News from South Mountain High School
South Mountain senior Alejandro Pulido was chosen as the Grand Prize winner of the National Art of Dairy Contest sponsored by 
Lucerne Dairy and Safeway. He found out May 6 when Safeway personnel sponsored a surprise celebration at school. Pulido won a $5,000 prize, as well as a $20,000 contribution to the South Mountain Art Department. His art teacher is Nissa Kubly.
“You think these kinds of things only happen in the movies,” an excited Pulido said. “But this shows you that it really can happen to regular people.”
Pulido says he is going to use the money to buy a car.
Over 9,600 high school students submitted entries last fall, and 30 finalists painted their designs onto life-sized fiberglass cow sculptures for the final phase of the competition this spring. The theme this year was “Taste of Moo-sic”, and Pulido incorporated musical instruments throughout the design.
The life-sized cow Pulido designed and painted was on display at the Safeway store on 16th Street and Southern (6202 S. 16th Street) April 19-26 during the judging. It will travel to Safeway’s corporate offices for a couple weeks, and return to the local Safeway store before it finally comes home to South Mountain High School.
