Competition wins & Awards

I’m gonna brag, my classes WIN BIG!!! My philosophy is to teach what the students will actually use in real life, especially in my digital design classes. I act as the ‘client’ and the students have a ‘job’ to complete as best they can. I have my students enter design competitions frequently, using the requirements like a ‘client brief’ and getting students used to sketching ideas, taking feedback, revising, and selling their work by talking about their ideas to each other. By the time their work gets submitted to a competition, we are confident it’s miles ahead of the rest because of the hard work put into it.

2025 grand prize win AT THE ADAC SUBSTANCE ABUSE PREVENTION POSTER DESIGN CONTEST

My Digital Art + Media and Graphic Design classes enter a handful of posters each year to the ADAC Substance Abuse Prevention Poster Design contest. We’ve had some big wins before–second place, first place… BUT THIS YEAR the ADAC awarded Grant Musson the Grand Prize in the Digital Design Category 1-12th grade out of more than 2000 entries! His poster will be reproduced and distributed to schools, offices, and businesses throughout Orange County. His artwork will be framed and he wins $200! He will also receive an Outstanding Leadership/ Volunteerism/Citizenship Award from the Orange County Youth Bureau.

first Place in the 2024 Olympics of the Visual Arts

I have co-coached for three years the NYS Olympics of the Visual Arts GHS teams in multiple categories. this is an afterschool club that meets once a week for 3 hours for about 4 months to work on art project challenges. We travel overnight to Saratoga, NY and bring our extragagent artworks with us on the bus to compete against the rest of NY state! Last year my Illustration group got a 3rd place win and my Sculpture group received first place!!

$1000 Grand Prize winner at the 2025 Leonard Bus Sales “A Day in the Life of a School Bus” Art Competition

After reviewing the work of many talented artists from across the state, Leonard's panel of judges felt that Stefany Vidals Hernandez's work best embraced the theme of the contest. She was awarded a $1,000 scholarship and her work will be reproduced and displayed in School Transportation Departments across the state. In addition, Stefany's work was professionally framed and gifted to the Goshen Central School Transportation Department.

t-shirt design contest winner 40th Annual Great American Weekend 2023

My design class created many colorful, fun, and creative entries for this t-shirt contest event put on by the Goshen Chamber of Commerce. Oriah Perales, Grade 12 won with her clean and elegant design and her shirt design was printed and sold at the festival on July 4th.

2025 Scholastic Art Awards at SUNY New Paltz

A huge congratulations to the 22 Goshen high school students who were recognized at the regional Scholastic Art Awards last night at SUNY New Paltz for winning a record shattering 22 Silver medals, 21 Gold medals and 1 American Vision Award! A special shout out to Paulette for being our first GHS American Vision winner ever and to Arianna for being our first Portfolio Silver Key winner ever!