Contact: Haley Miller (336) 370-3200
Created: 3/12/2010 11:50:37 AM

Erica Perine, a student at The Academy at Lincoln, is the middle school winner of the National Magnet Schools of America Poster Contest. Erica will receive $100 and will be recognized at the national conference in Tampa, FL.

Erica is in the eighth grade at Lincoln where she is active in music, visual art and literature. She has participated in many contests in different areas of the arts, becoming the first chair viola in the All-State Orchestra, winning the Kids Voting T-Shirt Design Competition and placing second statewide in the 2009 Elks Club Americanism Essay Contest. Currently, she is participating in the Greensboro Symphony Youth Orchestra and plans to tour Austria and Germany over Spring Break. She is also pursuing her interests in composing music for the piano and participating in numerous art and literature related contests.

The annual poster contest is sponsored by Magnet Schools of America as part of National Magnet Schools Month. The contest highlights and promotes magnet schools across the country and takes place every January. This year's theme was "Magnet Schools Promote Creativity, Innovation and Choice."