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2011-12 Reflections

GCISD Council Reflections Winners 2011-2012

Placement Key

* - Advances to State in Austin

AE-1 - Award of Excellence 1st place

AM-2 - Award of Merit - 2nd place

HM-3 - Honorable Mention - 3rd place

Dance Choreography

Madison Whisman, 3rd grade, Intermediate, True Colors, O.C. Taylor Elementary, AE-1

Anna Johnson, 5th grade, Intermediate, Black or White, Dove Elementary, AM-2

Film Production

Alyssa Murray, 2nd grade, Primary, Diversity Rocks, Grapevine Elementary, AE-1

Isabel Murray, 5th grade, Intermediate, Diversity means..., Grapevine Elementary, AE-1*

Quincy Benvegnu, 5th grade, Intermediate, Diversity Through the Eyes of the People, O.C. Taylor, AM-2

Luke Camperlengo, 9th grade, Senior, Blockhead, Colleyville Heritage High School, AE-1

Literature

Ava Davis, 2nd grade, Primary, Diversity Means Having Friends that look Different from you, Grapevine Elementary, AE-1

Camden Bigler, 4th grade, Intermediate, Diversity Means..., Bransford Elementary, AE-1*

Helen Liu, 5th grade, Intermediate, A Snippet of Diversity, Bransford Elementary, AM-2

Grace Lee, 5th grade, Intermediate, A Change in Heart, Heritage Elementary School, HM-3

Tony Liu, 8th grade, Middle/Junior, The Sum of all these things, Colleyville Middle School, AE-1*

Brittany Roe, 10th grade, Senior, A Harmonious Song, Grapevine High School, AE-1*

Rachana Kolli, 9th grade, Senior, Evolution of a Concept: Diversity, Colleyville Heritage High School, AM-2

Kristen Baker, 10th grade, Senior, Raindrops and Rainbows, Colleyville Heritage High School, HM-3

Musical Composition

Grace Lee, 5th grade, Intermediate, Fireworks, Heritage Elementary, AE-1*

Audrey Money, 4th grade, Intermediate, That's What Diversity Means, O.C. Taylor Elementary, AM-2

Michael Kiff, 4th grade, Intermediate, What is Diversity, Grapevine Elementary, HM-3

Michael Stockenberg, 9th grade, Senior, Diverses Tanze, Colleyville Heritage High School, AE-1*

Photography

Kelly Barringon, 1st grade, Primary, Rainbow Blanket, Bransford Elementary, AE-1

Grace Anderson, 2nd grade, Primary, Earth and Sky, Glenhope Elementary, AM-2

Kelly Barrington, 1st grade, Primary, Untitled, Bransford Elementary, HM-3

Skyler Lepschy, 5th grade, Intermediate, Walking in Someone else's Shoes, Grapevine Elementary, AE-1*

Estella Chen, 4th, Intermediate, Diversity Means....Difference, Grapevine Elementary, AM-2

Jillian Montemayor, 3rd grade, Intermediate, Cool Diversity Pics, O.C. Taylor Elementary, HM-3

Makenzie Edwards, 6th grade, Middle/Junior, Diversity Crayons, Colleyville Middle School, AE-1*

Stephen Peng, 8th grade, Middle/Junior, Nature is the best artist, Cross Timbers Middle School, AM-2

McKenna Orcutt, 9th grade, Senior, Diversity Means, Colleyville Heritage High School, AE-1

Visual Arts

Jaclyn Pereira, 2nd grade, Primary, Different and Beautiful, Grapevine Elementary, AE-1*

Kelly Barrington, 1st grade, Primary, Reflections of Diversity, Bransford Elementary, AM-2 (tie)

Colin Jones, 2nd grade, Primary, Playground, Cannon Elementary, AM-2 (tie)

Srot Jha, K, Primary, All Kids in the World Love Toys, Dove Elementary HM-3 (tie)

Maggie Pollack, K, Primary Halloween Ducks, O.C. Taylor Elementary, HM-3 (tie)

Payton Oltrogge, 5th grade, Intermediate, Changing Colors, Glenhope Elementary, AE-1*

Isabella Marez, 4th grade, Intermediate, Diversity Means...From many one, Grapevine Elementary, AM-2

Marisa Gulati, 4th grade, Intermediate, Hidden Beauty, Colleyville Elementary, HM-3

Courtney Ma, 8th grade, Middle/Junior, Diverse City, Colleyville Middle School, AE-1*

Rishi Singh, 7th grade, Middle/Junior, Diversity in People, Heritage Middle School, AM-2 (tie)

Emily Edwards, 8th grade, Middle/Junior, Even Nature is Different, Colleyville Middle School, AM-2 (tie)

Sonia Garza, 7th grade, Middle/Junior, Wolves Together, Cross Timbers Middle School, HM-3

Jacqueline Kirby, 9th grade, Senior, Two of a Kind, Grapevine High School, AE-1*

Kyle Corey, 9th grade, Senior, Synonyms, Grapevine High School, AE-1*

Georgina, Campos, 9th grade, Senior, Diversity means Differences, Grapevine High School, AM-2 (tie)

Kaley Martin, 11th grade, Senior, Together we stand, even through the storm, Grapevine High School, AM-2 (tie)

Paul Swope, 12th grade, Senior, Rhythmic Unity, Grapevine High School, HM-3(tie)

Jade Khan, 9th grade, Senior, Color of Life, Grapevine High School, HM-3 (tie)

Reflections Chair Resources

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Reflections Chair Guide

Tips on Selecting Judges

The PTA Reflections Program encourages preschoolers through high schoolers to create works of art for fun and recognition. To offer meaningful recognition, the support and involvement of community members who can serve as Reflections judges is essential. Because of these individuals' willingness to share their time and expertise, PTAs from the local to the national level are able to recognize students' incredible talents.

Here are a few ideas on who to contact regarding judging for your PTA's program.

Art museum directors, docents, curators, or historians

Local symphony orchestra or choral directors, musicians, conductors, or composers

Local dance conservatories, dance studios, ballets, or theaters

Local multimedia/video production companies

Newspaper journalists, editors, or photographers

Local television stations

Arts advocacy organization presidents or directors

If a judge knows a student participant or a student's work, the judge should remove him- or herself from the judging process for that particular arts area to prevent a conflict of interest. Teachers from the host school may know student work and/or have a conflict of interest in judging, so it is better to invite teachers from another school that offers the Reflections Program.

For more information on how to run the PTA Reflections Program, go to www.txpta.org/programs/reflections/

About Reflections

A great learning experience!
Participating in the Reflections Program is an opportunity for students to explore and learn about various art forms. It does not matter whether an entry created for the Reflections Program has been created as a classroom assignment or independently at home. Artistic exploration and expression enhance and develop intellectual, social and physical skills. Creating art is a valuable learning process.

When children express themselves through words, pictures, movement, music, photography and other art forms, they grow intellectually. They learn to analyze their thoughts, feelings and ideas. They learn to look at things, people and experiences in a fresh and exciting way and they become more interested in the ideas and works of others. The Reflections Program also helps parents encourage and recognize the continuous self-discovery process of their children.

Participation
Young artists participate in the Reflections Program through their local PTA or PTSA. A student may submit an entry in any of the six arts areas listed below. Only original works of art are accepted. Arts areas are: literature, musical composition, photography, the visual arts, dance choreography, and film/video.

Participation in the Reflections Program is organized by school grade. This allows recognition and judging of artworks by appropriate developmental age and skill levels. Grade divisions are: Primary (preschool-grade 2), Intermediate (grades 3-5), Middle/Junior (grades 6-8) and Senior (grades 9-12).

The Reflections Program is structured for PTAs to recognize students at the Local PTA, Council PTA, Area PTA, state and national levels.

A word to parents...
As with any student activity, parent involvement and support are very important. But parents must remember that student artists need to create their own works. Children must make their own decisions about what to create and what to enter in the Reflections Program. By creating their own literature, musical composition, photography, the visual arts, dance choreography, and film/video, children not only learn about the arts, more importantly, they learn about themselves.

Supporting the Reflections Program is one way that you can support the arts in your home, school and community.
The Texas Reflections program has the most participation of any PTA program with entries totaling over 75,000 across the state and offers students in preschool through grade 12, the opportunity to create works of art for fun and recognition. Students are encouraged to create and submit works of art in six areas: literature, musical composition, photography, the visual arts, dance choreography, and film/video.

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