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Bailey Winters Berryhill High School

A class valedictorian, Winters is president of Berryhill’s National Honor Society, captain of

Fellow-ship for Christian Athletes and ac-tive in Student Council.

She has studied dance since 1999, including ballet, jazz, tap and hip-hop styles. She was a dancer in the 2012 Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade. Winters is a leader in the Youth Philanthropy Initiative, which invests time and money in projects serv-ing other teens. Through the initiative, she helped create a program to raise awareness about nutri-tion. Winters plans to attend Oklahoma State University. Scholar-ship sponsor: American Heritage Bank

Yung Shu Wong Thomas A. Edison Prepa-ratory High School

An accomplished vio-linist, Wong is a three-year Oklahoma Music

Educators Asso-ciation All-State Orchestra member and a three-

year concertmaster for Northeastern Oklahoma All-District String Or-chestra. He has received numerous superior rat-ings at state and regional music contests. Wong is an Advanced Placement Scholar with Distinction and serves as president of Orchestra Council. He is also active in National Honor Society and the academic team. Wong has volunteered for St. John Medical Center. He plans to study pre-medicine in college. Scholarship sponsor: The Meshri Family

Kelly Woods Westmoore High School

Woods is a National Merit Finalist, Advanced Placement Scholar with Distinction and an Elea-

nor Kirk-patrick Franco-American Fellow. She is captain of the

academic team, and National Honor Society president. As a par-ticipate in Model United Nations, she was named Top Delegate on the Security Council and Top Delegate on the Com-mission of Trade and De-velopment. Woods plays soccer and basketball and is a volunteer for the Pioneer Library Sum-mer Reading Program and the Regional Food Bank. She plans to study international relations in college. Scholarship sponsor: E.L. and Thelma Gaylord Foundation

Landon WrightEdmond North High School

A class valedictorian, Wright is an Advanced Placement Scholar with

Honors and an Okla-homa Distin-guished Scholar. He is

president of National Honor Society and a senator in Student Coun-cil. He is active in Youth Leadership Edmond and serves as a student adviser to the Edmond Public Schools Founda-tion. Wright is an Eagle Scout who has volun-teered more than 700 service hours. He also runs cross country and participates in Chesa-peake Junior Crew row-ing team. Wright plans to major in engineering at the University of Oklahoma. Scholarship sponsor: GableGotwals

2014 OKLAHOMA ACADEMIC ALL-STATE SCHOLARS

Commemorative poster features painting by Peña

“Los Cuentos,” a mixed me-dia painting by Southwestern artist Amado Peña Jr. of Santa Fe, has been selected for the commemorative poster for the 28th annual Oklahoma Founda-tion for Excellence Academic Awards banquet.

“Los Cuentos,” (The Tales), depicts a family reading books together. The vibrant painting is part of Peña’s Colcha Series created in 1989.

“Each year, the founda-tion creates a poster featur-ing a Native American-themed painting to present to its Aca-demic All-State and Medal for Excellence winners,” said Em-ily Stratton, executive director of the Oklahoma Foundation for Excellence. “We are grateful to Amado Peña for sharing his artwork for our poster. Not only is Amado a respected artist, but he is also a champion for public education.”

A native of Laredo, Texas, Peña studied art and education at Texas A&I (now Texas A&M, Kingsville), where he earned his bachelor’s and master’s de-grees.

“For 10 years I was a teach-er, and I could help share art through education,” said Peña, who taught art at several Texas high schools. “Now, art is my full-time job, my profession, and traveling to different shows has allowed me to educate and share in a whole new and excit-ing way.”

Because of their passion for education, Peña and his wife, J.B., started the Art Has Heart Foundation in 1996 to provide need-based college scholar-ships for students from New Mexico, Texas, Arizona, Colo-rado and Oklahoma. Their scholarships have supported more than 400 students, pri-marily in the arts.

Today Peña’s distinctive style of southwest art and Mestizo imagery is known throughout the world, and his work is part

of the permanent collection at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C. Recognized as an artisan of the Pascua Yaqui

Tribe of Arizona, Peña is dedi-cated to furthering the public’s knowledge and interest in the tribe, its art, its history and its culture. His work pays tribute to the Native Americans who survive by living in harmony with an untamed environment. Peña’s work is inspired by such places as Canyon de Chelly, Spi-der Rock, Monument Valley, Enchanted Mesa, Acoma and Black Mesa.

The 2014 Academic Awards Banquet commemorative post-er, designed by Daren Shep-herd of Southwestern Printing, is available for $20, including shipping.

It can be purchased at the Ac-ademic Awards Banquet or by contacting the Oklahoma Foun-dation for Excellence at (405) 236-0006 after May 17.

“Los Cuentos,” a mixed media painting by Santa Fe artist Amado Peña, is featured on the commemorative poster for the Oklahoma Foundation for Excellence 2014 Academic Awards banquet.

Santa Fe artist Amado Peña cre-ated the commemorative poster for this year’s banquet. Courtesy

• ‘Los Cuentos’ depicts a family reading books together