The Asian Languages BilingualESL Technical Assistance Center A L B E T A C Presents

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The Asian Languages Bilingual/ESL Technical
Assistance CenterA L B E T A CPresents
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The Fourteenth Annual Korean Essay Contest
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Grades 6 - 8
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• Second Place Ye Jun Hahn
• MS 67Q
• Third Place Ye Eun (Stephanie) Hahn
• MS 67Q
• Honorable Mention Hyeon-Jai Jeon
• IS25

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Grades 9 - 12
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• First Place Ye Bin (Claire) Ji
• Bayside High School
• Second Place Jane Kim
• Francis Lewis High School
• Third Place Yae Rim Lee
• Bayside High School
• Honorable Mention Min Young Lee
• Bayside High School
• Honorable Mention Seul Bin Ji
• Francis Lewis High School

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The Second Annual Chinese Essay Contest
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Grades 6 - 8
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• First Place Evan Wang
• MS 67Q
• Second Place Zhen-Qiang Wang
• IS 61Q
• Third Place Zong Qi Ye
• MS 67Q

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Grades 9 - 12
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• Second Place Hao Fu
• Bayside High School
• Third Place Ji Yi Guan
• Bayside High School
• Honorable Mention Hang ching Zheng
• Great Neck South High School
• Honorable Mention Kang ning Zhu
• Jericho High School
• Honorable Mention Ling Li
• Newtown High School

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The 16th Annual New York State Chinese Painting
Contest Award Winning Pieces 2009
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Grades K - 2
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I drew an ox because the ox is the animal for the
year. I drew fireworks because I saw fireworks in
every Chinese Lunar New year. I drew red
envelopes because I always got the lucky money in
a red envelope for the Chinese New Year. I also
drew a lantern because I like lanterns and I like
to play with lanterns.
Honorable Mention Dorothy Fong P.S. 206
Joseph F. Lamb School
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I thought about the picture in my head, and then
I decided to draw it. There were lots of
mountains in my mind. In China, a mountain means
long life. Water means happiness. I like drawing
mountains and water.
Honorable Mention Katelyn Bassano The Margaret
Gioiosa School
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I visited China two years ago, there were
beautiful houses and temples that I had never
seen before. We also saw a show with a fiery
dragon holding a red envelope and the dancers
were dancing the dragon dance.
2nd Place Jenny Chin 2nd Grade
Seaford Harbor School
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At the Chinese New Year night, we found a little
spot at the edge to watch the dragon parade, my
father took the pictures of the dragon balloon
show. Everyone was happy and excited we
celebrated the Chinese New Year together.
3rd Place Angela Chen 2nd Grade P.S. 204 The
Vince Lombardi School
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I drew a giant dragon so it would scare away all
the bad spirits for the Chinese New Year. I
painted a sunset with me in front of it. Behind
the dragon, I painted the city and stars in the
sky.
1st Place Elizabeth Browning P.S. 50
Frank Hankinson School
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Grades 3 - 5
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This year is the year of the Ox. I drew an Ox
in my picture to tell people that this picture is
in the year of Ox. I drew 3 people doing the lion
dance and 2 cows are holding gold in their hands.
There are lion dances and also people dressed up
in dog costumes matching down the street at
Chinese New Year.
Honorable Mention Wendy Zou, 5th Grade, P.S.
124 Yung Wing School
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In my drawing is the Great Wall of China, which
is a very fantastic structure of China. It is
also the only manmade structure that can be seen
from the moon. This structure kept invaders from
the north. What is really amazing is that the
Great Wall is still standing after invaders
attacked.
Honorable MentionKaiyuan Mao, Grade 5 P.S. 173
The Fresh Meadows School
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The painting I made reflects towards Chinese
culture. It does because of the red color, Ying
Yang, and the Chinese dragons. The red
background shows the beliefs of Chinese people
that red is a lucky color. The symbol of Ying
Yang is in the middle. The dragons symbolize as
Ying and Yang. This all tells you about the
culture of China.
3rd Place - Christina Skrastins Grade 5 P.S. 207
Elizabeth G. Leary School
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In my painting I drew two people. They seem to
be looking at flowers and relaxing. They are
sitting on a porch. The porch has bunches of
flowers that surround them. They are dressed in
beautiful clothing.
2nd Place - Selena Perez Grade 5 P.S. 96 Richard
Rodgers School
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The picture I drew is a tree with golden
kumquats. The golden kumquats are fruits that
will give you health, wealth, good fortune, and a
long happy life for many years ahead. The man is
the spirit of good fortune and wealth. Those are
some of the common symbols that we use in
celebrating Chinese New Year. This year is the
year of the Ox.
1st Place - Elaine Lee Grade 4 P.S. 205
Alexander Graham Bell School
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Grades 6 - 8
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The importance of dragons in the Chinese culture,
Chinese emperors feel that they are dragons and
are sons of Heaven, and the dragon is also seen
as a symbol of imperial power. Chinese hold the
cherry blossom trees in high regard for over a
thousand years. They feel that the cherry
blossom is a symbol of beauty and is also linked
to samurai, where the falling petals represent
fallen warriors.
Honorable Mention - Christopher Spinelli
Grade 8, P.S. 207 Fillmore Academy
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A cluster of stories passed down in Chinese
tradition has molded the Chinese culture to what
it is today. The painting I created for the
contest displays my interest in the stories of
Chinese culture. The images shown in my painting
include some of the many interesting tales in
Chinese tradition, including the Chinese Zodiac,
a warrior god, Hou Yi is shooting down nine of
the ten suns in the sky.
Honorable Mention Caroline Juang 8th Grade,
Manhasset Middle School
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3rd Place - Lauren Lynch, 6th Grade PS/IS 87Q

• Our class took a trip to
• Chinatown. I found out
• that fishing was one of
• the four basic occupations
• popular with Chinese
• people so I created the
• large fish in the center of
• my art. I used the color
• red to symbolize wealth
• And prosperity while the
• yellow is symbolic of the
• earth.

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2nd Place - Cui-Zhen Su, Grade 8 Is 61Q Leonardo
Da Vine School
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Chinese culture can be about many things, dance,
clothing, food, temples, etc. Dragon Boat
Festivals are very important in Chinese culture
because of the legend that it protects the body
of Qu Yuans. Qu Yuan killed himself to be with
his fallen dynasty. This shows loyalty to our
culture and heritage.
1st Place - Lucy Ye, 7th Grade J.H.S. 189Q
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Grades 9 - 12
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Since I am so attracted to nature it is only
natural that I should relate to the subject
matters presented in many Chineses artwork. This
is why I decided to choose a flower as my subject
because it is what most fascinates me in nature.
Honorable Mention Anum Khalid 11th Grade,
Abraham Lincoln HS
The truth and beauty of nature lies within a
flower.
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Honorable Mention- Shu Jun Li 12th Grade
Abraham Lincoln High School
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In this picture I tried to illustrate dragon
which would reflect Chinese culture. And the ball
is to represent Yin and Yang. Also I tried to use
bright colors to make this picture more Chinese
because China is a very bright country.

Honorable Mention - Elena Vlasiuc 12th Grade,
Tottenville High School
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3rd Place - Hei Man Mok, 10th Grade
Commack High School

• It was told that watching these Chinese lions
  dance would receive luck the rest of the year.
  People circled around the Chinese lions and
  give red packets to the drum crews who made the
  music while the lions were dancing.

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My painting displays a Chinese woman taking a
moment out of her busy live to mediate and become
one with nature. She sits alone with her writing
table and a scroll. She is listening to the
voice of nature as she reflects her life. The
surroundings and the birth of nature, and how the
clouds open up to bring in a new world for this
woman.
2nd Place Liseth Flores, 12th Grade
Richmond Hill High School
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Inspired by the Chinese culture, I have realized
that Korean culture was not much different than
it has been long ago. My interest in jewelry has
inspired me to come to my project's achievement.
Asian queens and princesses had an attraction for
exotic jewelry's and expensive pins. They also
kept a traditional routine of the prohibition of
cutting their hairs. My project emphasizes
Chinese culture in an exotic tradition.
1st Place - Christina Shin, 11th Grade Bayside
High School
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THANK YOU
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Our special thanks to NYCDOE Office of English
Language Learners New York University Metro
Center