Eagle Days Art Contest Winners 9th Annual Bald Eagle Days Festival: Art and Poetry Competition
On Saturday February 7, 2009 Dickson Mounds Museum hosted an awards ceremony and display of student's art and poetry for the Bald Eagle Days Festival: Art and Poetry Competition. Students in grades 1 - 12 from Mason and Fulton County schools submitted 86 works of art and 12 poems paying tribute to the American Bald Eagle. Competition categories included 2-dimensional art, 3-dimensional art, and poetry. Students could enter the competition under three age divisions in each category; Group 1 (grades 1-4), Group II (grades 5-8), Group III (grades 9 - 12). First, second, and third place awards were given.
All entries are to be displayed at Dickson Mounds through Sunday, March 1, 2009.
This annual event is sponsored by the Mason and Fulton County Arts Councils, Mason County Library District, The Nature Conservancy, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and Dickson Mounds Museum.
Group 1 Art Winners
Two Dimensional Art - Group 1 (Click on the images below to display a larger versions.)
First Place Pride, Ellie Roat, Walker Art Studio, 1st Grade
Second Place
Looking for Dinner, Nick Williams, Walker Art Studio, 2nd Grade
Third Place
Eagle Free , Anna Greenfield, Illini Central Grade School, 4th Grade
Three Dimensional Art - Group 1
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First Place Sunset Eagle, Cooper Hutchison, Walker Art Studio, 3rd Grade Second Place
Nesting Eagle, Taylor Session, Havana New Central, 3rd Grade
Third Place
Eagle Eye, A.J. Stacy, Havana New Central, 3rd Grade
Group 1 Poetry Winners
First Place Rachel Homan, Havana New Central, 4th Grade The Eagle's Prey
Flying, flapping, diving for prey.
Fish sought, fish caught, flying away.
Clawing, gripping, tearing away, on the next day he finds a new prey.
Bunny found, gently swoops to the ground.
Eagle rought, bunny trots, eagle caught.
Eagle flies, to the sky, dives back down to the ground.
As you see this bird of prey, his day is always the same.
Second Place Jacqueline Ishmael, Havana New Central, 4th Grade An Eagle's Life
Eagle swooping in the air
Months pass and eagle stays for winter
Heading toward the water for its prey
Spring comes and eagle stays
Getting stick and twigs for its nest to lay its eggs
Eagle swooping in the air
Third Place Caitlyn Specketer, Havana New Central, 4th Grade Sky High
Fly sky high in the great blue
Fly sky high beneath the clouds
Fly sky high through the trees
Fly sky high above the river
Great eagles fly sky high
Group 2 Art Winners Two Dimensional Art - Group 2
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First Place American Eagle, Lakyn Wagoner, Walker Art Studio, 5th Grade Second Place Untitled, Shyan Kreager, Illini Central Middle School, 5th Grade
Three Dimensional Art - Group 2
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First Place Go Ahead, Make My Day, Krystina Short, Illini Central Middle School, 7th Grade Second Place Waiting for the Eaglets to Hatch, Joe Hohenshell, Walker Art Studio, 5th Grade Third Place Eagle Days, Lorena Leinweber, Illini Central Middle School, 5th Grade
Group 2 Poetry Winners
First Place Brinna Ebken, Illini Central Middle School, 5th Grade
The Eagle's Day
The eagle flies high above the ground.
He soars on the wind without a sound.
He hunts all through the day.
Stopping to rest along the way.
The eagle is king of all he sees.
His throne is high up in the trees.
At the end of the day he returns to his nest.
He has earned a long nights rest.
Second Place Lydia Perrilles, Spoon River Valley, 8th Grade Of Steeples and Eagles
Through the morning mist I fly,
Sharp of beak, keen of eye.
Lost from my treetops, river, glade of green, and over the steeple, there I'm seen.
The church bell tolls, I bow my head,
Remember now the life I led.
The clear blue skies that I've winged through, the storms and dangers that past, I flew.
I hunted over rivers and fields along the way,
Catching delicate field mice and scaly fish for my prey.
When my days were young, I flew so bold,
But now I linger, feeling ever so old.
It's not the years I've flapped my wings, I have plenty of time for that.
But what has changed, so many things,
Turned so is my habitat.
I've called and some one answered.
I've stood so proud and tall,
My beak a lethal weapon, my talons sharp and keen.
But, at times I have been so very small,
And all the adventures, the things that I have seen!
I have always flown strongly, sometimes it never did show,
But I have circled many a mountain and over the valleys have flown low.
So I will always remember, where my wings have flown,
And no matter where I am, my heart is always home.
The skies are my adventure,
The world is mine to Explore.
My strong wings will carry me far,
To whatever I'm looking for.
Third Place Mary H. Leamon, Illini Central Middle School, 5th Grade I See You Eagle
I see you eagle, your wings long and broad,
Your voice high pitched and shrill,
Your blackish-brown back, you white tail, and head,
So beautiful, so lively, as I see you soaring through the sky.
I see you eagle sitting on that branch, looking down on me,
I see you eagle, and there is no bird as beautiful as you.
Group 3 Art Winners Two Dimensional Art - Group 3
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First Place Eye of Endangerment, Dylan Abbadusky, Spoon River Valley, 11th Grade Second Place Boo, . Emma Chambers, Spoon River Valley, 10th Grade Third Place Stop and Stare, Candyce Leadbetter, Spoon River Valley, 11th Grade
