What
is Reflections
Designed
to enhance rather than replace a quality arts education, the Reflections
Program provides opportunities for students to express themselves and to
receive positive recognition for their artistic efforts.
2009-10 Reflections Program Theme: "Beauty
is..!"
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. Students in preschool through grade 12
are encouraged to create and submit works of art in six areas: dance
choreography, film production, literature, musical composition, photography,
and the visual arts (which includes art forms such as drawing, painting, print
making, and collage). For nearly 40 years, the program has encouraged millions
of students across the nation and in American schools overseas to create works
of art. The Reflections Program was started in 1969 by then Colorado PTA President
Mary Lou Anderson.
Students
participate in the Reflections Program by submitting entries to their local PTA
or PTSA. Any PTA/PTSA in good standing is eligible to sponsor a Reflections
Program.
Five Reasons to Run the PTA Reflections
Program
·
Students
need more opportunities to create works of art for fun and recognition, and the
Reflections Program provides an outlet for students to creatively explore what
they are learning in the classroom.
·
The
Reflections Program is run by parent volunteers, thereby providing another
opportunity to involve parents in their children’s education.
·
Participation
in the Reflections Program gives students a chance to experiment in the arts.
·
When
children express themselves through words, pictures, music, dance, film, and other
art media, they grow intellectually; they learn to analyze their thoughts and
feelings.
·
The
Reflections Program helps parents recognize, support, and enhance their
children’s continuous process of self-discovery.