HONORABLE MENTION Kindergarten Addison Pierson
Gardendale Elementary
Maria Calhoun
“My skyscraper is a snake hospital. It’s for sick and hurt snakes. There is an ambulance that brings them to the hospital.”
HONORABLE MENTION Kindergarten
Simon Gorelick
N.E. Miles Jewish Day School
Sari Menaker
“The trainors that live in the house help the Great White sharks, and if the Great White sharks get hurt, the trainors will help them. The building that they live in is under water, and the sharks are trying to destroy the evil starfishes.”
HONORABLE MENTION First Grade
Katie Xie
Highlands School
Anna Claire Culp
“It is in the North Pole. You can ride a sled pulled by some huskys. You will go to Santa’s work shop. You will see all the toys. Then you will be able to ride home in the husky sled. You can train huskys. You can help huskys. You can feed them.”
HONORABLE MENTION First Grade
Evie Grace Harrison
Shades Cahaba Elementary School
Lisa Mooresmith
“My building is made out of chocolate. Inside you will find lots of gold, and chocolate bars and you will find lots of stacuse.”
HONORABLE MENTION Second Grade
Alisha Davis
Robinson Elementary
Rebecca Gibb
“My skyscraper is in New York City.”
HONORABLE MENTION Second Grade
Sarah Serrano
Chelsea Park Elementary
Austin Self
“My skyscraper is made out of fuzz. The people work to make the costomors happy. Kids have fun and get to eat there. They can slide down the slide and go back in.”
HONORABLE MENTION Third Grade
Jackson Gignilliat
Advent Episcopal School
Lee Stayer
“The tower that the new recruit is standing at is the senate tower. It is about 20,000 years in the future on the planet Corasant. There are flying cars and everything. Senators stay there because they are on diplomatic missions. It is 100,000 feet tall.”
HONORABLE MENTION Third Grade
Brody Sanders
Chelsea Park Elementary
Austin Self
“My skyscraper is in space on Venies. It is 100000 feet tall. Aliens live in it. It has a lot of rocks on Venies.”
HONORABLE MENTION Fourth Grade Fatima Malik Vestavia Hills Elementary Central Susie Caffey “This is the real ‘tail’ of the dragon. It litterally is a dragon but he doesn’t mind being a building too. This dragon contains all ‘tales’ of dragrons!!”
HONORABLE MENTION Fourth Grade Ellis Nichols Vestavia Hills Elementary Cahaba Heights Katie Hicks “This tower is an awesome, colorful, breathtakeing hotle, where you can have fun and there are no rules.”
HONORABLE MENTION Fifth Grade
Zakayla Dunning
Hemphill Elementary
Jerry Griffies
HONORABLE MENTION Fifth Grade
Jacob Franklin
Oak Mountain Intermediate
Leigh Walker
“My building is basically a giant stained glass window. It is called stained wonder. Others can come and worship whatever religion without being judged. Religious leaders from around the world work there. Missionaries and priests live here. The stained wonder is only a place you can find in your dreams when you are in need of love and harmony with your God/gods.”
THIRD PLACE Kindergarten
Marlee Williams
Calera Elementary
Meg Boyett Cunningham
“The skinny skyscraper with a V on top is the “Voice Building.” It is used for singers to sing
THIRD PLACE First Grade
Morgan Norris
Advent Episcopal School
Jennifer Gibson
“It has a lot of floors. Has fake ice going through the top. It has colorful windows. Has an airplane. It has my favorite colors.”
THIRD PLACE Second Grade
Grace Odogwu
W. J. Christian
Jennifer Jones
“I am writing about my material. My material is glass and stain glass. The name of my city is The Atlantic City. And my buildings are super tall.”
THIRD PLACE
Kadie Ryan
Hueytown Elementary
Laura Beale
“My dream skyscraper is a mermaid, on the inside it is made of Hersheys. The food is ice cream and pancakes and bacon and eggs and apple juice. The rooms lihgt up and in the morning ihop comes. Rules: No sharks. You can not eat the gumebares. The necklace can shot out juce.”
THIRD PLACE Fourth Grade Braxton King Elvin Hill Elementary Kristie Stith “My skyscraper is a fire building and it has curved windows.”
THIRD PLACE Fifth Grade
Braden Northcutt
Hueytown Elementary
Laura Beale
“I made my skyscraper deer antlers, because I love hunting. It is a hunting and fishing store. It includes a shooting range and a fish pond. My skyscraper is made of deer antlers and it located in Huntsville, AL.”
SECOND PLACE Kindergarten
Tyla Benham
Rocky Ridge Elementary
Emily Nelson
“My skyscraper is a big dinosaur museum.”
SECOND PLACE First Grade
Cailey Henderson
Cornerstone Schools of Alabama
Paige Larson
“This is my dream because every level is different. One level is full of lollipops and one is full of trees and one is full of people. This skyscraper is in New York City. All of my friends live here which makes me very happy.”
SECOND PLACE Second Grade
Jean Paul Plaisance
Saint Rose Academy
Deby Alfano
“A steel factory – going crazy – imagine! So I made one my style, and yes, crazy…. Brought to life in a steel factory!”
SECOND PLACE Third Grade
Tyler Daniels
Highlands School
Anna Claire Culp
“My Bakery skyscraper is world wide. The first floor is the frosting room. It makdes red, white, and blue frosting. The second floor is the wrapper room with all kinds of wrappers. The third floor mixes all the ingredients together to make cake and cupcakes.”
SECOND PLACE Fourth Grade
Carol Li
Vestavia Hills Elementary School Central
Susie Caffey
“To use simple shapes in designing is my goal.”
SECOND PLACE Fifth Grade
Lauren Hardy
Vestavia Hills Elementary Central
Susie Caffey
“This building is entirely made out of NEWSPAPER! It sells newspapers to different companies such as Over the Mountain Journal, New York Times and Birmingham News. That’s why most people don’t know about us. We give them all the credit. Now keep this a secret we don’t want those other places to go out of bisnuess! Shh! Shh! PS The reason I chose the colors black, white and red is because the joke. What is black white and read all over? Newspaper!”
FIRST PLACE
Kindergarten
Karis Pridemore
Chelsea Park Elementary School
“What they make is trumpets and rainbows it is made out of rainbows”
FIRST PLACE First Grade
Avery Moore
Rocky Ridge Elementary
Emily Nelson
“There is an elevator that cleans itself as it descends in my skyscraper.”
FIRST PLACE Second Grade
Taylor Cantrell
Rocky Ridge Elementary
Emily Nelson
“I noticed that my arcade skyscraper is on the moon. My antennae have weird designs.”
FIRST PLACE Third Grade
Cole Sutton
Rocky Ridge Elementary
Emily Nelson
“My skyscraper unique because it is associated with NASA. It has a quarantine area for people who get infected in space and has a catwalk going through the building.”
FIRST PLACE Fourth Grade Becky Weaver Wilsonville Elementary Austin Self “My skyscraper is a piano learning school, a motel and a organ factory also piano factory. It is in Chattanooga TN. It is made of biggified piano keys and piano songs. Piano notes live here and work here. It has 350 floors. They make the day go fast. You can exersize inside. Going up and down over 10,000 steps. There is 5 elevators. The color of the keys can change during the day.”
FIRST PLACE Fifth Grade
Branson Smith
Elvin Hill Elementary
Kristie Stith
” My skyscraper is 3D. It is red, orange, yellow, and black. It has cantilevers and edges.”
3RD OVERALL
Thomas Hopkins, Third Grade
Chelsea Park Elementary School
Austin Self
“My skyscraper is made of spray painted brick. It is 10 million feet tall. It is a Japenese sushi restruant.”
2ND OVERALL
James Stephens, Fourth Grade
Highlands School
Anna Claire Culp
“My tower is called Jerry Rice Tower. It is part of Genetic Industries. What we do is genetically modify animals and objects. Also if you work here you have to live here so we have a Hotel. Also there is a lounge, pool, hot tub, every sports field ever, and almost everything else. It is located inside a planet that is only lava. The size of my tower is the size of the Milky Way. I designed it this way because I wanted it to be very different.”
1ST OVERALL
McKenzie Lomax, Second Grade
Cornerstone Schools of Alabama
Paige Larson
“It is my dream because it has pretty draw cloads. It is on a dirtted plant. It is made of gold. It is for Robet and his family.”
