• Are you a public or private high school photography instructor that has students interested in highlighting their photography on Kane County Connects? Submissions are due on Mondays by 3 p.m.; please contact Ellen Kamps for more information on the program.

For the second round of the Kane County Regional Office of Education and Kane County Connects High School Photography Contest, we want to welcome the participation of four more Kane County high schools! We currently have West Aurora High School, Academy of Grace, Batavia High School, Geneva Community High School, Kaneland High School, Saint Charles East High School, Bartlett High School, and Dundee-Crown High School now included in this 10-week program. Last week we had 28 submissions and this week we had 48. Thank you again to the all the artists for their submissions and to the instructors that are helping facilitate this initiative.

1. “Double Exposure” — Eileen Burke

• Geneva Community High School
• Digital Photography
• Instructor: Danica Fahmy

 2. “Sunset Boulevard” — Josh Pesetti

• St. Charles East High School
• Black & White Photography
• Instructor: Nathan Shackelford

3. Untitled (Fields of Gold) —Makayla Koehn

• Geneva Community High School
• Digital Photography
• Instructor: Danica Fahmy

4. “Riverboat Casino” — Berenice Acevedo

• Bartlett High School
• Sepia-toned Silver Gelatin Prints
• Instructor: Michelle Zappia-Eickmeier

5. “Veggies” — Mary Collum

• Kaneland High School
• Digital Photography
• Instructor: Carleen Gregg

6. “Point Blank” — Amanda Rice

• Batavia High School
• Digital Photography
• Instructor: Andrea Schindlbeck

7. “Fairy’s Eye View”  — Carista Ritchie

• Academy of Grace
• Digital Photography
• Instructor: Donna Ritchie

8. “Flying” — Ashley Hannah

• Dundee-Crown High School
• Digital Photography
• Instructor: Kate Norkus

9. “Muse” — Michael Aurelius

10. “Peppers” — Lena Hemmer

• Dundee-Crown High School
• Digital Photography
• Instructor: Kate Norkus

The Kane County Regional Office of Education is represented by Regional Superintendent Patricia Dal Santo. The mission of the ROE is to advocate for education, provide leadership, perform regulatory functions, and coordinate state and local services for educators, school districts, and the community.

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