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The annual EDI Media Children’s Drawing Contest announced the winners on July 13, 2019. 11 students from West California Academy of Art and Design won the awards.  4 students won the 2nd Place awards, including Aden Li, Cody Li, Leland Shi, Hayley Wu；4 students won the 3rd Place awards, including Helen Xu, Ethan Guo, Stella Fang, Riley Wang; 2 students won Outstanding awards, including Jacob Yang and Terra Huang; Braden Guo won the Best Composition award. The drawing contest has been held annually for 19 years. This year’s theme is “Love the Earth.” Children from the age groups of 3-5, 6-8, 9-11, 12-15 years old in Southern California are invited to participate and encouraged to draw in their originality, creativity and ideas for environment protection. The criteria of judging include creativity, color, the techniques of the drawing, and how related the content is to the themes of the contest. Students from West California Academy of Art and Design take active part in the contests and win awards every year at the contest. Themed with “Love he Earth,” this year’s drawing contest is more than just an art competition. Environmental protection is no doubt a major issue confronting the modern society. The issue is certainly relevant to each individual citizen and teachers, along with parents, should lead the efforts in addressing the environmental problems to children. 
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The Koala Know Cup Children’s Live Drawing Contest was successfully held at the San Gabriel main campus of West California Academy of Art and Design on July 20, 2019. More than 100 children ages 3-18 took active part in the contest themed Space Journey and Koala.  Koala and Space are two of the children’s favorite elements for artworks. This contest encouraged children to express their imagination through art, celebrating the 50th Anniversary of man’s first landing on the moon.  Winners will be selected for Age Group 3-5, Age Group 6-8, Age Group 9-11, Age Group 12-15, Age Group 16-18. One 1st Place Award, two 2nd Place Awards, three 3rd Place Awards will be selected for each age group, and other award categories include: Most Creative Award, Best Color Award, Best Composition Award, Best Story Award, Best Imagination Award, Best Technique Award. Besides, one Best Live Drawing Visual Effect Award will be selected from all entries.  All contestants received gifts including T-shirt, toys, and brand markers.  Koala Know is an online Chinese learning platform, and West California Academy of Art and Design is a WASC accredited art training center. The two joined efforts to host such an art contest for children, in order to deliver an important message to the children and their parents: Art and Chinese language are two essential skills for our next generation to be equipped with.  Through art, children can absorb the perceptions of others. They become interested in other cultures, traditions, and lifestyles. According to art expert, the vividness of art experiences blurs the boundaries between self experience and the experiences of another. When children produce art, they are actually situated in other times and places, embodied in other races, genders, ages, and abilities. This is the very beauty of art education.  Chinese is a fascinating, unique, and extremely rich language. Counting roughly 1.2 billion native speakers, it is the most spoken language on earth. Moreover, China’s rise as a global superpower is making it an increasingly significant means of communication for people in Asia and beyond. These two reasons alone should be enough to convince parents to encourage their children to learn Chinese. West California Academy of Art and Design and Ivy Excellent Education Group will jointly present Back to School Open House on July 28th, 2019, Sunday, 4:00pm—8:00pm. The venue is West California Academy of Art and Design’s main campus, 420 S Pine Street, San Gabriel, CA91776. For detailed information, please call 626-292-1783，626-235-2135，657-444-2575. The joint effort will offer: K-12 accredited art education and counseling services for over 20 years and now: full college /high school art and supplemental portfolio preparation service and SAT/ACT test prep and academic tutoring.  All students from 2018-19 WASC accredited Portfolio Preparation Class of West California Academy of Art and Design are accepted into their dream colleges with scholarship offers-total of half million dollars!  Over 91% students from 2018-19 Class of Ivy Excellent Education Group have been accepted into top 50 colleges, 51% into UCLA, Berkeley and Ivy League universities.  The open house activities offered by West California Academy of Art and Design include: school presentations: find out about the Academy’s programs K-12 and college and high school portfolio preparation; meet the college counselor and learn about careers in art and strategies for a better unique portfolio 100% admittance year after year; free trial art classes and demos, art activities and giveaways and cool art displays.  The open house activities offered by Ivy Excellent Education Group include: college application lectures by Darren (UCLA faculty) and Wendy (educational expert; free assessment for children’s academic potential; Q&A for parents.  The Open House Promotion Discount offered by West California Academy of Art and Design include: a waiver of registration fee ($30); sign up for a 12-session package, get 1 gift session; 5% discount of tuition for the 24-session package with extra 2 gift sessions; 10% discount of tuition for the 48-session package with extra 4 gift sessions. (for Open House Day only, portfolio class not included)  The Open House Promotion Discount offered by Ivy Excellent Education Group include: 5% discount of tuition for new students with free assessment on academic performance, career, etc.; 10% discount of tuition for whole-semester package with free textbooks and waiver of registration fee (for Open House Day only).  Koala Know will host a children’s live drawing contest on July 20, 2019 celebrating the 50th Anniversary of man’s first landing on the moon. The theme of this contest is: Space Journey and Koala. The contest will be held on July 20, Saturday 17:00-19:00, and the venue is West California Academy of Art and Design San Gabriel Campus, 420 S Pine Street， San Gabriel, CA91776. Tel: 626-366-6789，626-292-1783. The contest opens to children ages 3-18, and winners will be selected for Age Group 3-5, Age Group 6-8, Age Group 9-11, Age Group 12-15, Age Group 16-18. One 1st Place Award, two 2nd Place Awards, three 3rd Place Awards will be selected for each age group, and other award categories include: Most Creative Award, Best Color Award, Best Composition Award, Best Story Award, Best Imagination Award, Best Technique Award. Besides, one Best Live Drawing Visual Effect Award will be selected from all entries. Prizes are: Koala Know Earphone plus State Congressman Signed Certificate for 1st Place Award winners, Koala Know Schoolbag for 2nd Place Award winners, Koala Know School Stationary for 3rd Place Award winners, Earphone + State Congressman Signed Certificate + Schoolbag + School Stationary for the Best Live Drawing Visual Effect Award winner. Any painting tools, materials and genres are welcome. The drawing paper will be provided by the organizer and contestants should bring their own drawing tools to the contest.  （Live drawing contest held at West California Academy of Art and Design San Gabriel Campus during past years）
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