Local students place at regional media and design competition, move onto states
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Three local school districts and their students participated in BLaST Intermediate Unit 17's, 22nd annual 2024 Regional Media and Design Competition, which is hosted by Lycoming College, according to a press release.
Twenty high school and middle school students from Williamsport, Montgomery and Athens area school districts participated in six different categories. The categories included digital movie, graphic design and logo 3D design, web page design, programming and animation.
"I'm always amazed by the creativity and dedication from our students during this competition," Renee Peluso, competition coordinator, said in the release. "We were excited to host this in person again finally. We look forward to the experience and many more project submissions next year."
Representatives from local entities as well as Pennsylvania State University, district faculty and BLaST IU 17, participated in judging the many projects that were submitted by students.
First place winning students will then go onto an in-person state competition in May that will be held in Carlisle at Dickinson College.
Winning participants included:
High School
Graphic Design and Logo
• First place: Kyle Segraves, Montgomery Area School District
• Second place: Catherine Tang, Athens Area School District
• Third place: Team members -- Gaia Swanhart and Juliana Lynch, Williamsport Area School District
Digital Movie
• First place: Team members -- Kyle Segraves and Caleb Parkyn, Montgomery Area School District
Middle School
3D Design
• First place: Team members -- Sorana Marica and Riley Worden, Athens Area School District