LPMS student places in art competitions

David Dauphin, a seventh grade student at Liberty Park Middle School, received awards in two art competitions. 

David placed first in the sixth to eighth grade category of the 2014 AWF William R. Ireland Sr. Youth Wildlife Art Contest, which recognizes outstanding artistic ability while increasing students’ knowledge and awareness of wildlife and wildlife habitats in Alabama. 

David also won the grand prize in the Birmingham Zoo 2014 African Painted Dog art contest. As grand prize winner, David received a complementary week of the ZooFari Summer Camp and a Zoo to You Animal Encounter for his classroom.  

His artwork will be displayed in the Birmingham Zoo’s Predator Building throughout the summer.