Yorktown 4th grader wins statewide art contest
HAMPTON Streets, Va. – 1 Hampton Roadways 4th grader will have her artwork demonstrated throughout the Commonwealth.
Nitha Nithin, a university student at Coventry Elementary Faculty in Yorktown, was picked out out of virtually 300 applicants as the Virginia Lottery’s elementary Thank a Trainer Artwork Contest winner.
Nitha’s beloved shade is pink, her preferred matter is science, and at these types of a young age, she is now putting other people right before herself.
“This inspiration arrived from teachers all about the earth training college students to be type and wise,” said Nitha when describing her profitable artwork.
Nitha states her drawing attributes her favorite trainer, Mrs. Gulaskey, and involves a special message for all Virginia educators.
“One particular guide, one pen, one particular little one, 1 teacher can modify the planet. Thank you for currently being the a single!” reported Nitha.
Her parents say they can not maintain markers and crayons out of her fingers.
“If we acquire her to a shop to obtain toys or one thing she normally desires to acquire a little something associated to art,” stated her father. “She genuinely enjoys art.”
Nitha’s artwork trainer is hoping this get inspires her for a long time to occur.
“I think it truly is big. I really don’t consider she realizes how large it is,” claimed Callie Villasenor, an artwork teacher at Coventry Elementary. “She enjoys artwork. She follows the guidelines. She’s so variety and a good buddy.”
The prize offer includes a $150 gift card for Nitha, $1,000 for Coventry Elementary to use how they’d like and $1,000 for art materials.
Ms. Villasenor hopes to use that revenue to expose college students to various types of artwork.
“Functioning with fibers, and weaving, and sewing, and issues like that,” she discussed.
But for Nitha, her passions really don’t cease at drawing.
“I want to be a health care provider when I grow up,” she stated.
Three winners – one from every of the elementary, center and higher school ranges – have been picked from about 300 entries in the Virginia Lottery’s annual Thank a Trainer Artwork Contest.
The artwork will be showcased on thank-you notes that will be distributed to hundreds of teachers throughout Virginia for the duration of Nationwide Teacher Take pleasure in 7 days.
The thank-you notes also incorporate a code on the back, which teachers can enter on the web to earn a Virginia holiday, a gift card and $2,500 in supplies for the teacher’s faculty.