The
National Award Recipients are:
Award
of Excellence
Brittney
Smith
Division: Senior
Category: Choreography/Dance
Title: I can make a difference by:
Prayer
Lindbergh High PTSA, Renton,
WA
Austin
Carney
Division: Middle/Junior
Category: Musical Composition
Title: I lend a helping hand
Whatcom Middle PTSA,
Bellingham, WA
Elijah Forslof
Division: Primary
Category: Photography
Title: Feeding the Homeless
Carl Cozier PTA,
Bellingham, WA
Rebecca
Morris
Division: Middle/Junior
Category: Visual Arts
Title: I Can Make a Difference By Walking the Other Way
Sylvester Middle PTSA, Burien,
WA
Award
of Merit
Stevie Reiff
Division: Middle/Junior
Category: Choreography/Dance
Title: I can make a difference one
step at a time
Islander Middle PTSA, Mercer
Island, WA
Athena Stirbis
Division:
Primary
Category: Choreography/Dance
Title: Love the Earth
Idlewild PTA, Tacoma, WA
Aliese Poole
Division:
Senior
Category: Photography
Title: “Pep talk”
Kamiakin Jr PTSA, Kirkland, WA
Cindy Zhao
Division: Primary
Category: Visual Arts
Untitled
Sunny Hills PTA,
Issaquah, WA
PTA Reflections Program
National
Awards and Recognition
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National Awards The national PTA organization gives
out 18 Awards of Excellence in each arts area—three for each grade division. Up to five Awards of
Merit may be given in each grade division of each arts area. Award of Excellence recipients
receive a $200 cash award and a silver-plated Reflections medallion. Award of
Merit recipients receive a silver-plated Reflections medallion. Additional
sponsor gifts may be given. Outstanding Interpretation Awards Six Outstanding Interpretation
Award recipients—one from each arts
area—are chosen from among all of the Award
of Excellence recipients. The six Outstanding Interpretation Awards recognize
the most creative interpretation of the theme in each of the arts areas,
regardless of grade division. The six Outstanding Interpretation Award recipients
receive the following: ·
An
expense-paid trip for themselves and one adult to the PTA National Convention
·
An
$800 arts education award from the national PTA organization ·
A
gold-plated Reflections medallion ·
Additional
sponsor-related awards In
addition: ·
A
$200 arts education award from the national PTA organization to the student’s
local PTA Notification to students ·
All
students whose entries reach the national level of judging will receive a
letter of congratulations from the national PTA organization in June. ·
Recipients
of Awards of Excellence and the Awards of Merit will be notified in writing
in May. ·
Outstanding
Interpretation Award recipients and their state arts chairs will be notified
by telephone in April. Return of
artwork
·
Entries
that receive national awards will be featured in the Reflections Program
Gallery on the PTA national website. ·
The
national PTA office will make every effort to return the photographs and
visual artwork in January, following the completion of the gallery. However,
the office does not return literature, musical composition, dance
choreography, or film/video production entries. ·
Contact
your state PTA for its artwork return policy. |