Christ the Redeemer Catholic Schools is proud to celebrate this year’s CTR Curated: Art Collective Golden Brush Award winners! The student artwork beautifully captured this year’s theme, “Marked on My Heart.” Their creativity, care, and talent are a gift! To all the winners, thank you for sharing your gifts with others. The artwork will be on showcase for one year at the Catholic Education Centre in Okotoks. Please join CTR Catholic in congratulating these talented student artists! https://youtu.be/mM9fecDJPfI Division One (K-3): Winner: Cannon Sinclair-Smith, Grade 2 St. Mary’s School, Okotoks Title of Art: The Portal of Peace 2nd Place: Ezekiel Renosh, Grade 3 The Centre for Learning@Home Title of Art: Be Still 3rd Place: Clara Foster, Grade 3 St. Mary’s School, Okotoks Title of Art: The River Honourable Mention: Brianne Horlings, Grade 2 Holy Spirit Academy, High River Title of Art: The Cross Division Two (4-6): Winner: Penelope Aballe, Grade 5 Holy Spirit Academy, High River Title of Art: Pamilya 2nd Place: Tegan Pederson, Grade 5 St. Mary’s School, Okotoks Title of Art: Tablets Of My Heart 3rd Place: London Lepp, Grade 6 St. Francis of Assisi Academy, DeWinton Title of Art: Marked On My Heart Honourable Mention: Ellie Bonner, Grade 4 St. Mary’s School, Okotoks Title of Art: Echo of the Forgotten Logs Division Three (7-9): Winner: Benjamin Cedeno, Grade 7 St. John Paul II Collegiate, Okotoks Title of Art: The Lyrics of My Pulse 2nd Place: Angee Xu, Grade 8 Our Lady of the Snows Catholic Academy, Canmore Title of Art: The Three Ducks 3rd Place: Joanna Smolinski, Grade 8 St. John Paul II Collegiate, Okotoks Title of Art: The Cracks Beneath the Surface Honourable Mention: Maren McCall, Grade 9 St. John Paul II Collegiate, Okotoks Title of Art: Love's Reflection Division Four (10-12): Winner: Zoe Gagne, Grade 10 Holy Trinity Academy, Okotoks Title of Art: Soaring Soul Ablaze 2nd Place: Brandon Rios, Grade 11 Our Lady of the Snows Catholic Academy, Canmore Title of Art: Rooted 3rd Place: Rhyah Pamatian, Grade 12 Holy Trinity Academy, Okotoks Title of Art: Reflection Honourable Mention- Tie: Michaela Ogario, Grade 10 Our Lady of the Snows Catholic Academy, Canmore Title of Art: A Work in Progress Honourable Mention- Tie: Mikiko D’Agostino, Grade 10 Our Lady of the Snows Catholic Academy, Canmore Title of Art: Mutual Reflections Special Mention in Filmmaking: Joshua Reinhart, Grade 12 The Centre for Learning@HOME Title of Short Film: Choice Click here to watch Josh's film: https://youtu.be/QYwgjUQLs_A #ctrcatholic #curatedartcollective

At The Doorpost Café, held at Crystal Ridge Golf Course in Okotoks, we gathered to honour the talents of our student writers and authors from across CTR. During the evening, each student shared a meaningful line from their writing in what we called a Symphony Share. As each line was read aloud back-to-back, without interruption, the distinct voices, topics, rhythms, and emotions of our young writers blended together to create a beautiful collective cadence - a literal symphony of the authors' thinking and writing at that exact moment in time. A Symphony Share is used to reinforce a foundational core belief of celebrating the beautiful words of writers: everyone in the room is a writer, and every single voice matters to the community. Each student writing piece has also been compiled in the Tablets and Doorposts Anthology that each writer will receive as a keepsake and an encouragement to keep writing!

Last night, we had the joy of celebrating student writers and artists from across CTR at The Doorpost Cafe: A Curated Collection of Artists and Authors. From powerful writing shared by our Top 20 Tablets & Doorposts student authors to the presentation of our Golden Brush Awards for this year’s Curated. Art Collective, the evening was a meaningful reminder of the gifts our students carry and the stories they have to tell. CTR received over 86 writing submissions for Tablets and Doorposts which was then compiled into a beautiful anthology of writing of which each author received a copy. We also received 102 art submissions for Curated. Art Collective, and selected student artists were recognized with a Golden Brush Award. Thank you to the families who joined us for this special evening, and to the teachers who recognized the gifts in their students and encouraged them to submit their work. A special thank you as well to our students for sharing their talent with us. We are incredibly proud of each one of you!

Congratulations to the graduating class of 2026 at St. Luke's Outreach in Okotoks, High River, and Brooks who will be celebrating their commencement today Thursday, May 21! 🎓🙏