She received a Gold Key Award in the National Scholastics Art Competition which qualifies her for $10,000 worth of scholarship money for college as well as access to dozens of summer Art camps throughout the country. This contest is a BIG deal. This year alone, students received 9.2 MILLION dollars in scholarship money for their Artwork, and Ella is among those elite. So, WOW!!!
She accepted her Gold Key Award (the highest honor) on the stage of the historic Florida Theater in downtown Jacksonville at a red carpet event on Saturday, February 3rd.
James Weldon Johnson is beyond proud of our immense talent, keep it up, Ella, you ROCK!!!