Photo Gallery This young elementary student is one of many winners honored by HAF at Frisco City Hall Tuesday. Entries were artworks of historically noted buildings and homes in Frisco. Stephanie Nichols of Heritage High School accepts congratulations from Mayor Maso. Judge Eilene Carver looks on.

Frisco ISD students received awards from the Heritage Association of Frisco Tuesday at Frisco City Hall. Mayor Maher Maso was on hand to shake students’ hands and congratulate those who participated in the annual HAF Art and Multi-Media Contest.

First place winners were selected from each of the elementary schools and first and second place winners were selected from the middle and high schools. The multi-media portion included winners from Frisco High School and Wakeland High School.

Students received Chase debit cards for their cash prizes and certificates.The sponsors of the event were Babe’s Chicken and Richardson Bike Mart of Frisco.

This year’s contest theme was the sites around town that have been marked with historical markers by HAF. Favorites this year were the Frisco Water Tower and the old movie theater on Main Street that is now the Masonic Lodge. Judges were Eilene Carver of Collin College, Georgi Still of the Visual Arts Guild, Chuck Venable of CV Editing Services, Judy Isbell and Bob Warren, both of HAF. They judged 650 entries from all of the Frisco ISD schools.

The multi-media contest winners did short film projects that were shown at the awards ceremony. Diego Romo of Frisco High School won first place for his school for a montage of photos set to music of the historical home that houses Randy’s Steakhouse and Stephanie Andriaenssens took 2nd place for a voice-over video of the Maple Street building that was the old high school and is now the Student Opportunity Center. She interviewed Mr. and Mrs. Bob Warren and Debra Purefoy about changes in the school district. Wakeland High School student Micha Caldwell and Brittney Morning shared the 1st place award for their video interview with Jimmy Jones recounting the history of the Hamilton School and Frisco prior to desegregation.

Art winners included these elementary 1st place winners: Presly Duyck of Allen; Cire Thompson of Anderson; Catalina Barragon of Ashley; Shikha Mody of Bledsoe; Adrian Martinez of Boals; Carrie Smith of Borchardt; Jacky Heredia of Bright; Ashleigh Butler of Carroll; Emily Gonzales of Christie; Sydney Riordan of Corbell; Tracy Zhang of Curtstinger; Alyssa Monarrez of Elliott; Cameron King of Fisher Elementary; Ian Alexander of Gunstream; Allie Glass of Isbell Elementary; Seth Watts of Mooneyham; Anna Kurian of Ogle; Charlotte Dorsey of Pink; Satya Boddu of Riddle; Kyle Donohoo of Robertson; Josh Cadle of Rogers; Curtis Zee of Sem; Jacey Harbin of Shawnee Trail; Haley Russell of Smith; Julia Paz of Sparks; Alicia Yu of Spears; Lucas Bassan of Tadlock; Charles Yang of Taylor; middle school winners: Morgan Green, 1st place, and Sarir Karami, 2nd place, of Clark Middle School; Lucas Binion, 1st  place and Rob Rever, 2nd place; both of Fowler Middle School; Tanner Johnson, 1st place and Johnny Loss, 2nd place; both of Griffin; Sloane Moore, 1st place and Maheen Asim, 2nd place, both of Pioneer Heritage; Sydney Morin, 1st place, Maheen Khan, 2nd place of Roach; Nicole Wragg, 1st place, and Tawnie Brito, 2nd place of Scoggins; InBum Yu, 1st place and Haley O’Brien, 2nd place, of Stafford; Lindsey Hughes, 1st place, and Sarah Guinn, of Staley Middle School; Arshdeep Singh, 1st place and Alyssa Flaningan, 2nd place, of Wester; high school winners: Maria Tinajero Arroyo, 1st place, Paige La Nasa, 2nd place, both of Centennial; 1st place Ben Podell, and 2nd place Stephanie Nichols, both of Heritage High School; Natasya Febyanti, 1st place and Alexandria Rhoads, 2nd place, both of Liberty High School.