PEEPSFEST^® ANNOUNCES WINNERS OF SCHOLASTIC DIORAMA COMPETITION

Area students had a sweet start to the New Year when their dioramas were chosen as winners in the 2015 PEEPS^® Scholastic Diorama Competition during PEEPSFEST^®, the free family festival presented by Just Born Quality Confections and ArtsQuest Dec. 30-31. More than 140 dioramas incorporating PEEPS^® candy were created by local school children and were on display during the event, which took place at SteelStacks in Bethlehem.

“New Year’s Eve in NYC,” created by Joseph P. Liberati 5^th grade students Nathaniel Lycette and Brandon Verna, was named the “PEEP-les Choice” winner based on voting at the festival, while “Peep State,” done by St. John Vianney 8^th graders Hannah Kistler and Raymond Kromer, was named “Best in Show” by the official PEEPSFEST^® judging panel. Both groups of students won PEEPS & COMPANY^® Gift Bags and were invited to help drop the giant PEEPS^® Chick on New Year’s Eve to count down the coming of the New Year.

The complete list of diorama competition winners is:

Categories:

Kindergarten-2^nd Grade
1^st place: Remembering Paris
Calypso Elementary School, Bethlehem – 2^nd grade – Allison Shook

2^nd place: Peeps on Ice
Calypso Elementary School, Bethlehem – Kindergarten – Megan Shook

3^rd – 5^th Grades
1^st place: New Year’s Eve in NYC
Joseph P. Liberati Intermediate School, Center Valley – 5^th grade – Nathaniel Lycette and Brandon Verna

2^nd place: LV Phantoms Fight Back to Win!
St. Anne’s School, Bethlehem – 4^th grade – Alex Greenberg, Malcolm Collins and Robert Welsh

6^th Grade
1^st place: Project Peepway
Joseph P. Liberati Intermediate School, Center Valley – Amanda Haussmann and Evie Braden

2^nd place: Peep Washington Crossing the Delaware
Liberty Bell Elementary School, Coopersburg – Samantha Haggenbuch

7^th – 12^th Grades
1^st place: Peep State
St. John Vianney Regional School, Allentown – 8^th grade – Hannah Kistler and Raymond Kromer

2^nd place: Walkin’ in a Winter Candyland
St. John Vianney Regional School, Allentown – 7^th Grade – Christopher Faccniao and Adam Pryblick

PEEPSFEST^® 2016 is set for Dec. 30-31 at SteelStacks. For more information, visit www.steelstacks.org/peepsfest.