2015 ART & ESSAY/POETRY CONTEST
Awards Ceremony Friday May 22, 2015
Committee Co-Chairs: Peggy Kalesis - Rochelle Duniasky
Art Contest Winners
Rod O'Connell Award: Elicia Chau PS94
First Prize Grade K
Second Prize Grade K
Third Prize Grade K
First Prize Grade 1
Second Prize Grade 1
First Prize Grade 2
Second Prize Grade 2
Third Prize Grade 2
First Prize Grade 3
Second Prize Grade 3
Third Prize Grade 3
First Prize Grade 4
Second Prize Grade 4
Third Prize Grade 4
First Prize Grade 5
Second Prize Grade 5
Second Prize Grade 5
Third Prize Grade 5
First Prize Grade 6
Second Prize Grade 6
Third Prize Grade 6
First Prize Grade 7
Second Prize Grade 7
Third Prize Grade 7
First Prize Grade 8
Second Prize Grade 8
Third Prize Grade 8
Evan Doyle
Iolani Tekaaho
Juliana Glass
Jonathan Sampson
Amir Ally
Adri St. Clair
Selina Lee
Steven Jong-hoon Lee
Shayla Ai
Jiayu Yan
Alexandra Aronis
Ridwan Azam
Danielle Kantor
Jin (Gabriel) Huang
Sabrina Chen
Elena Leung
Havana Rain Johnson
Isabel Figueroa
Tiffany Chung
Emily Celentani
Izabella Feliberty
Kayla Roche
Nicholas Jun
Melanie Yip
Theresa Doong
Jinkyu (Jaden) Cho
Kobe Hall
PS 94
PS 115
PS 94
PS 221
Divine Wisdom Catholic Academy
PS 94
PS 115
PS 94
PS 221
PS 94
PS 94
PS 18
PS 94
PS 18
PS 94
PS 18
PS 18
PS 18
MS 67
Divine Wisdom Catholic Academy
Sacred Heart Academy
Divine Wisdom Catholic Academy
Marie Curie Middle School
MS 67
MS 67
Divine Wisdom Catholic Academy
Divine Wisdom Catholic Academy
Essay/Poetry Contest Winners
Rod O'Connell Award: Bemjamin Lee PS 221
First Prize Grade 4
Second Prize Grade 4
Third Prize Grade 4
First Prize Grade 5
Second Prize Grade 5
Third Prize Grade 5
First Prize Grade 6
Second Prize Grade 6
Third Prize Grade 6
First Prize Grade 7
Second Prize Grade 7
First Prize Grade 8
Second Prize Grade 8
Hananiah So
Megan Gambeski
Matthew Dogan
Aurora Beers
Keren Elmore
Emma Roldan
Christopher Ng
Juejeoung Kim
Izabelle Feliberty
Kathleen McGreal
Savannah Sclafani
Ayesha Awwal
Juline Chang
PS 98
PS 98
PS 98
Divine Wisdom Catholic Academy
Divine Wisdom Catholic Academy
Divine Wisdom Catholic Academy
MS 67
MS 67
Sacred Heart Academy
MS 67
Sacred Heart Academy
MS 67
MS 67
This year, our Art & Essays Contests are being funded through a generous donation from Alvin and Rochelle Dunaisky, in honor of the late Rod O'Connell, who is remembered by many as "The Mayor of Douglaston," and in his mint green fin back convertible, as a fixture in the Memorial Day Parade.
Gerard (Rod) O’Connell lived in the same house in Douglaston for over 40 years. He started his career as a realtor at the Bryce Rea family, and through his panache and passion to sell homes in the area, he rose to be an owner and broker of record with Bryce Rea Associates.
Rod‘s life encompassed all aspects of our Little Neck-Douglaston community. He was involved with PS 98, St. Anastasia, Holy Cross High School, Community Church of Douglaston Theater, Lions Club, Visiting Nurse Service, Douglaston Civic Association and more.
Because Rod so loved Theater and the Arts and felt so strongly that we had to teach youngsters the importance of honoring our Armed Forces, Alvin and Rochelle Dunaisky are proud to make this generous donation in his name.
In memory of our late friend, this year's Grand Prizes for the Arts & Essays Contests are now the Rod O'Connell Awards.