"Believe! Dream! Inspire!"
Reflection Committee Chairs:
Michael Swisher - mswisher23@gmail.com
Melissa Hinkson - mhinkson326@yahoo.com
Important Information:
The 2013 Reflections competition is underway! Artists are invited to participate through their school PTA's.
There are 6 categories: Visual Arts, Photography, Literature, Film, Dance, and Music Composition. Artists compete within their schools at different age categories: Primary (k-2nd), Intermediate (3rd-5th), Middle School (6th-8th), and High School (9th-12th). We also have a Special Artists Division.
Judges will select one entry in each category and age division as the entry that is Outstanding Interpretation of the Theme. Those entries will then represent their schools at the County level. Artwork that is selected as Outstanding Interpretation of the Theme at the County level will go on to represent Arlington County in the Northern Virginia District. Runners up will receive either an Award of Excellence, or Award of Merit.
Consult the rules for each of the categories. More information can be found at the VAPTA website. Look on the right hand side for rules (in Spn and Eng!).
For more information, contact Michael Swisher at mswisher23@gmail.com.
County Wide Ceremony: January 15th, 2014; 6:30 Reception and 7:00 Presentation Ceremony. Location TBD
Reflections Results 2012/13 - Magic of a Moment
From: Ted Hayes (703) 919-0287
Date: January 10, 2013
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.
A
complete list of the students to be honored at the awards ceremony appears
below.
Outstanding
Interpretation Winners Across Age Divisions
Dance
Choreography:
Winston Gruver, Megan Schaedel, Alexandra Torti
Film Production: Olivia Laino, Izabelle Lauritzen Zapata, Megan Schaedel,
Hugh Vasquez
Literature: Evelyn Breed, Avery Erskine, Maia Mandel, Rose Schafer
Music Composition: Chris Cavoli, Malva de Boor, Katrina Shuster,
Katharine Ware
Photography: Evan Dempsey, Shealyn Dempsey, Alena McBurnett,
Samantha Spytek
Visual Arts: Noel Bensaid, Alexandra Provasnik, Ashley Hadley,
Ashley Martinez, Erin Wills
Arlington County PTA Reflections Contest Winners by Category and Age Division
Dance Choreogrphy
Primary Division (Kindergarten through Grade 2)
Outstanding
Interpretation: Winston Gruver, Arlington
Science Focus
School
Award
of Merit: Parin Hall, Abingdon
Elementary School
Intermediate Division (Grades 3 through 5)
Outstanding Interpretation: Alexandra Torti, Arlington Traditional School
Award
of Excellence: Margaret Norsworthy-Edghill, Drew Model
School
Award of Merit: Elizabeth Egner, McKinley Elementary School; Jennifer Overdahl, Nottingham Elementary School
Middle
School Division (Grades 6 through 8)
Outstanding
Interpretation: Megan Schaedel, Kenmore
Middle School
Award
of Merit: Cassie Block, Swanson
Middle School
Film/Video
Production
Primary Division (Kindergarten through Grade 2)
Outstanding Interpretation: Izabelle Lauritzen Zapata, Claremont Immesion School
Award
of Excellence: Violet Banks, McKinley Elementary School; Winston Gruver,
Arlington Science Focus School; Jack Kennedy, Tuckahoe Elementary School
Intermediate
Division (Grades 3 through 5)
Outstanding
Interpretation: Olivia Laino, Arlington
Traditional School
Award
of Excellence: Pearce Bryer, KW Barrett Elementary
School; Sophia Webster, Zachary Taylor
Elementary School
Award
of Merit: Courtney Hanley, Claremont Immersion
School; Lena Smith, Arlington
Science Focus
School
Middle
School Division (Grades 6 through 8)
Outstanding Interpretation: Megan Schaedel, Kenmore Middle School
Award
of Excellence: Juliana Gruver, Williamsburg
Middle School; Scott
Larsen, Swanson
Middle School
Award
of Merit: Claire O'Malia, Gunston
Middle School
High
School Division (Grades 9 through 12)
Outstanding
Interpretation: Hugh Vasquez, Yorktown High School
Literature
Primary Division (Kindergarten through Grade 2)
Outstanding
Interpretation: Evelyne Breed, Zachary
Taylor Elementary
School
Award
of Excellence: Alexandra Burns, Peyton Randolph School; Adam Mirmina, Long Branch Elementary School; Meera Vadlamani, Arlington Science Focus
School
Award
of Merit: Alexa Brooke, KW Barrett Elementary School; Julia Carey, Tuckahoe
Elementary School; Taylor Chase, McKinley Elementary School; Lucy Koontz,
Claremont Immersion School; Kate Lincoln, Nottingham Elementary School; Noura
Lynch, Arlington Traditional School
Intermediate
Division (Grades 3 through 5)
Outstanding
Interpretation: Rose Schafer, Zachary Taylor
Elementary School
Award
of Excellence: Madeline Lincoln, Nottingham Elementary School; Malina Nelson,
Drew Model School; Abigail Presson, Abingdon Elementary School; Kylie Zito,
Francis Scott Key Elementary School
Award
of Merit: Ze-Nable Adisalem, Patrick Henry School; Steven Lanier, McKinley
Elementary School; Sawyer London, Arlington Science Focus School; Anne
McElhaney, Tuckahoe Elementary School; Mackenzie Nemoto, KW Barrett Elementary
School; Lily Odenwelder, Glebe Elementary School; Abi Schulken, Jamestown
Elementary School; Julia Van Lare, Ashlawn Elementary School; Everett Vera,
Peyton Randolph School; Alexandra Visek, Arlington Traditional School; Josie
Walyus, Claremont Immersion School; Fiona Williams, Long Branch Elementary
School
Middle
School Division (Grades 6 through 8)
Outstanding
Interpretation: Avery Erskine, Swanson Middle School
Award
of Excellence: Carolyn Bradley, Jefferson Middle School; Andrew Collins,
Kenmore Middle School; Juliana Gruver, Williamsburg Middle School
Award
of Merit: Dausny Cruz, Gunston
Middle School
High
School Division (Grades 9 through 12)
Outstanding
Interpretation: Maia Mandel, Washington-Lee High School
Award
of Excellence: Mariah Bowman, Yorktown
High School
Music
Primary
Division (Kindergarten through Grade 2)
Outstanding
Interpretation: Katrina Shuster, Arlington
Traditional School
Award
of Excellence: Olivia Bandini, Drew Model School; Alexa Brooke, KW Barrett
Elementary School; Jack McNair, Nottingham
Elementary School
Award
of Merit: Winston Gruver, Arlington
Science Focus
School
Intermediate
Division (Grades 3 through 5)
Outstanding
Interpretation: Malva de Boor, Francis
Scott Key Elementary
Award
of Excellence: Zoe Cachion, KW Barrett Elementary School; Lena
Smith, Arlington Science
Focus School; George Stutzman, Zachary Taylor
Elementary School
Award
of Merit: Sophia Bandini, Drew Model School; Ephraim Connor, Claremont
Immersion School; Gabriella Dorst, Long Branch Elementary School; Henry Erwin,
Arlington Traditional School; Molly Kaufman, Jamestown Elementary School;
Suruchi Sen, Tuckahoe Elementary School; Nate St. Pierre, McKinley Elementary
School
Middle
School Division (Grades 6 through 8)
Outstanding
Interpretation: Katharine Ware, Jefferson
Middle School
Award
of Excellence: Steven Bluestein, Kenmore
Middle School; Sarah
Murphy, Williamsburg
Middle School
High
School Division (Grades 9 through 12)
Outstanding
Interpretation: Chris Cavoli, Wakefield
High School
Photography
Primary
Division (Kindergarten through Grade 2)
Outstanding
Interpretation: Evan Dempsey, KW
Barrett Elementary School
Award
of Excellence: Asher Connor, Claremont
Immersion School; Carter Herron, Ashlawn Elementary School; Logan Teyema, Arlington
Traditional School; Nick Winters, Tuckahoe Elementary School
Award
of Merit: Noel Anderson, McKinley Elementary School; Olivia Bandini, Drew Model
School; Irine Chavchanidze, Patrick Henry School; Winston Gruver, Arlington
Science Focus School; Trevor McAndrews, Jamestown Elementary School; Liliana
Moseng, Francis Scott Key Elementary School; AJ Olic, Zachary Taylor Elementary
School; Dominic Rosenbaum, Glebe Elementary School
Intermediate
Division (Grades 3 through 5)
Outstanding
Interpretation: Shaelyn Dempsey, KW Barrett Elementary School
Award
of Excellence: Lily Dines, McKinley
Elementary School;
Sofie Hogue, Glebe
Elementary School;
Leah
Karush, Ashlawn
Elementary School
Award
of Merit: Alexis Bonfield,
Nottingham Elementary School; A. Sophie Fry, Arlington Traditional School;
Katherine Gillen, Claremont Immersion School; Mayari X. Munoz, Patrick Henry
School; Natalie Olic, Zachary Taylor Elementary School; Vikram Srinivasan,
Francis Scott Key Elementary School; Graham Watson, Drew Model School; Ajani
Wilson, Peyton Randolph School
Middle
School Division (Grades 6 through 8)
Outstanding
Interpretation: Alena McBurnett, Gunston Middle School
Award
of Excellence: Alexis Parks, Jefferson Middle School; Dylan Seng, Williamsburg
Middle School
Award
of Merit: Sarah Superata, Swanson Middle School
High
School Division (Grades 9 through 12)
Outstanding
Interpretation: Samantha Spytek, Wakefield High School
Award
of Excellence: Spencer Croft, Yorktown High School; Benjamin Jenks,
Washington-Lee High School
Visual
Arts
Primary
Division (Kindergarten through Grade 2)
Outstanding
Interpretation: Erin Wills, Arlington Science Focus School
Award
of Excellence : Giorgi Chavcahandze, Patrick Henry School; Theresa Provasnik,
Nottingham Elementary School; Dean Salley, McKinley Elementary School; Maya Solis,
Claremont Immersion School; Jessica Spindler, Abingdon Elementary School
Award
of Merit: Catalina Cashdollar, Barcroft Elementary School; Mikayla David, Drew
Model School; Edward Diaz, Long Branch Elementary School; Lindsay Glaccum, Jamestown
Elementary School; Cole Griffin, Zachary Taylor Elementary School; Finlay Kerr,
KW Barrett Elementary School; Noura Lynch, Arlington Traditional School; Audrey
McDonald, Tuckahoe Elementary School; Ezra Rickert, Glebe Elementary School;
Benji Sklarew, Francis Scott Key Elementary School
Intermediate
Division (Grades 3 through 5)
Outstanding
Interpretation: Alexandra Provasnik, Nottingham Elementary School
Award
of Excellence: Alyson Avvenire, Peyton Randolph School; Dominick Cocozza,
Zachary Taylor Elementary School; Julianna Ditta, Barcroft Elementary School; Yahairy
Giron Soto, Patrick Henry School; Elizabeth Price, Jamestown Elementary School;
Emma Wosje, Ashlawn Elementary School
Award
of Merit: Emory Ibrahim, KW Barrett Elementary School; Nora Keith, Arlington
Science Focus School; Kelly McArdle, McKinley Elementary School; Ruby Parrish,
Glebe Elementary School; Lauren Puttock, Tuckahoe Elementary School; Laura
Rapazzo, Arlington Traditional School; Sofia Reecer, Claremont Immersion
School; Lucy Robinson, Long Branch Elementary School; George Takier, Drew Model
School; Allesandra Williams, Francis Scott Key Elementary School
Middle
School Division (Grades 6 through 8)
Outstanding
Interpretation: Ashley Martinez, Gunston Middle School
Award
of Excellence: Juliana Gruver, Williamsburg Middle School; Alisa Khuu, Kenmore
Middle School
Award
of Merit: Io Kovach, Jefferson Middle School; Leah Pollack, Swanson Middle
School
High
School Division (Grades 9 through 12)
Outstanding
Interpretation: Ashley Hadley, Washington-Lee High School
Award
of Excellence: Natlie Abraham, Yorktown High School
Special
Artist Division (Any grade)
Outstanding
Interpretation: Noel Bensaid, McKinley Elementary School
Award
of Excellence: Ellie Calvo, Barcroft Elementary School; Sophia Guzman, Barcroft
Elementary School
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