Reflections - THIS THURSDAY!!!

The Arlington County Council of PTA’s (CCPTA) will host a countywide ceremony at 7:00 p.m. preceded by a reception at 6:30 on Thursday, January 17, 2013, in the Washington-Lee High School auditorium to honor Arlington’s PTA Reflections contest participants who prepared winning entries in six categories on the theme “The Magic of A Moment.”

Arlington Public Schools Superintendent of Schools Dr. Patrick Murphy, School Board members Dr. Emma Violand-Sánchez (Chair), Sally Baird, James Lander, Abby Raphael, and Noah Simon, and County Council of PTAs president Laura Novak will be on hand to congratulate the students and present awards.

The Reflections ceremony will feature student performances as well as a display of the pieces entered.  All student participants will be announced and recognized on stage. Arlington Educational Television will videotape the ceremony for later broadcast.

The annual Arlington County Reflections program was coordinated by Michael Swisher and Ted Hayes.  The program feeds into the State and National PTA, and is designed to spur students to create works in musical composition, literature, visual arts, photography, dance choreography, and film/video production.  Students from pre-kindergarten through 12th grade are eligible to enter; in addition, this year a new category for students with special needs was available.  Arlington students submitted over 1,200 pieces at their local schools under this year’s theme, “The Magic of A Moment.” Top entries received an award of Outstanding Interpretation at the county level and are entered into competition in the Northern Virginia District PTA. The contest continues at the state and national levels.