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PHOENIX (AZFamily)<\/b> \u2014 Three Valley students won first place in a national contest celebrating America\u2019s 250th birthday.<\/p>\n

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The America250 contest challenged students across the nation to submit artwork, poems or essays answering the prompt \u201cWhat does America mean to me?\u201d <\/p>\n

First-place winners got to pick from a list of 15 field trips.<\/p>\n

Jason, a 10-year-old fourth grader from Chandler, created artwork featuring the Founding Fathers signing the Declaration of Independence, Neil Armstrong planting the U.S. flag, the Liberty Bell, the Statue of Liberty and the Washington Monument.<\/p>\n

\u201cI like drawing because drawing can relax me, so I chose art,\u201d Jason said of his artwork chock-full with meaningful U.S. history and symbolism. <\/p>\n

Zhenrui Gu, a 16-year-old 11th grader from Chandler, created a monochrome piece contrasting scenes of war with a soldier holding a small child.<\/p>\n

It was a pivot from the common association of America\u2019s 250th anniversary with a celebration. <\/p>\n

\u201cI wanted to honor another side of that. The side of war, loss and sacrifice that so many people had to go through to shape the nation that we have today,\u201d Zhenrui said. \u201cI really think that the American flag serves as a symbol for hope and opportunity in America.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Kitelynn, a 9-year-old fourth grader from Queen Creek, drew a piece featuring flowers and branches.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy art represents my gratefulness to the past and the soldiers that fought in the war for us,\u201d Kitelynn said. \u201cThe flowers represent my freedoms that I have now. And then the branches represent the freedoms that I will have when I am an adult.\u201d<\/p>\n

For their chosen field trips, Jason will travel to Boston, Kitelynn will visit North Dakota and South Dakota, and Zhenrui will go to San Francisco.<\/p>\n

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