Null- Lairson Holiday Art Contest

Null- Lairson Holiday Art Contest
Houston-based CPA firm, Null-Lairson, partnered w ith Carrillo Elementary school in
HISD to bring their friends and clients a truly unique and beautiful holiday card, designed by third grader Nivetha Natarajan. Nivetha is the first place w inner of the firm’s
annual holiday art contest. The contest w as held betw een the third grade students at
Carrillo Elementary. Three finalists w ere selected. Each finalist received a backpack
filled w ith art supplies, w hile the first place w inner’s entry w as used as the face of the
Null-Lairson holiday card. "The students of Carrillo Elementary w ere inspired by the fantastic opportunity presented by Null-Lairson to use their imaginations to create the
cover design for the annual holiday card. We truly appreciate Null-Lairson and their
commitment to children,” said principal Mary Hallinan. Null-Lairson w ould like to thank
Carrillo Elementary, HISD and their very talented and creative group of students for
their participation. Below are photos of the finalists and w inner.
Finalists:
Jose Rudy Pena
Nivetha Natarajan
Noah Schnur
An d h er e i s t h e w i n n er !
First place was designed by Nivetha Natarajan. First
place was used as the cover of the 2005 Null-Lairson
holiday card.
Second place went to Noah Schnur and third place went
to Jose Rudy Pena.
The winners received backpacks filled with art supplies.
Each participating student received a goodie bag.
First place winner and designer of
the Null-Lairson Holiday Card,
Nivetha Natarajan with Nancy Cartagena and Dinah Kumbera from
Null-Lairson.
Bottom from left: Noah Schnur, Nivetha Natarajan, Jose Rudy
Pena. From Top Left: Nancy Cartagena, Marsha Achee—Art
Teacher, Mary Hallinan—Principal and Dinah Kumbera