Daniel Mardirosian is finally recognized and earns the spot for the month of January in the 2010-2011 Safety and Health calendar.
Photo by Rebecca Holt
Every school year students from all over DPS, from kindergarten to twelfth grade, get the chance to be part of the DPS Safety and Health Calendar Art Contest. Each year one of TJ’s art teachers Brooke Stoyer has hopes that one of her very own students will get his or her drawings picked to be part of the next school year’s safety and health calendar. For the 2010-2011 Safety and Health Calendar, Daniel Mardirosian won the Slip and Fall Prevention II for the month of January.
“I was really happy when I found out I won the contest,” said Mardirosian. “I have never won this contest before so I was happy to finally be acknowledged.” This is Mardirsian’s third year entering his artwork and each year he hopes to win and be able to see his work in the calendar. “I have tried different themes each year. Last year I entered in for the fire safety drawing and did a different slip and fall prevention theme,” said Mardirosian, but his drawings were not chosen.
Every year in Stoyer’s art class Danny works hard on his drawings and hopes for a chance to win. “I was really relieved and proud of Danny when I found out he won because he didn’t win the bookmark contest this year,” said Stoyer smiling. “I really like that he really has his heart set on drawing.”
This has been the first time that someone from TJ has won the calendar contest in two years. “A couple of years ago I had a student exchange student from Columbia who won the Safety Calendar Contest,” said Stoyer.
This isn’t the first art contest that Daniel has won here at TJ. He enters in the bookmark contest for Denver public libraries and wins almost every year, except this year, when he got noteworthy on his bookmark.
Mardirsian doesn’t enter his artwork in the contests for fun; he considers drawing a passion of his. “After high school I plan on going to college for drawing as a major, because I really enjoy drawing,” says Mardirsian.
Mardirsian is happy to finally get recognized ed and to see his art work selected for the calendar next school year.
