Reflections 2022 – 2023 “Show Your Voice”

https://tinyurl.com/LomaReflections2022

HOW TO ENTER:

  1. Official Rules for each Category is linked below. Feel free to visit https://capta.org/resource/participant-forms/ for more details.
  2. Have your child come up with an original idea for their entry around this year’s theme “Show Your Voice …”.
  3. Form submittal link: https://tinyurl.com/LomaReflections2022 (Please note that this year all entries must be submitted via this online form and must not exceed 1GB in file size.)
  4. Entry is due October 21, 2022.

For further information, visit:  https://www.fourthdistrictpta.org/reflections/

IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, PLEASE EMAIL JEEVITHA RUIZ AT REFLECTIONS@LOMARIDGEPTA.ORG

Five decades. Ten million students. And you!

REFLECTIONS: IT’S ALL ABOUT THE ARTS

“Show Your Voice”

That’s the theme for the 2022 – 2023 Reflections Art Program which has been bringing the arts to life for more than 10 million students since 1969. And California State PTA and its members, families and kids are on the forefront of this amazing program, which increases community awareness of the importance of arts in education.

Reflections encourages students of all ages to:

  • Unleash creative talents and be inspired
  • Express themselves imaginatively in their artwork
  • Experience the fun and joy of making art
  • Tap into critical-thinking skills to create art inspired by the annual theme
  • Receive positive recognition for their original works of art.

Click here to see the winners of the 2021 -2022 Reflections Art Program.

PARTICIPATION IS EASY, EXCITING AND EMPOWERING

All students attending PTA schools sponsoring the program are invited to participate and submit original artwork in one of seven areas:

Artworks are submitted first to school-level PTAs, where they are first recognized, celebrated and judged by five grade-level divisions, while a non-judged Special Artists division celebrates student artists with special needs. School PTAs then choose a selection of entries to be judged by local PTA units, which are then sent on to councils and then districts for consideration. The final artworks submitted to California State PTA by districts are then considered for Outstanding Interpretation, Awards of Excellence or Awards of Merit. Outstanding Interpretation and Award of Excellence entries then go on to represent California in the final National PTA judging round.

To allow student artworks to be recognized and judged with the appropriate developmental age and skill levels in mind, the Reflections Program is organized by school grade, offering 5 divisions:

  •      Primary – Preschool-Grade 2
  •      Intermediate – Grades 3-5
  •      Middle/Junior – Grades 6-8
  •      Senior – Grades 9-12
  •      Special Artist – Non-Graded

Special Artist Division

This year a new division of the Reflections program was introduced – the Special Artist Division. This is a non-graded division limited to students whose physical, cognitive or mental health challenges meet the guidelines in the American Disabilities Act.

Qualifying students create their own artwork. But, they may receive non-artistic accommodation and assistance from an adult.

Students who qualify for the Special Artist Division may choose to enter in the traditional four grade divisions.

If this is the case, students will follow all general and arts category rules, but may submit an entry in the grade division most closely aligned to their cognitive or functional abilities. The student is then recognized and awarded as part of the general student population without regard to special needs or challenges.

State-level Outstanding Interpretation honorees receive:

  • Onstage recognition at the California State PTA Annual Convention
  • The opportunity to showcase their artwork at the California State PTA Convention Reflections Gallery
  • Prizes including an Outstanding Interpretation plaque, award and certificate

State-level Award of Excellence honorees receive:

  • The opportunity to showcase their artwork at the California State PTA Convention Reflections Gallery
  • Prizes including an Award of Excellence medallion, award and certificate

State-level Award of Merit honorees receive:

  • The opportunity to showcase their artwork at the California State PTA Convention Reflections Gallery
  • Prizes including an Award of Merit medallion and certificate

National-level Outstanding Interpretation honorees are recognized at the National PTA Convention, plus their artwork, along with any National Award of Excellence and Merit winners, are featured in Reflections’ popular traveling national exhibit. See the winners.

ANNUAL THEME SEARCH

Each year, students are invited to submit themes for the annual Reflections Art Program that will inspire young artists to create original works.

Submit your Theme search entries between September 1, 2022 and November 1, 2023.

The 2022-23 finalists sent to National PTA judging were:

California State PTA Finalists:

A SINGLE ACT OF KINDNESS
Submitted by Shreya Srinivas, 10th Grade
Peralta District PTA

COVID 2020: A TIME FOR REFLECTION, FAMILY, LIFE . . . THINGS THAT MATTER
Submitted by Ayush Garg, 6th Grade
Sixth District PTA

FRIENDSHIP IS . . .
Submitted by Leianna Mendoza, 4th Grade
First District PTA

I AM PROUD OF . . .
Submitted by Agustin Reyes, 11th Grade
First District PTA

MAKING MEMORIES
Submitted by Juliana Laciura, 6th Grade
Fourth District PTA