention – Anastasia Leones
3D Applied Design
1st Place – Samuel Hendric
2nd Place – Abby Lapporte
3rd Place – Parker Erdmann
Honorable Mention – Billy Brown
3D Fine Art/Sculpture
1st Place – Morgan Heithcock
2nd Place – Ariella Zulch
3rd Place – Anna Mary Starr
3rd Place – Georgia Carpenter
Acting
1st Place – Michaela Sasner
2nd Place – Fiona Warburton
3rd Place – Joel Braunstein
Community Service
1st Place – Charlie Keohane
2nd Place – Anna Cain
3rd Place – Juliette Benazra
Computer Programming
1st Place – Zak Singh
2nd Place – Randy Ngo & Charlie Cooper
3rd Place – Parker Erdmann
Creative Writing
1st Place – Michela Yang
2nd Place – Ariella Zulch
3rd Place – Madison Payne
Digital Design
1st Place – Kahren Eloyan
2nd Place – Gabrielle Gainey
3rd Place – Maia Pecher
3rd Place – Ethan Del Rosario
Editorial Writing
1st Place – Kahren Eloyan
2nd Place – Thibault Vialle
3rd Place – Charlie Keohane
Entrepreneur
1st Place – Jonli Keshavarz & Zak Singh & Ryan Siu
2nd Place – Riley Noon
3rd Place – Randy Ngo
Journalism
1st Place – Lisi Burciaga & Karen Rosenberg
2nd Place – Charlie Keohane
3rd Place – Karen Rosenberg
Photography
1st Place – Laura Garfein
2nd Place – Grace Sterner
3rd Place – Karl Erik Mills
3rd Place – Jordan Pratt
Honorable Mention – Lisa Erenstein
Science & Engineering
1st Place – Betty Hu & Philippine Chauvet & Randy Ngo
2nd Place – Kenneth Workman
3rd Place – Allie Fink
STEAM
1st Place – Alex Young, Christian Hendric & Karen Rosenberg
2nd Place – Vivian Toni, Ben Cohen & Helen Kleinsmith
3rd Place – Max Thrasher, Anna Weier, Mikaela Truong & Kage Groszewski
Video Production
1st Place – Brian Ohleyer
2nd Place – Karl Erik Mills & Jack Lattin
3rd Place – Randy Ngo
Vocal Music
1st Place – Michaela Sasner
2nd Place – Alyssa Tsuyuki
3rd Place – Laren Ramlan
Instrumental Music
1st Place – Mikaela Truong
2nd Place – Maverick Fabela
3rd Place – SeoYoung Kim