Plainfield South student honored nationally for artwork

A Plainfield South High School senior who took home his second consecutive regional Gold Key award earlier this year from the Scholastic Art and Writing Awards in the drawing competition recently was honored with a Silver Key Award at the 2006 national competition.

He was one of only five American Vision Award (best of show) winners at the regional competition in January. At the recently completed national competition in New York, his portfolio of six drawings and two videos was chosen as one of the top 100 portfolios across the nation.

Three other regional Gold Key honorees from Plainfield South, in the areas of art portfolio and photography, also had their work judged at the national competition.

Plainfield South, one of three high schools in Plainfield Community Consolidated School District 202, is located at 7800 W. Caton Farm Road in Plainfield.

For more information, contact Plainfield South art teacher Mike Freitag at (815) 439-5555, ext. 5814.