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National Awards

Scholastic Art National Gold Medal(2023)

  "Sophrosyne", Drawing & Illustraion 

Scholastic Art National Silver Medal(2025)

  "Whispers from below", Drawing & Illustration 

Celebrating Art - High Merit Awards(3X) 

  "Fragaria" (summer 2023)

  "Rage" (fall 2023)

  "Girl in the Red Dress" (fall 2024)

​California Arts Scholar (CSSSA, 2024)

​The Congressional Award (Gold Medal, 2025)

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Additional Art & Writing Awards

  Scholastic Art Contest (2023~2025, 21 Medals & Keys)

   - Gold Medal 

   - Silver Medal

    - Gold Key (8X),

   - Silver Key (7X)

   - honorable Mentions (4X)

2023 (Freshman)

“Sophrosyne” – Drawing & Illustration, Gold Key, Gold Medal

“Vanity” – Mixed Media, Gold Key

“Another Tale” – Drawing & Illustration, Silver Key

“Beautiful and Alone” – Painting, Silver Key

“Fragaria” – Painting, Silver Key

“Thalassophile” – Ceramics & Glass, Silver Key

“Wander” – Drawing & Illustration, Honorable Mention

​2024 (Sophomore)

“Dark Horse” - Drawing & Illustration, Gold Key

“Obscurity” - Ceramics & Glass, Gold Key

“Wish” - Digital Art, Gold Key

“3 AM” - Drawing & Illustration, Silver Key

​2025 (Junior)

“Whispers from Below” – Drawing & Illustration, Gold Key, Silver Medal

“Fragmented Man” – Ceramics & Glass, Gold Key

“Object Study” – Painting, Gold Key

“The Fractured Reality” – Digital Art, Silver Key

“Veiled Under Supremacy” – Mixed Media, Silver Key

“Entropy of Struggle” – Mixed Media, Honorable Mention

“Uncanny Survival” – Drawing & Illustration, Honorable Mention

“Vanity’s Doom” – Drawing & Illustration, Honorable Mention

Scholastic Writing Contest 

    - Silver Key (Critical Essay, 2023)

“Designer Babies” – Critical Essay, Silver Key

Award of Merit: Ninth District PTA Reflections Program

(Visual Arts, 2024-2025) "crazy things"- drawing

Certificate of Award of Excellence: Palomar Council PTA

(Visual Arts, 2024-2025) "crazy things"- drawing

Celebrating Art Published (9X), (2023~2025)

High Merit Winner(3X)

"A Little Happiness" published in Spring 2023 (9th grade)

"Fragaria" published in Summer 2023 (10th grade) (High Merit Winner)

"Rage" published in Fall 2023 (10th grade) (High Merit Winner)

"Oblivion" published in Spring 2024 (10th grade) 

"Escapism" published in Summer 2024 (11th grade)

"Grasping for Freedom" published in Fall 2024 (11th grade)

"Girl in the Red Dress" published in Fall2024(11th grade)(High Merit Winner)

"Plastic Isolation" published in Spring 2025(11th grade)

"Stars and Stripes" published in Summer 2025(11 grade)

Del Mar Art Fair

   - Exhibited, First Place(2023)

 

MCASD (Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego) 

   - Exhibited artwork at MCASD Student Show

Marching Band Award

- Gold Medal Winner-2022 SCSBOA 6A Field Show Championships(2022)

- Gold Medal Winner-2023 SCSBOA 6A Field Show Championships(2023)

- Gold Medal Winner-2024 SCSBOA 6A Field Show Championships(2024)

- Community Impact Music Award - (San Diego County) Supervisor Joel Anderson Certificate (2023)

- Rancho Bernardo Band Program Certificate of Appreciation(2023)

Volunteer award & Diving Award

- The President's Volunteer Service Award - (Bronze, 2022)

- The President's Volunteer Service Award - (Silver, 2023)

- RBHS Athletic Award (JV Dive, 2023-2024)

- RBHS Scholar Athelete Award (Dive, 2024-2025)

Academic Award

AP Scholar with Distinction(College board 2025)

National Recognition Program(College board 2025)

Certificate

Lifeguarding with CPR/AED for Professional Rescuers and First Aid:

American Red Cross( 2023~2025)

Sexual Harassment and Abusive Conduct Prevention Training Completion Certificate (2024)

Middle School

Scholastic Art Contest (2022)

2022 (8th Grade)

“Alone Without Loneliness” – Digital Art, Silver Key

“Good Shoes” – Painting, Silver Key

“Illustrating Presence” – Digital Art, Silver Key

​TOYOTA Dream Car SEMI-FINALIST(2022)

"The First Steam Whale" - Digital Art, 2022

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