Student from Jewish Lyceum Takes Second Place at International Arts Competition

Veronika Kruglyak, an 8th-grade student from the Levi Yitzchak Schneerson Jewish Lyceum No. 144, a leading educational institution of the Jewish Community of Dnipro, won second place at the II International Arts Competition “PEACE & LOVE to Ukraine.”

The competition, organized by the “Center for Cultural and Educational Programs” (FOP Dmytro Melnyk), consisted of two rounds. Veronika Kruglyak and her supervisor, speech therapist teacher Anastasiia Popelyshkina, competed in the “Sculpture” category. As the organizers noted: “This competition became a source of new impressions, emotions, and inspiration, bringing together incredibly talented people whose creativity speaks of peace, love, and faith in a bright future for Ukraine.”

“Veronika Kruglyak is our true sorceress in the realm of art, as her plasticine characters, into which she seemingly breathed life, have earned our lyceum an honorable Second Place,” said Svitlana Romenska, the Deputy Director of the lyceum. “We thank Veronika and her inspired mentor, speech therapist teacher Anastasiia Popelyshkina, for giving the world beauty, faith, and love, and for giving the lyceum a reason to be proud!”