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REFLECTIONS ART PROGRAM
Congratulations to these artists whose entries were
judged at the Issaquah Council level on January 10th.
Tasha
Feng, Visual Arts Hannah
Director, Literature
Lauren-Ann Swanson, Photography Elliot Schwid,
Photography
Hanna Reingold, Photography Stephanie
Whitney, Photography
Kaitlyn Shorett, Photography Ashley Zeiba,
Photography
Hayley Beck (PCFC), Literature
Congratulations to Tasha Feng and Lauren-Ann Swanson for receiving honorable mention
recognition. Good luck to Hanna Reingold and Kaitlyn Shorett, whose entries
have been selected to move onto the State competition.
The
National PTA believes all children deserve a quality arts education and
encourages students to pursue artistic expression through participation in its
annual arts Reflections Program.
The program offers students the opportunity to create works of art for
fun and recognition. Students in
preschool through grade 12 are encouraged to create and submit works of art in
six areas: dance choreography,
film/video, literature, musical composition, photography, and
the visual arts (which includes art forms such
as drawing, painting, print making, and collage). In its more than 30-year
history, the program has encouraged millions of students across the nation and
in American schools overseas to create works of art.
Each year,
the Reflections Program challenges students to create art that supports a
specific theme. Themes are selected from
thousands of ideas submitted by students to the National PTA's Reflections
Program Theme Search.
The theme for the
2008-2009 school year is “Wow!”
Participating
in the Reflections Program is an opportunity for students to explore and learn
about various art forms. An entry created for the Reflections program should be
the original work of one student and can be created as a classroom assignment
or independently at home. Artistic
exploration and expression enhance and develop intellectual, social, and
physical skills. Creating art is a
valuable learning process.
When children express
themselves through words, pictures, music, photography, and other art forms,
they grow intellectually. They learn to analyze their thoughts, feelings, and
ideas. The Reflections Program also helps parents encourage and recognize the
continuous self-discovery process of their children.
Students
participate in the Reflections Program by submitting entries to their local
PTSA.
Complete details about the
Reflections program, each category and entry form can be found at http://wastatepta.org/programs/Reflections/reflect.htm
.
For
more information about Reflections, please contact Jill Lester, PTSA Reflections chairperson.