{"id":67243,"date":"2026-05-26T16:08:21","date_gmt":"2026-05-26T20:08:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/?p=67243"},"modified":"2026-05-26T16:08:29","modified_gmt":"2026-05-26T20:08:29","slug":"lakeland-student-wins-scholarship-for-art-in-america250-fl-contest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/2026\/05\/26\/lakeland-student-wins-scholarship-for-art-in-america250-fl-contest\/","title":{"rendered":"Lakeland student wins scholarship for art in America250 FL contest"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img data-dominant-color=\"a99b7f\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"194\" height=\"259\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 194px) 100vw, 194px\" src=\"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/download-19.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-67244 not-transparent\" style=\"--dominant-color: #a99b7f; aspect-ratio:0.7490648002896102;width:324px;height:auto\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That is a massive win for a local student! The talented artist is <strong>Noah Sisson<\/strong>, a 4th-grade student at <strong>Highlands Grove Elementary School<\/strong> right here in Lakeland.<sup><\/sup><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Governor Ron DeSantis recently announced the winners at a reception at the Governor&#8217;s Mansion in Tallahassee.<sup><\/sup> Noah was one of only six elementary school students selected across the entire state of Florida.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Here are the details on his big achievement:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>The Winning Artwork:<\/strong> Titled <strong>\u201cPalm Tree Promised Land\u201d<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>The Theme:<\/strong> &#8220;Celebrating Florida&#8217;s Contributions to America,&#8221; designed to honor the upcoming 250th anniversary of the nation&#8217;s founding.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>The Prize:<\/strong> Noah was awarded a <strong>2-year Florida College Plan scholarship<\/strong> courtesy of the Florida Prepaid College Foundation.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The America250FL contest invited K-5 students to submit original art and 6-12 students to submit essays reflecting on Florida&#8217;s history, heritage, and unique impact on the United States.<sup><\/sup><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It is an incredible honor for Noah and a wonderful highlight for the Highlands Grove community!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>That is a massive win for a local student! The talented artist is Noah Sisson, a 4th-grade student at Highlands Grove Elementary School right here in Lakeland. Governor Ron DeSantis&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":67244,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"wpai_generated_summary":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"dois","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":true,"token":"eyJpbWciOiJodHRwczpcL1wvaTAud3AuY29tXC9sYWtlbGFuZGdhemV0dGUuaW5mb1wvbmV3c1wvd3AtY29udGVudFwvdXBsb2Fkc1wvMjAyNlwvMDVcL2Rvd25sb2FkLTE5LndlYnA_Zml0PTE5NCUyQzI1OSZzc2w9MSIsInR4dCI6Ikxha2VsYW5kIHN0dWRlbnQgd2lucyBzY2hvbGFyc2hpcCBmb3IgYXJ0IGluIEFtZXJpY2EyNTAgRkwgY29udGVzdCIsInRlbXBsYXRlIjoiZG9pcyIsImZvbnQiOiIiLCJibG9nX2lkIjoxNjMwNDA2NjF9.3_zKS-pyuOdma1U_zSyxFocyjhE8hAybZNspPUGds68MQ"},"version":2,"media_source":"sig","attached_media":[{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/jetpack.com\/redirect\/?source=sigenerate&query=t%3DeyJpbWciOiJodHRwczpcL1wvbGFrZWxhbmRnYXpldHRlLmluZm9cL25ld3NcL3dwLWNvbnRlbnRcL3VwbG9hZHNcLzIwMjZcLzA1XC9kb3dubG9hZC0xOS53ZWJwIiwidHh0IjoiTGFrZWxhbmQgc3R1ZGVudCB3aW5zIHNjaG9sYXJzaGlwIGZvciBhcnQgaW4gQW1lcmljYTI1MCBGTCBjb250ZXN0IiwidGVtcGxhdGUiOiJkb2lzIiwiZm9udCI6IiIsImJsb2dfaWQiOjE2MzA0MDY2MX0.If3jSG3ZvDwqhaoDEhJIs0zqj258lnDkMmOocDeUBtQMQ","type":"image\/jpeg"}]},"_wpas_customize_per_network":false},"categories":[12,14],"tags":[14701],"class_list":["post-67243","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local","category-news","tag-lakeland-student-wins-scholarship-for-art-in-america250-fl-contest"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67243","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=67243"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67243\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":67245,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67243\/revisions\/67245"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/67244"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=67243"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=67243"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=67243"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}