Reflections
Heatherwood
PTA Presents The 2008-2009 Reflections Arts Program; “Wow!”
The Reflections Program is a National PTA and a Washington State PTA cultural arts competition. The purpose for this program is to provide an opportunity for students to use their creative talents by expressing themselves through their own original works, created around a specific theme. This year’s theme is “Wow!” and you decide what the phrase means to you and how you can explain what a difference means to you. General Participation Rules and Entry Forms are linked below. Please pick up any additional rule sheets for the categories you’d like to participate in from the Reflections information outside the main office at school. Rules and entry forms are also available in Spanish. Students can enter up to two works in each of the following arts areas. Only original works of art created by the artist working alone, for the 2008-2009 theme are accepted.
Arts Categories: Division: Middle/Junior : ages 11-13, Grades 6-8
Choreography/Dance - create original choreographed dance and perform it on tape.
Film/Video - fiction or nonfiction video created as animation, a narrative, documentary, experimental, or music video.
Literature - works of fiction, nonfiction, poetry, prose, drama, short stories, and lyrics.
Music Composition - original musical composition, with or without lyrics.
Photography - prints up to 11”x14” in color or black and white, including techniques of photogram, retouched, montage, sandwich, and multiple exposures.
Visual Arts - prints, drawings, painting, collages, photographic collages, metal etching, fiber work and computer generated art. Works of art must be flat and may not exceed more than 3/8” thickness. Artwork may not exceed 24” x 30” including matting.
Finished entries should be turned into the main office at school, on or before, November 26th, by 2:45 p.m. Each entry must be accompanied by an official entry form which includes the student’s name, grade (or first period) teacher’s name, and parent’s or guardian’s signature. Be sure you have read the rules and comply with them, so that your entry is not disqualified. Entry forms will be available on our PTA website.
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All participants will be recognized and artwork will be displayed. Winning entries will be submitted to the Everett Council PTA for display at the Evetett School District Administration Service Center where an Artist’s Reception will be held on January 21st from 5:30-8:00 pm.
For more information, please contact Christa Pederson, Interim Reflections Chair, christapederson@comcast.net Also inquire if you would like information or are interested in serving as this year’s Reflection Chair or co-chair.
2008-09 Student Entry Form
http://www.wastatepta.org/programs/Reflections/Forms08/WA_ReflectionsStudentEntry_Form.pdf
Size Restrictions
General Participation and Individual Category Rules are found here.
Click here to visit the 2007-2008 Reflections Gallery
http://wastatepta.org/programs/Reflections/GALLERY2008/index.html
PTA Reflections Program Theme Search for 2010–2011
The national PTA organization is looking for a theme for its Reflections Program for 2010– 2011. The student who submits the winning entry will receive $100, and his or her theme will be presented at the 2009 PTA National Convention. Use this form to submit theme ideas. Only signed original forms will be considered. Please submit entries to WSPTA office. State deadline for theme submissions: November 3, 2008 – postmarked.
Reflections Theme Search 2010-11 Contest Form
http://wastatepta.org/programs/Reflections/Forms08/ThemeSearch10-11_WA_Form.pdf
The Reflections Program is a National PTA and a Washington State PTA cultural arts competition. The purpose for this program is to provide an opportunity for students to use their creative talents by expressing themselves through their own original works, created around a specific theme. This year’s theme is “Wow!” and you decide what the phrase means to you and how you can explain what a difference means to you. General Participation Rules and Entry Forms are linked below. Please pick up any additional rule sheets for the categories you’d like to participate in from the Reflections information outside the main office at school. Rules and entry forms are also available in Spanish. Students can enter up to two works in each of the following arts areas. Only original works of art created by the artist working alone, for the 2008-2009 theme are accepted.
Arts Categories: Division: Middle/Junior : ages 11-13, Grades 6-8
Choreography/Dance - create original choreographed dance and perform it on tape.
Film/Video - fiction or nonfiction video created as animation, a narrative, documentary, experimental, or music video.
Literature - works of fiction, nonfiction, poetry, prose, drama, short stories, and lyrics.
Music Composition - original musical composition, with or without lyrics.
Photography - prints up to 11”x14” in color or black and white, including techniques of photogram, retouched, montage, sandwich, and multiple exposures.
Visual Arts - prints, drawings, painting, collages, photographic collages, metal etching, fiber work and computer generated art. Works of art must be flat and may not exceed more than 3/8” thickness. Artwork may not exceed 24” x 30” including matting.
Finished entries should be turned into the main office at school, on or before, November 26th, by 2:45 p.m. Each entry must be accompanied by an official entry form which includes the student’s name, grade (or first period) teacher’s name, and parent’s or guardian’s signature. Be sure you have read the rules and comply with them, so that your entry is not disqualified. Entry forms will be available on our PTA website.
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All participants will be recognized and artwork will be displayed. Winning entries will be submitted to the Everett Council PTA for display at the Evetett School District Administration Service Center where an Artist’s Reception will be held on January 21st from 5:30-8:00 pm.
For more information, please contact Christa Pederson, Interim Reflections Chair, christapederson@comcast.net Also inquire if you would like information or are interested in serving as this year’s Reflection Chair or co-chair.
2008-09 Student Entry Form
http://www.wastatepta.org/programs/Reflections/Forms08/WA_ReflectionsStudentEntry_Form.pdf
Size Restrictions
General Participation and Individual Category Rules are found here.
Click here to visit the 2007-2008 Reflections Gallery
http://wastatepta.org/programs/Reflections/GALLERY2008/index.html
PTA Reflections Program Theme Search for 2010–2011
The national PTA organization is looking for a theme for its Reflections Program for 2010– 2011. The student who submits the winning entry will receive $100, and his or her theme will be presented at the 2009 PTA National Convention. Use this form to submit theme ideas. Only signed original forms will be considered. Please submit entries to WSPTA office. State deadline for theme submissions: November 3, 2008 – postmarked.
Reflections Theme Search 2010-11 Contest Form
http://wastatepta.org/programs/Reflections/Forms08/ThemeSearch10-11_WA_Form.pdf
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NATIONAL AWARDS AND RECOGNITION
National AwardsNATIONAL AWARDS AND RECOGNITION
The national PTA organization gives out 18 Awards of Excellence in each arts area - tree 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 eduction award from the national PTA organization to the student's local PTA
- 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.
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Reasons to Support Arts Education
- The arts develop higher-order thinking skills.
- The arts can increase cooperation, tolerance of diverse values and viewpoints, and understanding of cultures past and present.
- The arts enhance the learning, working, and playing environment.
- The arts improve low self-esteem, a major factor in learning difficulties, the dropout rate, teenage suicide, violence, substance abuse, and crime.
- The arts engage a variety of learning styles and offer all children avenues for academic success, including children with disabilities and limited English proficiency.
- The arts integrate basic neurological functions and aid student learning in other subject areas.
- The arts enhance students’ creativity and increase creative thinking and problem solving abilities.
- The arts access a variety of human intelligences.
- The arts develop skills that prepare students for the work force.
- The arts assist in developing public images in the corporate world.
- The arts in the schools and community can attract new business to the area.
- The arts enrich our souls and free our spirits.
References
and Links of Interest
Washington State PTA Reflections Info Page (Includes rules in
electronic format)http://wastatepta.org/programs/Reflections/reflect.htm#
Heatherwood MS PTA
http://heatherwoodpta.org/
Gateway MS PTSA
http://gatewayptsa.org/
AP Studio Art Information
http://www.collegeboard.com/student/testing/ap/sub_studioart.html
National Portfolio Day
Saturday, January 10, 2009. Seattle, Washington, 11:00AM - 3:00PM, Cornish College of the Arts
http://www.portfolioday.net/
Performing and Visual Arts College Fairs
NACAC (National Association for College Admission Counseling)
http://www.nacacnet.org/MemberPortal/Events/CollegeFairs/PVA/
National Art Honor Society (10th - 12th graders)
National Junior Art Honor Society (7th - 9th graders)
http://www.naea-reston.org/nahs.html
The President's Committee on the Arts and Humanities
http://www.pcah.gov
The Arts Education Partnership
http://aep-arts.org/
Contacts
Christa Pederson, Interim Reflections Chair, christapederson@comcast.netPTSA Home Page • Heatherwood Middle School Home Page