MVCTC Students Celebrate Historic Dayton Landmark
Dayton, Ohio - The Miami Valley Career Technology Center (MVCTC) Graphic Commercial Photography students competed in the annual Woodland Cemetery Photo Contest. On September 6th, the photography students traveled to the historic Woodland Cemetery in Dayton to take photos to later be displayed. The contest had many different categories in which to enter photos, such as: Forever Elegant, In Search of Patriotism, Altered, etc. This year, eight MVCTC seniors and four MVCTC juniors won first, second, and third places. The reward for first place was $50 and second place was $25.
Woodland Cemetery according to www.woodlandcemetery.org, is one of the oldest “garden” cemeteries in the nation. “Its Romanesque gateway, chapel and office, completed in 1889, are on the National Register of Historic Places. The chapel has one of the finest original Tiffany windows in the country. 100,000 monuments, ranging from rugged boulders to Greek statues and temples, note the lives of people who helped to shape a young nation and a young city. With more than 3,000 trees on its rolling hills, Woodland is recognized as one of the area' finest arboretums. Many of its trees are more than a century old.”
The winners with their place, categories, picture title, grade, and schools will be listed below.
Forever Elegant:
1st Senior, Megan Davis from Arcanum with the photo “An Angle in Sorrow“
2nd Junior, Nakaiya Thigpen from West Carrollton with the photo “Monumental Grum”
Nature Prevails:
1st Senior, Kiah Lyninger from West Carrollton with the photo “Hidden Treasure”
2nd Senior, Kylie Tilton from Huber Heights with the photo “Pond Views”
Open Division:
1st Junior, Miles Warren from National Trail with the photo “Door of Death”
2nd Senior, Elissa Andersen from Vandalia-Butler with the photo “Blue”
In Search of Patriotism:
1st Senior, Laynie Beatty from Valley View with the photo “Land of the Free”
2nd Senior, Francesca Feindel from Miamisburg with the photo “Freedom”
Gravestones That Say It All:
1st Senior, Kate Buchholz from Huber Heights with the photo “Sleepy Angel”
2nd Junior, Emily Smith from Huber Heights with the photo “Weeping Angel”
Altered or Photo Shopped:
1st Senior, Katie McCormick from Milton-Union. No photo title.
2nd Junior, Madison Grafflin from Milton-Union with the photo “Harden”
What started almost 50 years ago as the Montgomery County Joint Vocational School (JVS) has transformed into the Miami Valley Career Technology Center (MVCTC). While the name has changed, the mission remains the same. MVCTC is dedicated to providing training for in-demand jobs and college-readiness skills for high school and adult students across Darke, Miami, Montgomery, Preble, and Warren Counties.
For more information about MVCTC, visit www.mvctc.com or follow MVCTC on Facebook (Facebook.com/MVCTC) or Twitter (Twitter.com/MVCTC).
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