DGS Winter Guard 2021 Season Show "Comatose"

Enjoy the Downers Grove South High School Winter Guard 2021 Season Show titled "Comatose."  We are so proud of the students and staff affiliated with this production for their perseverance and for their artistic success!  

DGS Visual Artist earns National Scholastic Award

South High School is proud to announce that visual artist Ashley DeAnda has won a Silver Medal for her Photograph titled "no direction" after adjudication in the National Scholastic Art and Writing Awards.

Since 1923, the Scholastic Art and Writing Writing Awards are the nation’s longest-running and most prestigious award and recognition program for creative teens. The Scholastic Awards typically receive 330,000  submissions for the  program year. Receiving a National Medal from the Scholastic Art and Writing Awards places these student artists within the top 1% of all submissions from a national pool of art work.

"Earning a national award from the Scholastic Art and Writing Awards is the pinnacle of success for a high school artist." said Fine Arts department chairman Glenn Williams.  "We are extremely proud of Ashley and mentor teacher Sam Wascher for earning this recognition at a national level."

Congratulations to Ashley for achieving this nation recognition for her work as a visual artist!

2021 Choir Vocal Fest - this time virtually!

 

The Downers Grove South High School Choirs held a virtual vocal festival the past two days.  Mr. Ken Donavan worked with each choir as an adjudicator and clinician.  Mr. Donavan has been a professional vocalist in Chicago for nearly 3 decades, including performing with the Chicago Lyric Opera for the past 28 years.  Congratulations to these participating student soloists: Abby Martin, Lizzie Workman, Casey Muzykansky, Alyssa Whitman, Abby Rook, Scott Conley, Alyssa Ancell, Sophia Girik, Alexa Nieciag, Mina Kostic, Jo Stewart, Zoe Boyd and Diana Kwak.  Specail shout out to our voice teachers for their ongoing work with these students:  Colleen Lingenfelter, Holley McKee and Stephani Springer. 

Two Senior Mustang Artists offered $344,000 in College Scholarships

 

Senior Mustang artists Sofia Dolce and Alexis Pragides recently submitted work for evaluation to the ArtsConnectEd Scholarship Program.   The program, which is been in existence since 2013, has offered more than $292 million dollars in scholarships to senior artists.

Both students received offers from multiple institutions and are currently working with their family and guidance counselor to determine their pathway.  Special thanks and  kudos to mentor teacher Ms. Katherine O'Truk for shepherding the students through this experience.

Alexis Pragides - Numb Online

Alexis Pragides - Bubble Wrap Frame

DGS Bands Virtual Winter Concert - Tuesday, March 16, 2021 at 7:00 pm

 

Join us on Tuesday, March 16, 2021 at 7:00 pm on the DGSFineArts YouTube Channel for the premiere of the Virtual Winter Band Concert.  All six South High School Bands will perform one piece each in this virtual event which is being produced by Grayson DeWolfe Productions.  We are excited to share the work of our student musicians - be sure and tune in to check it out!

Scholarship Alert (Seniors) - DG Rotary Club Charles Dickerman Scholarship

The Rotary Club of Downers Grove is now accepting applications for their annual Charles Dickerman Music Scholarships. Each year the Rotary Club of Downers Grove presents $2,000 scholarship checks to deserving high school seniors who reside in Downers Grove or the District 99 attendance area. Charles Dickerman was a founding member of the Rotary Club of Downers Grove. He was a nuclear physicist at Argonne National Laboratory who had undergraduate degrees in both physics and music. Charles stayed involved in music throughout his life and was an avid bagpiper!

Download the 2021 Charles Dickerman Scholarship Application:

tinyurl.com/DGRotaryDickermanScholarship21

Applicants must have their forms emailed by Wednesday, March 31, 2021. If selected as a finalist, candidates will then submit a video audition by Friday, April 23, 2021, and must be available for a virtual interview on the evening of Tuesday, April 27, 2021. The scholarship winners will be announced in May.

 

The qualifications to apply for this scholarship are:

• Be a graduating senior attending a public, private, parochial, or home school, and reside in Downers Grove or the High School District 99 attendance area.  
• Plan to pursue a post-secondary education program.
• Have participated in high school curricular music activities and/or extracurricular music activities.
• Composers and/or arrangers qualify for this scholarship.
• Pursuit of an undergraduate music major or minor is not required.
• Financial need is not a criterion for selection.

 These Charles Dickerman Music Scholarships are funded by proceeds from the annual Downers Grove Rotary GroveFest held each June in downtown Downers Grove.

 

Information:

Dave Humphreys

630-968-5526

musicscholarship@rotarygrovefest.com 

D99 Hosts the 2021 Chicagoland Regional Scholastics Art and Writing Exhibition

Community High School District 99 annually serves as host of the Chicago Regional Scholastic Art Show. This year's exhibition is hosted online, due to COVID-19 mitigations.

Please visit the 2021 Scholastic Art Show Chicago Region Exhibition HERE, or at:

tinyurl.com/ScholasticArtShow

695 students, and 109 educators at 46 schools participated in this year's competition. 1,739 entries were adjudicated across twelve media categories. 475 works were honored with awards.

Thank you to all District 99 Visual Art faculty who supported this year's Scholastic Arts Show as logistics coordinators, or as mentors to student participants. A special thanks is extended to Mr. Marty Voelker, who continues to serve the region as the manager and coordinator for the Chicagoland exhibition, and coordinated the collection of visual art for this year's virtual exhibition.