PTA

National PTA Reflections - welcomes, free of charge, students from all grades and abilities to explore and be involved in the arts. Annually, thousands of students will reflect on a common theme and create original works of art in the categories of Dance Choreography, Film Production, Literature, Music Composition, Photography and Visual Arts.

The arts and the National PTA Reflections program support student success and serve as a valuable tool for building strong partnerships in your school community. Celebrate arts learning in your school community with Reflections.

Started in 1969 by (then) Colorado State PTA President, Mary Lou Anderson, Reflections has since become an international program as PTAs in Puerto Rico, the US Virgin Islands and US military schools overseas have joined the 50 states to participate in this program.

Each year a Theme Search Contest is held where students can submit ideas for upcoming years. Entries are narrowed down to 5 per state and then the National PTA Reflections Committee makes a final selection.

PTA parents volunteer their time to work with Utah PTA and learn about the Reflections program and then host it in their schools. They inform students of the theme, distribute rules and entry forms, collect and judge art and recognize students for their efforts. This can be a time consuming job. Our Utah PTA presents have continually been outstanding and have done their very best to serve our students who want to participate in the arts.

Who Is Eligible to Participate in Reflections?

Reflections is a program offered to students who are enrolled in a PTA school. For Secondary Schools (Middle/Jr and High Schools) you need to be enrolled in a class that offers credits to participate. For Elementary schools you need to be enrolled for one class offered during school hours to participate.

The Reflections Theme for the 2018-19 school year is:  "Heroes Around You"

Hi Mountain View Families!

The PTA Art Contest REFLECTIONS due date is FAST APPROACHING!  

Reflection Entries for the “Heroes Around Me” 2018-19 PTA Reflections Contest are due Wednesday, October 17th! 

 We have been going to the classrooms to get the kids excited about participating in this great contest but if your child has NOT heard about it please read this email to them!!

Remember your child can submit one entry per category.  Be sure to read and follow the rules of their chosen category or categories carefully!

Have your child be on the lookout for “Heroes Around You”! That is this year's theme for the contest. 

Your child's task is to creatively portray the hero or heroes around them in a drawing, painting, sketch, 3-D art, photo, music composition, dance, film composition, poem, play, short story, or piece of literature.

Important note: Do not use fictional trademark heroes like Batman, Superman, Spider-Man, etc.

Think of heroes around you like police officers, firefighters, teachers, doctors, parents, grandparents, or even more creative heroes....

We are working on making the contest rules, guidelines and entry forms available in the office for pick up but you can also go to this link and print your own in whichever category or categories appeal to your child/children! That way your kids can start working on their masterpieces TODAY! 

http://www.utahpta.org/reflections   

All Reflections entries must have an Entry Form attached. This form must be completely filled out and signed by both the student and a parent or guardian.

The Entry Form is attached to this email so you can print it out at home.  

A Consent Form is also attached. This form must be used if any other students participate in your students' entry. Please see the form for more details.

There is SO much talent and creativity at Mountain View.  We cannot wait to see what these amazing kids produce!

Mountain View Elementary PTA 

Here's the link to see the rules and categories:

 http://www.utahpta.org/reflections   

The deadline for submission is Tuesday October 17, 2017.

Please NOTE: The Student Entry Form MUST have handwritten signatures on it, typed names, does not give consent.

Students may submit multiple entries - only one (1) entry per arts category

The Student Entry Form and Artist Statement Form are now on the same form!  You asked and we listened!  You now only need to print off one piece of paper.  Both sections still need to be completed.  If you need more space to complete the Artist Statement, please use another piece of paper and attach it to the original form.

2017-2018 Official Reflection Rules

Reflections uses a judging process that assists in narrowing down the number of entries as artwork passes through different levels of PTA. In Utah we generally have between 10,000 and 13,000 entries submitted each year, nationally around 300,000 entries are submitted.

There are 2 awards given by PTA - the Award of Excellence and the Award of Merit. The Award of Excellence award is given to the entries that are judged to be the best in their category. These entries then move on to the next level of judging. The Award of Merit recipients are the runners up and are recognized at the school, council and region level. If a school (council and region) desires, they can also offer additional awards such as Honorable Mention or Participation awards. National and Utah PTA encourage schools to hold an assembly or event of some sort that recognizes not only the students who receive awards but all students that participate. If this is done and how it is handled is up to the school/council/region.

How artwork advances in Utah - In Utah, our state is broken into 21 Regions. Eleven of those regions are large enough that they are then broken into Councils (we have 56 Councils.) The council and region leaders work with Utah PTA to train and oversee the PTA programs held in the schools. When the Award of Excellence winners advance from their school they move to Council or Region, depending on your area. Students artwork must receive an Award of Excellence to advance through these levels and then to Utah PTA. If they receive an Award of Excellence at the state level, they are then advanced to National PTA for the final round of judging. Each level in the PTA is allowed to forward on up to 30 entries - 5 for each of the 6 arts categories.

Utah PTA Reflections

For all questions regarding the Reflections Program, please contact Michelle Waite at mveptaboard@gmail.com.