ORANGE COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS
TAYLOR EDUCATION ADMINISTRATION COMPLEX
200 DAILEY DRIVE
ORANGE, VIRGINIA 22960
www.ocss-va.org
540-661-4550
Fax 540-661-4599
Press Release
Local Student Wins Regional Award
In 2015 VSBA Art Contest
April 16, 2015
Orange County Public Schools (OCPS) is
proud to announce that Locust Grove Primary
School’s Abby Heffer, was the First Place
“Elementary Winner” in the 2015 Virginia
School Boards Association (VSBA) Central
Regional Art Contest held on April 7, 2015 at
Fluvanna High School. Local School Board
members were treated to an impressive
display of creativity from students throughout
the region. Winning art is framed and
displayed in the offices of the VSBA in
Charlottesville and the Richmond offices of the
State Superintendent of Public Instruction.
Locust Grove Middle School’s Savannah
Olson and Orange County High School’s
Yiashura Wright also represented OCPS in
the regional contest. Heffer, Olson and Wright
Abby Heffer’s Chimp took First Place in the elementary category at the
were among 72 students who competed in
VSBA Central Regional Art Contest.
Orange County’s competition where “Best in
Show” ribbons were awarded by a panel of local artists. This award advanced them to the regional
competition.
“People’s Choice” ribbons were also awarded locally to students based on votes that were cast by school
division employees and by visitors to the exhibition, staged at the Taylor Education Administration
Complex in Orange. “People’s Choice” winners included: Alexa Roland, Locust Grove Primary School;
Micki Konetzka, Unionville Elementary School; Carma Lightfoot Simms, Lightfoot Elementary School;
Ciarah Fewell, Locust Grove Elementary School; Liv LaPanta, Orange Elementary School; Erin Grabeel,
Gordon-Barbour Elementary School; Emma Stewart, Prospect Height Middle School; Orina Chen, Locust
Grove Middle School; and, Jessica Elizabeth Pederson, Orange County High School.
“Best in Show” and “People’s Choice” selections will be professionally framed and displayed at the Taylor
Complex for one year.
For more information about the contest, contact Brianna Stout, VSBA coordinator of board development, at
[email protected] or 434-295-8722, or contact Carol Hunter, Coordinator of Gifted Education and ESOL, at (540)
661-4550.
The Orange County School Board does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, ancestry, political affiliation, sex, gender, age, marital status, genetic information or
disability in its employment practices or educational program and activities. Compliance inquiries should be directed to the Director of Human Resources, 200 Dailey Drive, Orange, VA 22960 or
by phone at 540-661-4550.