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My Favorite Pet 

We�ve said it before, but it certainly bears repeating: Our Commonwealth is home to an uncommon wealth of artistically talented kids! More than 500 young artists from every corner of  Virginia entered work in Cooperative Living�s 2011 youth art competition. This year�s theme, �My Favorite Pet,� drew a wonderful array of entries, ranging in subject matter from dogs to donkeys.

As in years past, your Cooperative Living staff struggled to choose winners in this colorful show of creativity. This year marks our ninth annual competition, and as the number of entries continues to increase, so does the difficulty judging. So after a historically tough but delightful task, we present the winning entries for 2011 ...

 

 

KINDERGARTEN: FIRST PLACE

Iris Ene of Manassas

 

 KINDERGARTEN: SECOND PLACE

Hunter Stamper of Alberta

 

KINDERGARTEN: THIRD PLACE

Elizabeth Price of Franktown

 

FIRST GRADE: FIRST PLACE

  Suzanna Long of Cape Charles

 

FIRST GRADE: SECOND PLACE

Brayden Wence of Manassas Park

 

 

FIRST GRADE: THIRD PLACE

  Emily Grace Fowler of Suffolk

 

SECOND GRADE:  FIRST PLACE

Sara Jarrell of Spotsylvania

 

SECOND GRADE: SECOND PLACE

Ciara Switzer of Bethesda, Md.

 

SECOND GRADE: THIRD PLACE

Diana Ene of Manassas

 

 

THIRD GRADE:  FIRST PLACE 

Carter Applewhite of Sandston

 

THIRD GRADE: SECOND PLACE   Hayes Holloway of Exmore

 

 

THIRD GRADE: THIRD PLACE      

Miss Noah Boston of Unionville

 

 

FOURTH GRADE: FIRST PLACE  

Emma Sheetz of Stephens City

 

FOURTH GRADE: SECOND PLACE

Catherine Ammons of Front Royal

 

FOURTH GRADE: THIRD PLACE       Katie Painchaud of Bedford

 

FIFTH GRADE: FIRST PLACE

Jamie Lee of South Riding

 

FIFTH GRADE: SECOND PLACE

Laura Vu of Manassas

 

FIFTH GRADE: THIRD PLACE

Ben Fly of Wakefield

 

BEST IN SHOW: Margaret Myers of Ruckersville (Fifth Grade)

HONORABLE MENTIONS: Ariana Adamek, Hannah Adams, Emily Alberti, Noah Alewine, Thor Alewine, Brooke Allen, Katie Amirault, Catherine Ammons, Savannah Anderson, Aaron Aponte, Kathryn Nerys Apple, James Applegate, Josey Arbogast, Tucker Arcos, Sydney Armstrong, Caroline Arnold, Vanessa Arroyo, Emma Arthur, Hope Arthur, Bowdie Arvidson, Andrew Ashby, Olivia Backer, Carly Baker, Elise Baker, Reagan Balance, Grace Baldwin, Gabrial Baptista, Tyler Barham, Seth Barker, Rushali Barman, Teddy Batista, Lyric Bauer, Wesleigh Beamer, Matthew Behrens, Hallie Berneburg, Cheyenne Bicar, Ettienne Bicar, Chris Blanton, Brant Bloxom, Sarah Boardman, Josey Bolling, Leonardo Bonilla, Sebastian Bonilla, Emma Booker, Isabella Booker, Jasmine Booth, Noah Boston, Connor Bott, Owen Bott, Candace Bowden, Samantha Bowman, Caroline Boyd, Camryn Boyles, Cassi Braithwaite, Daniel Brandon, Sean Brannigan, Danny Bransfield, Virginia Bresler, Nikki Brewer, Christian Brewster, Michael Brickhouse, Miles Brickhouse, Yona Britto, Caroline Brooke, Caroline Broomell, Alex Brown, Camilla Brown, Ciera Brown, Molly Brown, Alexa Browning, Hannah Buchholz, Elena Buckner, Wyatt Bunch, Jonah Burch, Ariel Burke, Brooke Burnett, Sierra Burnett, Maddie Butkovich, Alyssa Byrd, Austin Byrd, Dylan Caison, Jeana Calibey, Lucinda Cantwell, Lauren Carr, Abbie Carrigan, Dacey Carwile, Aiden Caterbone, Jack Cauley, Hailey Causey, Claire Chalkley, Ella Chalkley, Abby Chan, Rachel Clark, Jay Click, Jade Clingenped, Alexa Cobb, Samantha Colbourne, Helen Comstock, Makayla Cooper, Hailey Costello, Aly Czarneski, Jenna D�Amico, Monica Daniels, Gabe D�Aquanno, Tanishi Dasgupta, Bridgette Davis, Hannah Davis, Sarah Davis, Meghan Dennis, McKenzie Denston, Jace Diamond, Nate Dickinson, William Dickinson , Alanna Dillon, Dominic DiSanti, Hannah Dobson, Mackenzie Dobson, Taylor Dodd, Shannon Donahue, Alyssa D�orazio, Katelyn Dowell, Nathan Downing, Isabeau Drewer, Brian Drummond, Kailynn Drummond, William Duncin, Patrick Dunphy, Courtney Dunton, Maile-Anne Dupuy, Kiley East, Ben Eddy, Ethan Eder, Heatherlea Elliott, Maddy Elliott, Austin Ellis, Brenna Elmore, Diana Ene, Iris Ene, Grace Ericksen, Krysten Evans, Briona Feltes, Andrew Ferguson, Barrett Ferguson, Emily Fetterman, Ben Fly, Shannon Flynn, Kerry Ford, Emily Grace Fowler, Hailie Fowler, Christopher Fox, Courtney Fox, Jessalyn Fox, Katie Fox, Emma Freeman, Shaelyn Frey, Timmy Fuller, Victoria Gamboa, Amanda Garlock, Joseph Garner, Brady Garrett, Gabrielle Gauldin, Jillian Gehring, Sarah Gepes, Abby Geron, Angelina Geynovich, Malvina Geynovich, Carrie Gibson, Marissa Giles, Zoe Glaser, Jackson Glenn, Janita Goodwin, Norah Gorg, Grace Grecco, Jeb Guy, Emily Hall, Jahsiah Hamlin, Wayne Handy, Riley Hantin, Victoria Harman, Logan Harmon, Emory Harned, Megan Harrigan, Sean Harrigan, Josh Harris, Natalie Harris, Andrew Hart, Olivia Hart, Cayden Hatley, Matt Hawinsk, Caitlyn Hebner, Sam Hedrick, Jillian Hennessy, Elan Hess, Sophie Hevener, Autumn High, Douglas Hild, Adian Hill, Brady Hill, Jayla Hill, Reagan Hill, Ava Hinkle, Zelda Hinkle, Karli Hite, Kayleigh Hite, Ireland Hoath, Anna Marie Hockman, Rock Hockman, Alexandra Hoeptl, Adriana Holloman, Hayes Holloway, Crimson Maize Holmes, Bethany Hoover, Tori Horn, Kayle Hudson, Brittney Hughes, Sean Hulburt, LeighAnn Humphrey, Annie Hunter, Nick Hutchinson, Masen Ingram, Riley Italia, Kelly Ivey, Skylar Jackman, Maya Jandzinski, Sarah Jarrell, Brianna Jeffries, Trinity Jelinek, Brad Jenkins, Ellie Jenkins, Lilyan Jenkins, Faith Jessee, Sarah Jessee, Crista Johnson, Faith Johnson, Mabry Ann Johnson, Ashley Jones, Dayshawn Jones, Destiny Jones, Bryce Karageorge, Kaily Ann Karstetter, Chrissy Keating, Matthew Keating, Bridget Kelly, Patrick Kelly, Joey Kendrick, Austin Kerns, Hannah Kerns, Miller Kieran, Jacob Kilby, Maddie Killmon, Jennifer Kim, Ann-Garland King, Gavin King, Heather King, Mimi King, Abenezer Knight, Rachel Knight, Joey Knisley, Josephine Kohler, Riley Kuehner, Esther Lacks, Cassidy Lam, Savannah Lambie, Erica Landon, Davis Lang, Kim Lanier, Elizabeth LeBlanc, Emily LeBlanc, Danny Lee, Jamie Lee, Sylvie Leshen, Ryan LeVick, Cody Lewis, Gavin Lewis, Johnathan Lewis, Louanne Lewis, Vaden Linton, Suzanna Long, Cassie Lowry, Ashley Luebke, Darby Lunger, McKenzie Mabalot, Tyler Mabe, Lauren Malinowski, Rachel Malolie, Clarissa Maness, Christopher Mantyla, Megan Marchiuni, Rachel Markowski, Presley Marks, Sutton Marks, Jakob Martin, Sissy Martin, Tyler Mason, Adele Masson, Haley Master, Alfredo Maymu, Alexia Maynard, Lauren McClaskey, Gavin McCormicll, Christiana McCurdy, Brooke McFarland, Jessica McFarland, Mia McGill, Miles Mcintyre, Sarah McLaughlan, Elizabeth McMurray, Rachel McMurray, Miriam McMyreat, Breanna Lyn Mell, Morgan Meredith, Anna Merklinger, Maharun Miah, Garrett Miles, Morgan Miller, Denzel Mitchell, Mariah Molina, Ryan Monroe, Jayden Moon, John Mooney, Mary Jane Mooney, Hannah Moore, Charlie Morgan, Marley Morgan, Daniel Moschler, Madilyn Moss, Chris Mowry, Jenavieve Moyer, Molly Mullin, Allison Mullins, Megan Mullins, Emily Mullis, Parker Murphy, Margaret Myers, Macie Neville, Kylie Newman, Ben Nguyen, Tyler Nguyen, Reade Nicolls, Allison Nocera, Anthony Nocera, Emily Nordwall, Katherine Nordwall, Travis Northam, Deanna Nottingham, Anthony Nudy, Janey Nye, Thomas Oliver, Emma O�Neill, Natalie O�Rawe, Joey Ortega, Trent Oswald, Nasir Outlaw, Parker Pack, Katie Painchaud, Kevin Painchaud, Kaitlynn Parkes, Hannah Parks, Will Parks, Nina Pastore, Mark Patterson, Hayley Payne, Will Petka, Michelle Petri, Morgan Phillips, Andrew Pitsenbarger, Ian Pitsenbarger, Kaci Pitsenbarger, Jessie Polly, Caroline Pope, Connor Potts, Ryan Potts, Elizabeth Price, Maddie Prol, Thomas Pruitt, Armani Pugliese, Giuliana Pugliese, Laura Quillin, RJ Ramsey, Isabel Rathburn, Hobbs Rayfield, Nolan Rayfield, Winston Rayfield, Kora Reiker, Colin Renas, Corey Reynolds, Lacey Richardson, Adrianna Rippon, Emily Ritenour, Jacob Ritenour, Jacob Robinson, Jamie Robinson, Julie Grace Robinson, Tabitha Robinson, Joshua Rock, Victoria Rogers, Ryan Romano, Virginia Ross, Reagan Rowland, Emma Royston, Orie Royston, Damarys Ruiz, Christopher Russell, Zachary Rustick, Rahwan Saadee, Shaueen Saadee, Abby Salazar, Natalie Salvadore, Luz Santiago, Maddie Satterfield, Lukas Saunders, Abby Schaub, Olivia Scheulen, Emido Sciarreta, Randy Seadorne, Ireland Seagle, Maggie Shallow, Emma Sheetz, Amanda Shelton, Angela Shelton, Allison Shockley, Carolyn Shortess, Lauren Silver, Moira Skelly, Madeline Slunt, Bennett Smith, Caroline Smith, Catherine Smith, Henry Smith, Lindsey Smith, Maddy Smith, Palmer Smith, Stephanie Smith, Wade Smith, Zander Smith, Chelsea Smoke, Emma Snider, Julianne Snopkowski, Megan Snopkowski, Cole Snyder, Collin Snyder, Mallory Spady, Tyler Spady, Koby Sparrow,  Jillian Spence, Katherine Spencer, Hunter Stamper, Taylor Starcher, Valerie Starling, Charlotte Stauffer, Ambyr Stephens, Dawson Stevens, Calista Stewart, Kayla Stokes, Logan Stricker, Brandon Stubbs, Hailey Sturgis, Roan Sudermann, Kylie Ann Sullivan, Tim Sullivan, Hannah Swann, Ciara Switzer, Hazel Tankard, Jean Tankard, Lawerence Tankard, Marie Tankard, Peter Tankard, Samuel Tankard, Amanda Tatum, Olivia Tatum, Cain Taylor, Colby Taylor, Courtney Taylor, Elizabeth Taylor , Sarah Taylor, Taylor Terry, Jaden Thomas, Logan Timm, Austin Tipton, Nick Toto, Cassidy Tower, Anna Towers, Jackson Towers, Maria Towers, Mollie Travis, Leah Truitt, Lauren Tucker, Molly Turlington, Britney Tyndall, Catie VanWoert, Ariana Vazquez, Carlos Vazquez, Nicole Vega, MacKenzie Vestal, Jacob Via, Ashley Victor, Marrianna Vitelli, Paul Vitelli, Audrey Vu, Laura Vu, Reagan Vu, Breanna Walker, Charlotte Walker, Sean Walsh, Carly Wardius, Clay Wardius, Emily Washkalavitch, Colleen Watson, Sophie Watson, Jamille Weaver, Morgan Weaver, Brayden Wence, Ryan Wence, Kaelyn Wennergren, Skylar Wennergren, Ethan West, Patrick Whelan, Haley Whitlow, Ben Williams, Evan Williams, Hannah Williams, Lorynn Williams, Penny Willin, Evan Wilson, Jalaysia Winslow, Taylor Winstead, Thor Witiker, Elizabeth Wolfe, Dusten Wood, Patrick Wood, Shannon Wood, Heather Wood-Blake, Carlie Wynn, Chloe Wynns, Jared Yaros, Sammi Yeung, Kayh Yoko, Grace Young, Sarah Young, Tyreese Younger, Gavin Zerull, Becky Zheng.  (No last name provided) Eric, Jessica, Khristyn, Kyle.

 

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