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🥇 1st Place: The Golden Peak, by Tiger Fleder

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🥇 1st Place: The Golden Peak, by Tiger Fleder

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I didn't understand why when my parents told me I had to get up early to see sunrise at Convict Lake, Mammoth. But when I saw the first golden light hit the peak of the mountain and its reflection in the water, I finally understood why. It was breathtakingly beautiful! Nature has its own ways of showing people that the sun always comes out each day, which gives people hope. It matters. And, like the sun, I matter because I AM the sunlight in many people's lives. I matter because I AM the future and I give people hope...
Photography - Intermediate

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🥇 1st Place: Everyone Loves Me, by Mackenzie Knickerbocker

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🥇 1st Place: Everyone Loves Me, by Mackenzie Knickerbocker

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"I'm sweet as a little cookie and my family loves me."
Dance Choreography - Primary

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🥈 2nd Place: I Matter Because I am Part of Nature, by Nicholas Terry

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🥈 2nd Place: I Matter Because I am Part of Nature, by Nicholas Terry

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I love nature because I am part of it and it is beautiful. I need to protect it because when nature gets damaged it is not good for the earth and all the kids like me.
Artwork: 9 x12, Acrylic on Canvas
Visual Arts - Intermediate

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I Matter Because I am Part of Nature (3rd - 5th grade)

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🥈 2nd Place: (joint) A precious person, by Richard Kweon

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🥈 2nd Place: (joint) A precious person, by Richard Kweon

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I am always thinking and practicing good things. I try to get along with my friends at school, I share and help even a little bit, and I like to water the grass which is one of my greatest pleasures. I think I am a precious person.
Artwork: Watercolor on a paper (11 x 15 inches)
Visual Arts - Primary

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🥇 1st Place: I matter because I spread joy and love, by Sophia Shin

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🥇 1st Place: I matter because I spread joy and love, by Sophia Shin

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I painted myself as a big bundle of happiness sitting on top of the hourglass spreading joy and love down to convert other people's sadness back into happiness.
Artwork: Watercolor paper 11x15 inch, oil pastel, black marker, watercolor, acrylic paint, pompom, rhinestones
Visual Arts - Intermediate

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I matter because I spread joy and love  (3rd - 5th grade)

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🥇 1st Place: The Beautiful Butterfly, by Sofia Brashear

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🥇 1st Place: The Beautiful Butterfly, by Sofia Brashear

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Watching a butterfly in my garden. We must protect the environment they live in.
Music Compostition - Intermediate

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The Beautiful Butterfly  (3rd - 5th grade)

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I matter because I am important to my family’s happiness.
Photography - Intermediate

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I matter because I am important to my family's happiness.  (3rd - 5th grade)

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🥇 1st Place: I Matter because I Challenge Myself, by Astor Gonzalez Cortese

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🥇 1st Place: I Matter because I Challenge Myself, by Astor Gonzalez Cortese

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This film shows that working hard makes me better at parkour. I used specific clips to show big challenges and goals that I overcame. You have to have a great mindset to keep trying and learn more about your skills and yourself. You can't fail unless you give up.
Dance Choreography - Intermediate

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I Matter because I Challenge Myself  (3rd - 5th grade)

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I matter because I love our planet and I want to do everything I can to keep it nice. My artwork is a mosaic that shows all the nice things on our planet - the sun, the sky, trees with orange leaves, and a pretty blue and green peacock that lives in our community. When I grow up I will try to protect all these things.
Artwork: 8 x 10, glass mosaic
Visual Arts - Primary

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🏅 HM: I Matter Because I can Paint, by Victoria Bueno

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🏅 HM: I Matter Because I can Paint, by Victoria Bueno

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I matter because I can paint beautiful paintings
Visual Arts - Primary

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I Matter Because I can Paint (pre-K - 2nd grade)

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🥇 1st Place: Welcome to Local Beach Playground We Built! by Bella Kovshilovsky

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🥇 1st Place: Welcome to Local Beach Playground We Built! by Bella Kovshilovsky

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Welcome to local beach playground we built!
You are inviting you to play, run your book club event, enjoy your breakfast, meet the sunset with family and friends. Together will can survive and build strong community with the distance resistance at Covid19.
Photography - Primary

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Welcome to Local Beach Playground We Built! (pre-K - 2nd grade)

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I matter because I can sketch my Family, by Victoria Bueno

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I matter because I can sketch my Family, by Victoria Bueno

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I matter because I can Sketch my Family with a Pencil
Artwork: Sketch drawing on canvas. 12 x 12 inches
Visual Arts - Primary

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I matter because I can sketch my Family  (pre-K - 2nd grade)

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🥈 2nd Place: Standing together, by Elsie Park

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🥈 2nd Place: Standing together, by Elsie Park

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I matter because I believe even though everyone in the world is different and sometimes they don’t get along, being different is more beautiful than being the same, especially when we stand together.
Photography - Intermediate

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🥇 1st Place: My Dog Sakura, by Mitsuko Chavez-Kimura

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🥇 1st Place: My Dog Sakura, by Mitsuko Chavez-Kimura

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I matter because I love my dog Sakura. I feed and give her water everyday. I rescued her from a shelter where she would not have lived. I give her so much love and really nice home. I also take her on walks and she sleeps in my bed.
Artwork: 15 x 10.5 construction paper with water color, paint, crayon, colored pencil, and glitter.
Visual Arts - Primary

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🥉 3rd Place: A Better Place, by Piper Teer

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🥉 3rd Place: A Better Place, by Piper Teer

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I matter because I want the world to be a better place.  I want children to feel safe and grow up in a world where people aren't hurtful.  I want to live in a world where people are respectful of each other.  I want people to feel loved.
Artwork: 11x15 watercolor on paper
Visual Arts - Primary

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🥇 1st Place: I Matter Because... by Katherine Mellquist

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🥇 1st Place: I Matter Because... by Katherine Mellquist

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I wrote about why other people, animals, and the world need me, and why they think I matter.
Literature - Primary

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🥈 2nd Place (joint) "My Earth" by Carter Choi

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🥈 2nd Place (joint) "My Earth" by Carter Choi

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"I Matter Because"... I am a part of this Earth and I care about the Earth and all of its friends.
Artwork: Watercolor and Crayon on a 11"X14" Board
Visual Arts - Primary

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I matter because I like spending time outside in nature.
Artwork: 9” x 11.25”, Watercolor pencil And acrylic paint on watercolor paper.
Visual Arts - Primary

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🥉 3rd Place: The Village, by Victoria Bueno 

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🥉 3rd Place: The Village, by Victoria Bueno 

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I matter because I made a village and I have a bunny, a dragon and because it is my building.
Photography - Primary

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I love to help out others. At home, I help cleaning rooms and put away dishes. I take out clothes from the dryer. I feed my fish so he is happy. At school, I took my friend who gut hurt to the nurse's office. I matter because I am a great helper. Helping makes others happy and myself happy.
Artwork: 12 in x12in, acrylic paints and paint pens on Acrylic paper
Visual Arts - Primary

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Helping others  (pre-K through 2nd grade)

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🥇 1st Place: The Village of the City of the People, Wives and Babies, by Victoria Bueno

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🥇 1st Place: The Village of the City of the People, Wives and Babies, by Victoria Bueno

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I matter because I love my story and that’s my movie and no one can take it away.
Film Production - Primary

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The Village of the City of the People, Wives and Babies  (pre-K - 2nd grade)

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🥈 2nd Place: Swirling Swerve, by Victoria Bueno 

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🥈 2nd Place: Swirling Swerve, by Victoria Bueno 

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I matter because I made that dance and that is my favorite dance and no one will take it away from me!
Dance Choreography - Primary

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I matter because I am a team player, by Moses McElroy

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I matter because I am a team player, by Moses McElroy

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A team player is someone who interacts with everybody and makes their team the best it can be by combining everything everybody is good at.
Artwork: Colored pencil on paper8”x6”
Visual Arts - Primary

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I matter because I am a team player.  (pre-K - 2nd grade)

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I matter because I love Legos and building Lego worlds.
Artwork: 11” x 15” Pencil, Acrylic paint, and watercolor pencils on watercolor paper.
Visual Arts - Primary

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🥈 2nd Place: Animals and Me, by Natalie Knickerbocker

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🥈 2nd Place: Animals and Me, by Natalie Knickerbocker

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I made a poem that matches amazing things about animals that match what I am like.
Literature - Primary

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🥉 3rd Place: Blue Butterfly, by Ethan Hass

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🥉 3rd Place: Blue Butterfly, by Ethan Hass

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I matter because I care about the environment and I will do all I can to help protect it. My artwork is a glass mosaic inspired by the Palos Verdes Blue Butterfly, which is an endangered species and needs our help to survive.
Artwork:  8 x 10, glass mosaic
Visual Arts - Intermediate

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This picture is a rainbow sunflower. It is rainbow which makes it different like me. The flower is different like everyone is different. Everyone matters even if they are different .
Artwork: 16 by 20 on canvas. Acrylic paints were used to paint this picture.
Visual Arts - Primary

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🥈 2nd Place: Because fostering matters, by Jasper Park

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🥈 2nd Place: Because fostering matters, by Jasper Park

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I matter because I foster rescue dogs. I care for the dogs until they find a new owner and I help the dogs find a happy home so they can have happy lives. Helping animals matters.
Photography - Primary

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Because fostering matters. (pre-K - 2nd grade)

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🏅 HM: I believe I can fly...  by Ariana Shafranovich 

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🏅 HM: I believe I can fly...  by Ariana Shafranovich 

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This is my paper craft “I believe I can fly..”
Artwork:  my artwork is 13.5x18.2. Paper and jewelry craft.
Visual Arts - Intermediate

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I believe I can fly...  (3rd - 5th grade)

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I matter because my family loves me and I am unique.
Artwork: 8.5” by 11“  Pencil and color pencils on printer paper
Visual Arts - Primary

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I matter because it’s my birthday and I got a toy car for my birthday.
Artwork: 11" x 15" , Watercolor pencil on watercolor paper
Visual Arts - Primary

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🏅 HM: The Dreamers - homemade art postcards@Covid19, by Maksim Kovshilovsky

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🏅 HM: The Dreamers - homemade art postcards@Covid19, by Maksim Kovshilovsky

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The Dreamers series - We Feel in Love, Before We Know You.
While Homeschooling in Spring @Covid19 we were so lonely that came up with the art homemade postcards, using watercolor pencils. We mailed it medical heroes, friends, artists, and children. We are enjoying to serve the community and make them happy. We are Thankful!
Artwork: art homemade postcards, size 4x6, created on postcards with watercolor pencils.
Visual Arts - intermediate

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The Dreamers - homemade art postcards@Covid19 (3rd - 5th grade)

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I matter because I am a kind person. I am active in many ways and I am helpful. I like work and I am smart and funny.
Artwork: 13 1/2 x 9 1 1/2 inches. used paint and water colors on card board paper.
Visual Arts - Primary

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I matter because I like to paint pictures and this was for my dad.
Artwork: 11”x15”, watercolor pencils on watercolor paper
Visual Arts - Primary

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Imagine Space Walk In at 2020, while Space X send the shuttle to the space. a lot of different events happened in 2020. You name them all.
Artwork: 8x11, Watercolor pencils on Paper
Visual Arts - Intermediate

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Welcome to Rancho Vista PTA Reflections Program 2020 -          I Matter Because... 

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Welcome to Rancho Vista PTA Reflections Program 2020 -          I Matter Because... 

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Rancho Vista Elementary PTA Reflections Program