Three Foxcroft School students — Roxy Chen, sophomores Shea Hogan, and Emma Northrup — were named Scholastic Art and Writing Awards National Medalists on March 15 when the Alliance for Young Artists & Writers announced the results of the nation's longest-running and most prestigious scholarship and recognition program for creative teens in grades 7–12. More than 340,000 works in 29 categories — ranging from memoirs and critical essays to sculpture, editorial cartoons, and video game design — were submitted by students from every state in the U.S. this year. Of those, only about 2,700 works become national medalists.

All three Foxcroft students received Silver Medals, presented for "works demonstrating high honors on the national level," according to the Scholastic website. Roxy, a senior from Shanghai, China, was recognized in the Mixed Media art category for her piece "The Afghan Girl." Sophomore Emma of Middleburg, VA, earned her medal with a photograph entitled, "Boys on the Swing," and Shea, also a sophomore, authored a poem called "Autumn Loaf" to earn a silver from the writing judges.

Foxcroft had not had a national medalist in recent memory, although a number of students had been recognized on the regional level. Still, this year's showing in the Scholastic contest was significant, with 28 works by 16 students receiving awards from the Scholastic Art and Writing Awards Southeast Region-At-Large. Nine of the submissions received the highest regional distinction, Gold Keys — which moved their work to advance to the national level to be judged by an impressive panel of creative-industry experts.

The other Foxcroft student to win Gold Keys for Art were: Khaki Kinsey, a senior from Park City, UT, for her mixed media piece; sophomores Ava Barker (Delaplane, VA) and Tess O'Neill (Durham, NC), and senior Sylvia Yuan (Ningbo, China) for printmaking. In addition to Shea, Foxcroft students who earned regional Gold Keys for writing were junior Courtney Bartlette (Waldorf, MD.,) in poetry, and Roxy, whose personal memoir gave her a rare double.