2009 ICONS Recognized Once Again as Gold Medalist Publication

The 2009 issue of ICONS earned a Gold Medalist Award in adjudication by the Columbia Scholastic Press Association at Columbia University in New York. This is the highest honor bestowed to high school and college art and literary magazines in the first round of judging. The magazine earned 972/1000 possible points. In addition ICONS was recognized with three of three possible All Columbian Awards for excellence in organization, content and design. The All Columbian Awards indicate that the magazine has scored at or above the 95th percentile in relation to other publications from across the nation and the world. As the result of earning a Gold Medalist Award, ICONS qualifies to move onto the final round of judging for Crown Awards which rewards the top 1% of publications.

The judges' comments relating to the written pieces included: "wonderful alliteration", "the visual imagery and word choice is outstanding; the vocabulary evokes the senses". With regard to the visual art selections, the judges' statements included: "The quality of the art throughout the magazine is excellent", "the detail captured in each piece is amazing", "the multi-layered effect in so many images is outstanding". Overall the critique indicated that ICONS was a "top-notch magazine, a reader's visual and verbal treat!"

ICONS is 100% student produced under the guidance of advisers Becky Prine Sullivan and Jared Morningstar. In addition, Sandra Darland of the District's Information Services Department is involved with instruction of computer technology and instruction related to the printing of the publication.

ICONS Student staff:
Brianna Fulmer - Editor-in-Chief; Marianne Elizalde - Artistic Director; Jessica Walker - Assistant Editor;
Layout Staff: Austin Kemp, Sydney Veverka,
Photography: Chris Reuther, Hannah Vitu, Vicki Wieland,
Prose and Poetry Editors: Portia Brown, Nickolette De Clerk, Katie Francis, Jacob Gorski, Katie Pope, Chris Reuther.

HISPANIC HERITAGE ART AWARDS COMPETITION RESULTS ARE IN!

SASA visual arts students recently exhibited their art at the Andersen Enrichment Center in the annual Hispanic Heritage Art Exhibit sponsored by Saginaw Public Schools. The theme was Hispanic Legends and Folk Tales.

Students began by researching a variety of folk tales that they might want to portray through art. A summary and action plan was created following the 6 + 1 Writing Traits strategy rubric. Students then produced their pieces in both two and three dimensional media.

Award Winners are as follows: Morgan Wolfgang - 7th grade - Best of SASA Middle School, 3D Non-Functional; Nicholas Hanley- 7th grade - 3D Functional Crafts ; Elyse Martin - 7th grade - Drawing and Purchase Award ; Leslie Slagle - 7th grade - Painting ; DeJuan Black - 8th grade - Design;

Jessica Walker - 11th grade - Best of SASA High School, Design; Sarah Wallace - 9th grade - Drawing; Anna Mahan - 10th grade - Painting; Jasmine Garcia - 11th grade - 3D Non-Functional; Hannah Vitu - 12th grade - 3D Functional Crafts.

Soccer Boys Varsity Team Wins I.S.A.C. League Co-Champion Title

The Saginaw Arts & Sciences Academy Varsity Boys Soccer team (SASA Dragons) had an amazing record in 2009.

The Dragons started intense practices in August and were ready for their first scrimmages against two class “A” high schools -- Arthur Hill and Swan Valley.

The scrimmages helped the team to gain confidence for their first two games of the season, the first just one week before the beginning of classes. SASA played against Midland Christian and beat them 2 to 1. In their second match against Caseville, SASA again came up victorious defeating Caseville 6 to 2.

After those first two wins, the coaches knew this year was going to be an amazing year. The response from many parents and our school athletic boosters was incredible. Many of the parents opened the doors to their houses with spaghetti dinners or bought pizza for the team. Concurrently, the school started an athletic boosters club to support soccer and SASA's other athletic teams. The athletic boosters helped the team with new uniforms, and SASA high school opened its new soccer field on which the Dragons remain undefeated.

SASA dragons continued the season, playing against teams like St. Thomas More, M.M.C.H.E, Faith-VCA and New Life and beat them all during league play in the I.S.A.C. League conference. During the third game against MMCHE ---the Dragons very first home game on our new field -- the team saw a growing crowd of staff, parents and fans on the sidelines. It was a memorable time! The coaches were extremely excited over their team’s performance and the growing support of their fans.

SASA remained undefeated in the I.S.A.C. until the last game of the season against New Life Christian Academy. SASA dragons lost, but due to their amazing record, tied as Co-Champions in the conference. The Saginaw Arts & Sciences Academy team then went to play their first two district games at AHHS, using the Memorial Stadium as the home field. In the first round, SASA defeated Caseville in a tough match 3 to 2, but lost in the second round to Marlette 0 to 2.

The SASA record for this year 2009 was 10-3-0.

The coaches want to thank all the team members. Everyone that is part of our team played as an important role during the 2009 season. We want everyone to be mentioned. We were given the option during the coaches meeting to select only three players for each team and two honorable mentions. After much deliberation, we came up with our first and second team and honorable mention student lists. Our first team members are: Ryan Sarmiento, Jamal Yearwood, and Quinn Kemerer. Second team: Nicolas Sarmiento, Tjark Moldehn, and Nicholas Squanda. Honorable Mention: Zachary Hawley and Peter Bonk.

The coaches want to thank everyone who supported us during this rewarding season 2009. To Mrs. Balcueva, Mrs. Kemerer and the Recreation, Enrichment and Academic Program (R.E.A.P.) Coordinator, Mrs. Tennant for being there for the team - your help was priceless. Our thanks also to the S.A.S.A School Principal Mrs. Janet Nash and SASA Athletic Director Mrs. Melleretha Moses-Johnson for being patient with us and supporting us. Last, but not least, to all the parents for letting us coach the boys in rain and cold and making them winners this year 2009.

Head Coach: Samuel Hernandez
Assistant Coach: David Sandahl
Student Manager: Emily Balcueva

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