Eight Fox Chapel Area High School students had pieces accepted to the 2025 FUSION Youth Metal Arts Showcase. The students are seniors Adele Grady, Raina Guzman, Riley Hemingray, Emma Kuhns and Mary Lynch; junior Olivia Arca; sophomore Troy White and freshman Elijah Turner. Additionally, Arca won the top award, the Juror’s Grand Prize, for her piece, “Picnic for One,” and Grady won the prize for Best Use of Color for her piece, “Deep Sea Jewel.”
The showcase is open to students in kindergarten through grade 12 from throughout the greater Pittsburgh area, and all work must feature metal as a material or in the process of creating the art. The show features small works in aluminum, pewter, copper, brass, and silver. The showcase is being hosted by the Children’s Museum of Pittsburgh MuseumLab as part of FUSION Fest and runs through Jan. 3. The show is located in the lobby of the MuseumLab and no admission is required to view the show.
The students are under the instruction of Fox Chapel Area High School art teacher Sarah Stewart Vasquez
Five Fox Chapel Area High School students won awards at the annual Pine-Richland High School Speech and Debate Tournament. Sophomores Paulomi Goel and Ottilie Happold won first place in Duo Interpretation. Senior Sabina Mantella won fifth place overall in Student Congress. Sophomores Juliet Chrissis and Amelia Tedesco won fifth place overall in Parliamentary Debate.
Additionally, as part of the competition, school superlatives are also awarded and the Fox Chapel Area High School team was recognized as the “Best Dressed” at the tournament.
More than 340 students representing 21 public and private high schools from Western Pennsylvania participated in the tournament that was held Nov. 22 at Pine-Richland High School.
Fox Chapel Area High School students received eight nominations in Prime Stage Theatre’s Sixth Annual High School Drama Awards. The students were nominated for their performances and/or involvement in “Our Town,” the high school’s fall play. The students nominated are senior Robert Svenson in the best actor category, senior Grace Gouwens in the best actress category, sophomore Solomon Edwards in the best supporting actor category, senior Faye Muller in the best supporting actress category, senior Lily Cannon in the best student stage manager category, juniors Erin Stein and Elias Zeiner in the best student sound design and/or operation category, and seniors Abigail Haas and Molly Krajcovic in the best student makeup design and/or application category. Additionally, Fox Chapel Area’s fall play was nominated for the best student onstage run crew. The crew members were senior Josiah Woodard-Lehman; sophomore Patrick Svenson; and freshmen Sidney George, Henry Muller, Audrey Seiler and Rebecca Smith.
The awards ceremony will be held Jan. 10 at the Hillman Center for Performing Arts on the campus of Shady Side Academy Senior School, where the winners will be announced. The awards are open to schools from across Southwestern Pennsylvania.
