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Happy holidays are in the cards — Students’ artwork selected for annual card
Every year Charles County Public Schools (CCPS) students can submit an original holiday card design to be used by the superintendent for the school system’s official holiday card. A design is selected from each school level — elementary, middle and high school — to be included in the CCPS card that is sent to local elected officials, school system superintendents and others.
The works of Jocelyn Brewer, Elizabeth M. Gatewood and Ashley Wu were selected.
Brewer’s submission at the high school level depicts young children shoveling snow. She is a junior at Westlake High School and is in an Advanced Placement (AP) art class taught by Zachariah Reynolds.
Gatewood, a sixth grader at Phoenix International School of the Arts (PISOTA), submitted a design that reads “Happy Holidays” with drawings of traditional symbols of the season such as bows and gifts surrounding the wording. Her design was submitted by staff at PISOTA.
Wu’s card depicts a drawing of Santa Claus accompanied by a reindeer standing outside a gingerbread house. It was selected to represent the elementary school level. Wu is a fifth-grade student at William B. Wade Elementary School who takes art class taught by Susanti Martinez.
About CCPS
Charles County Public Schools provides 27,765 students in grades prekindergarten through 12 with an academically challenging education. Located in Southern Maryland, Charles County Public Schools has 38 schools that offer a technologically advanced, progressive and high quality education that builds character, equips for leadership and prepares students for life, careers and higher education.
The Charles County public school system does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age or disability in its programs, activities or employment practices. For inquiries, please contact Dr. Mike Blanchard, Title IX/ADA/Section 504 Coordinator (students) or Nikial M. Majors, Title IX/ADA/Section 504 Coordinator (employees/ adults), at Charles County Public Schools, Jesse L. Starkey Administration Building, P.O. Box 2770, La Plata, MD 20646; 301-932-6610/301-870-3814. For special accommodations call 301-934-7230 or TDD 1-800-735-2258 two weeks prior to the event. CCPS provides nondiscriminatory equal access to school facilities in accordance with its Use of Facilities rules to designated youth groups (including, but not limited to, the Boy Scouts).