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This year a panel of judges including Japanese nationals, art and foreign language teachers in the area judged the ninth annual NCJLT Nengajo Contest 2007, the year of the Boar. A little over 600 cards submitted from 110 schools nationwide. Among those cards, 93 came from K - 5 level, 122 came from 6 - 8 level, and 394 came from 9 - 12 level. We would like to see more entries from elementary and middle school levels!

This concludes my three years of NCJLT Nengajo Contest Chair. It was a great honor to work with you all, and a pleasure to see many beautiful Nengajo from your students.

Great job, everyone!

grade level
Artistic
Comical
Original
K -5
1st place

Kimie Matsumoto sensei
Southeast Gakuen
Norwalk, CA

Lisa Carpenter sensei
Farmington Elementary School
Garden City, MI

Yukiko Saigo sensei
Lyceum Kennedy Japanese School
New York, NY
K -5
2nd place

Akiko Bentz sensei
Great Falls Elementary School
Great Falls, VA

Nobuko Tsuji sensei
E. Hartford Glastonbury Elementary Magnet School
East Hartford, CT

Masayo Ohyama sensei
United Nations International School
New York, NY
K -5
3rd place

Atsuko Ando sensei
Richmond Elementary School
Portland, OR

Shawn Beatty sensei
Jefferson Elementary School
Menasha, WI

Mamiya Worland sensei
Great Falls Elementary School
Great Falls, VA
6 -8
1st place

Melissa Dalton sensei
Scripps Middle School
Lake Orion, MT

Miyuki Johnson sensei
Elkins Pointe Middle School
Roswell, GA

Motoko Hayashi sensei
The Overlake School
Redmond, WA
6 -8
2nd place

Andrew Scott sensei
Catlin Gabel School
Portland, OR

Keiji Furuya sensei
Smith Academy of International Languages
Charlotte, NC

Hiroko Kazama sensei
Punahou School
Honolulu, HI
6 -8
3rd place

Hiroko Kazama sensei
Punahou School
Honolulu, HI

Tomoko Geiser sensei
Rachel Carson Middle School
Herndon, VA

Miyuki Johnson sensei
Elkins Pointe Middle School
Roswell, GA
9 -12
1st place

Joy Shiozaki-Kawamoto sensei
Cerritos High School
Cerritos, CA

Yoko Thakur sensei
Falls Church High School
Falls Church, VA

Chiaki Rochkind sensei
LaGuardia HS of Music & Art and Performing Arts
New York, NY
9 -12
2nd place

Maren Williams sensei
Vashon Island High School
Vashon, WA

Koji Otani sensei
Thomas Jefferson HS
Alexandria, VA

Aki Tsugawa sensei
Highland High School
Highland, IN
9 -12
3rd place

Yasuko Makita-Discekici sensei
Glenbrook South High School
Glenview, IL

Carla Williams sensei
Wasilla High School
Wasilla, AK

Kiyoko Takemoto sensei
Lowell High School
San Francisco, CA

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