Reflections Program 2009-2010
‘Beauty is…..’
Overview of Reflections Program The Reflections Program is a National PTA and California State PTA cultural arts competition. The purpose of this program is to provide an opportunity for students to use their creative talents by expressing themselves through their own original works.
Each year, Reflections program challenges students to create art that supports a specific theme. Themes are selected from thousands of ideas submitted by students to National PTA's Reflections Theme Search. The 2009-2010 Reflections theme is: "Beauty is...’.
Young artists get involved in Reflections through their local PTA or PTSA. A student may submit an entry in any of six arts areas. Only original works of art are accepted. The six art areas are:

  • Literature -- works of fiction, nonfiction, poetry, prose, drama, and short stories
  • Music Composition -- original musical composition, with or without words, plus score.
  • Photography -- prints up to 11 x 14 inches in color or black and white, mount on firm board.
  • Visual Arts -- drawing, painting in tempera, oil, acrylic, watercolor, mount on firm board and cover art work (shrink wrap)
  • Film/Video -- original works, with or without sound, of animation, narrative, documentary, or music video/film,
  • Choreography/Dance -- originally choreographed dance composition (prefer DVD), you may be in the dance.
Participation in Reflections is organized by student age and grade levels. Student works are critiqued against others in the same grade division. This allows recognition and judging of artworks by appropriate developmental age and skill levels. The grade divisions are:
  • Primary -- Preschool - Grade 2
  • Intermediate -- Grades 3 - 5
  • Middle/Junior -- Grades 6 - 8
  • Senior -- Grades 9 – 12

Entries due in the NHS student front office - TBD (mid- October).More information to follow.
Details for each category and the specifications, along with the entry forms, will be in the NHS student office in September 2009.