TCA Creativity Fair highlights student innovators
July 29, 2019 at 12:37 p.m.
By Christina Leslie | Correspondent
Proving poet Maya Angelou’s observation that “you can’t use up creativity – the more you use, the more you have”, students from seven diocesan schools showed the depth of their creative mettle during the Trenton Catholic Academy Creativity Fair held at the Hamilton high school. The competition, now in its 20th year, tested the originality of students in grades five through eight in eight subject areas as they competed for trophies and school-wide recognition.
The annual contest drew students from Incarnation – St. James School, Ewing; Our Lady of Sorrows School, Hamilton; St. Gregory the Great School, Hamilton Square; St. Mary School, Bordentown; St. Paul School, Princeton; St. Raphael School, Hamilton, and Trenton Catholic Academy’s Lower School, Hamilton. Participating students were divided into fifth/sixth or seventh/eighth grade levels for judging.
Contestants were offered the chance to shine in both academic and artistic categories. Language aficionados wrote poetry or penned a children’s book; budding Picassos explored their drawing and painting skills while young fans of other art media sculpted or composed dioramas of historically significant events. Those skilled in model making created commercial buildings with floor plans or insects from recyclable materials, while the more contemplative students fashioned a banner depicting one of the eight Beatitudes of Christ.
The 190 project submissions were displayed at TCA for a week for judging by that school’s faculty and staff prior to the May 3 awards ceremony. Every competitor received a certificate for participation, and the three top students in each category took home a trophy.
Trenton Catholic Academy students from the school’s National Honor Society’s Monsignor McCorristin Chapter were involved in the competition from start to finish, explained Kathleen Faraglia, TCA’s longtime Creativity Fair moderator. The high school students assist the Academic Council in administering the tests, providing refreshments, and hosting the awards ceremony. Sister of St. Joseph Dorothy Payne, president of Trenton Catholic Academy, and Michele Neves, director of its Upper School, present the medals and certificates to the grammar school victors.
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By Christina Leslie | Correspondent
Proving poet Maya Angelou’s observation that “you can’t use up creativity – the more you use, the more you have”, students from seven diocesan schools showed the depth of their creative mettle during the Trenton Catholic Academy Creativity Fair held at the Hamilton high school. The competition, now in its 20th year, tested the originality of students in grades five through eight in eight subject areas as they competed for trophies and school-wide recognition.
The annual contest drew students from Incarnation – St. James School, Ewing; Our Lady of Sorrows School, Hamilton; St. Gregory the Great School, Hamilton Square; St. Mary School, Bordentown; St. Paul School, Princeton; St. Raphael School, Hamilton, and Trenton Catholic Academy’s Lower School, Hamilton. Participating students were divided into fifth/sixth or seventh/eighth grade levels for judging.
Contestants were offered the chance to shine in both academic and artistic categories. Language aficionados wrote poetry or penned a children’s book; budding Picassos explored their drawing and painting skills while young fans of other art media sculpted or composed dioramas of historically significant events. Those skilled in model making created commercial buildings with floor plans or insects from recyclable materials, while the more contemplative students fashioned a banner depicting one of the eight Beatitudes of Christ.
The 190 project submissions were displayed at TCA for a week for judging by that school’s faculty and staff prior to the May 3 awards ceremony. Every competitor received a certificate for participation, and the three top students in each category took home a trophy.
Trenton Catholic Academy students from the school’s National Honor Society’s Monsignor McCorristin Chapter were involved in the competition from start to finish, explained Kathleen Faraglia, TCA’s longtime Creativity Fair moderator. The high school students assist the Academic Council in administering the tests, providing refreshments, and hosting the awards ceremony. Sister of St. Joseph Dorothy Payne, president of Trenton Catholic Academy, and Michele Neves, director of its Upper School, present the medals and certificates to the grammar school victors.
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