Stadium Drive Elementary held its 11th Annual Arts Reflections Ceremony this past December.
The school’s PTA believes all children deserve a quality arts education and encourages students to pursue artistic expression through participation in its Annual Arts Reflections Program.
The program offers students the opportunity to create works of art for fun and recognition.
This year, students submitted entries in six categories: literature, musical composition, photography, dance choreography, video/film production and the visual arts.
There were two age divisions, Primary (Kindergarten through second grade) and Intermediate (third grade through fifth grade).
In its more than 30-year history, the program has encouraged millions of students across the nation to create works of art. This year Stadium Drive Elementary received over 78 submissions.
Each year, the Reflections Program challenges students to create art that supports a specific theme. This year’s theme was ‘My Favorite Place.?
The children submitted entries about their favorite park, the library, the ocean, California, Up North, Going Home with the Christmas Lights On, and the Sagebrush Cantina.
All the students received participation certificates and ribbons. First and second place winning entries will be sent to the State PTA for judging against other student’s entries across the state.
All of the local judging took place at the Orion Public Library. Special thanks went out to all of the judges who participated in this program.
The judges included Jim Haugh, Dr. Jesse Baker, Tom Wearing, Todd Gordon, Brett Saunders, Elaine Darbee, Jewly Vera, Lori Phelps, Don Reese, Dorthy Johnston, Dorothy Sedlock, Paula Kurzawa and Richard Webster.
In addition, Diane Ostrand of Accent on Art contributed her time and supplies to prepare the visual art and photography pieces for state judging, as she has also done in past years.
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…and the winners are
Film and Video Production:
Intermediate Division
1st Place & Merit Award- Casey Whittenberg
2nd Place- Rebecca Roughton
Music Composition:
Intermediate Division
1st, 2nd & Merit Award- Rebecca Roughton
Dance Choreography:
Primary Division
1st Place- Gabrielle Phillips
Intermediate Division
1st Place- Jacqueline Moore
Literature:
Primary Division
1st Place- Emily Nuss
2nd Place- Brittany Hay
Merit Award- Rebekah Verghese
Intermediate Division
1st Place- Hamna Hasan
2nd Place- Jacqueline Moore
Merit Award- Taylor Moon
Visual Arts:
Primary Division
1st Place- Crystal Ramos
2nd Place- Grace Berger
Merit Award- Emily Nuss
Intermediate Division
1st Place- Charles Woods
2nd Place- Rebecca Zimmerman
Merit Award- Rebecca Roughton
Photography:
Primary Division
1st Place- Emily Nuss
2nd Place- Crystal Ramos
Merit Award- Anna Santini
Intermediate Division
1st and 2nd Place-? Casey Whittenberg
Merit Award- Charles Woods