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OS28 Isabella Pezzulo wins YoungArts 2014 US Presidential Scholar in the Arts award

05/08/14

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Izzy Pezzulo an OS28 alum and senior at the Alexander W. Dreyfoos School of the Arts in West Palm Beach, FL has won the YoungArts 2014 US Presidential Scholar in the Arts Award and a Pathfinder Award Arts Scholarship.

YoungArts congratulates the 50th class of US Presidential Scholars. The 20 Scholars in the Arts, all 2014 YoungArts Winners, were nominated to The White House Commission on Presidential Scholars by YoungArts, and selected based on academic, civic and artistic achievement. The award, presented on behalf of the President of the United States, is the highest honor that can be bestowed upon an artistically talented graduating high school senior. These talented young artists will showcase their work at the John F. Kennedy Center for Performing Arts and at The Smithsonian Institute in Washington, D.C. on Monday, June 23, 2014.Read the full announcement and event details.

Pezzulo spent much of her Dreyfoos career studying at other schools through various programs such as the Oxbow School in Napa, CA and Cow House Studio in Ireland. - Jason Schultz, The Palm Beach Post - read full article.

At Oxbow, I got to try inquiry-based learning for the first time. This allowed me to control the amount of rigor and the depth of research in my topic, as well as picking a topic that I found most interesting. From going through this new process of learning, I feel excited to go back to the rigor of my sending school to apply the inquiry-based perspective to my classes.

— Meave Cunningham, Fall, 2015

Our daughter graduated summa cum laude from NYU with a double major in Studio Art and Art History. She is now working for Calvin Klein. She is contemplating getting a law degree and pursuing a career repatriating art objects. She still keeps in touch with several of her Oxbow classmates and they have regular reunions in Manhattan... I would say that Oxbow was the best semester that any of my four children spent in their cumulative 16 years of high school. Our daughter was the right kid, and for the right kid you do a wonderful job. You changed her life. Thank you.

— John Powley, Parent

Oxbow School is one of the preeminent choices for creative high school students interested in the arts. Their project-based, integrated approach to learning mirrors the approach of many top art schools. At California College of the Arts, we are thrilled to see applicants who have attended Oxbow because we know they are well prepared for the rigors of college level work. I wish there had been an Oxbow School when I was a high school student!

— Stephen Beal, President, California College of the Arts

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