Eliza Palasz

Scholar of the Arts, Palasz has been recognized for her artistic achievement in theater and music. She received the Advancement in the Arts Award, won the state regional International Thespian Society in Musical Theater, has been recognized 4-times by the Seattle Young Artists Music Festival in flute, as well as a nomination for the 5th Avenue Award. Palasz is flute section co-leader in the Ballard Band, Vice President of the Thespian Society, dances tap and ballet, all while playing in the Seattle Youth Symphony and Pit Orchestra for the Village Theater. Not only an artist, Palasz excels in academics and serving her community. She is an AP scholar, member of the National Honor Society, a four-year camp counselor, a Link Crew leader, and a choir member for BHS. She also performs for Ballard Food Bank benefit concerts three times a year. Next year she plans on attending Northwestern University and hopes to double major in Theatre and Political Science.

BNT previously featured Palasz after she was chosen as YoungArts finalist.

Beni Ransom

With a passion for the arts, Ransom is an outstanding flute and piccolo player as well as a writer. He is currently flute section co-leader, teaches private flute lessons, plays piccolo for the school musicals, and is a high level competitor in flute. Ransom is also copy editor of the Ballard Newspaper, a published writer, and secnd place winner for the Voice of Democracy Scholarship. On top of all that he is a skilled print maker and poet, and has an online art portfolio at bransom.carbonmade.com. Ransom hopes to attend an art school, focus on printmaking and creative writing, and become fluent in a second language.