Sophia Jiang, a Clarendon Hills Middle School eighth grader, won the 2025 Student Poster Contest run annually by Quinlan & Fabish Music Company.

Students across the Midwest submitted artwork in many styles focused on the topic, “Join The Band.” For the 2025 contest, Quinlan & Fabish, which operates nine stores in three Midwestern states including one in Burr Ridge, received 83 posters, considerably more than the 22 entries a year ago.

Sophia’s contest win marks the second time in three years a CHMS student has won the prize. In 2023, Eliana Cuttica was the winner.

“To have a student from your school win this award is a huge honor, but having two winners within two years of each other is a rarity,” said Eric Morong, CHMS band director. “It speaks volumes to the exceptional art teachers w

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