Several students win in city-wide Reflections contest, advance to state level
MADISON – The paint brushes, pencils and paper, musical notes and ballet shoes now are at rest with the conclusion of the annual Reflections fine arts contest.
Reflections is an annual arts competition sponsored by the PTA. Kids from Pre-K thru 12th grade can enter in any of the categories: Dance Choreography, Film Production, Literature, Music Composition, Photography and Visual Arts. They used the theme, “Look Within.”
Winners were chosen at their schools in the fall and then those winners advanced to the city level PTA for judging.
Last week the city-wide winners were recognized in an awards ceremony at Horizon Elementary School. Fifty-two awards were presented at the city level, and all of these winners have also advanced to the AL State PTA for judging.
The city-wide winners are:
DANCE CHOREOGRAPHY
INTERMEDIATE: 1st – Laya Gowder, “Finding Stamina to Achieve the Greatest”, Heritage Elementary; 2nd – Rina Mori (pictured above), “Paprika (Support song for Tokyo 2020 Olympics)”, Columbia Elementary; 3rd – Harshtha Chander (pictured above), “Who we are. What we can be!” Heritage Elementary.
MIDDLE SCHOOL: 1st Oviya Gowder – “This is Me”, Liberty Middle.
FILM PRODUCTION
INTERMEDIATE: 1st – Emily Steverson, “Believe”, Mill Creek Elementary; 2nd – Arush Sharma, “I Look Around and I Look Within”, Columbia Elementary.
MIDDLE SCHOOL: 1st – Shayan Rajput “De-Forestation” Liberty Middle; 2nd – Milind Brijesh “Look Within (Middle School Life 2019)” Discovery Middle.
HIGH SCHOOL: 1st – Alec John Mothersele “A Space Beetles Guide to Self-Awareness” Bob Jones High.
LITERATURE
PRIMARY: 1st – Abby Wilson “Please Bloom” Horizon Elementary; 2nd – Embrey Lockett “Butterflies” Columbia Elementary; 3rd – Eliza Abney “Poetry” Columbia Elementary.
INTERMEDIATE: 1st – Jason Roh “The Wisdom of the Magic 8 Ball” Columbia Elementary; 2nd – Arush Sharma “Look Within” Columbia Elementary; 3rd – Rayyan Killedar “I am More” Madison Elementary.
MIDDLE SCHOOL: 1st – Leah Hudson “Look Within” Liberty Middle; 2nd – Audrey Brown “Mind Reader” Liberty Middle; 3rd – EJ Biggers “What’s On the Inside Counts” Liberty Middle.
HIGH SCHOOL: 1st – Shelby West “Everything’s Going to be Okay” Bob Jones High; 2nd – Shrishti Dubey “Keep Looking” James Clemens High; 3rd – Matthew Pimmel “The High Dive Contest” Bob Jones High.
MUSIC COMPOSITION
PRIMARY: 1st – Daksh Sunil “Music Within Me” Columbia Elementary; 2nd – Mariah Pinchon “Believe in Your Heart” West Madison Elementary; 3rd – Alice Grieve “Smiles Help” Madison Elementary.
INTERMEDIATE: 1st – Jonathan Wright “Evolution” West Madison Elementary; 2nd – Adriana Gadomski “You Don’t Know Me Like I know You” Heritage Elementary.
HIGH SCHOOL: 1st – Alora Watts “Mono, Solo, Alone” Bob Jones High.
PHOTOGRAPHY
PRIMARY: 1st Alice Grieve “Take the Time to Dig Deeper” Madison Elementary; 2nd Alyana Roy “The Tower of Jack O’Lanterns” Heritage Elementary; 3rd – Allison Pratt “Looking Within WMES” West Madison Elementary.
INTERMEDIATE: 1st – Arush Sharma “Life is like a Rose” Columbia Elementary; 2nd – Ananya Shankar “Perspective” Columbia Elementary; 3rd – Annika Leonard “The Scar on my Back” Heritage Elementary.
MIDDLE SCHOOL: 1st – Joseph Strickland “The Books In Me” Discovery Middle; 2nd – Aislyn Green “Innerflame” Discovery Middle; 3rd – Oviya Gowder “A Girl Looking Within to Reach the Sun” Liberty Middle.
HIGH SCHOOL: 1st – Neha Singhal “Fragile” James Clemens High; 2nd – Kyle Brodeur “The Window to the Soul” Bob Jones High; 3rd – Kiara Smith “Sonnenuntergang in Niagara” Bob Jones High.
VISUAL ARTS
SPECIAL ARTIST: 1st – Wade Crosswy “Stronger” Rainbow Elementary Kindergarten
PRIMARY: 1st – Phoebe Fredrickson “My Amazing Thoughts” Horizon Elementary; 2nd – Sarah Hurst “The Dragon Eye” Rainbow Elementary; 3rd – Abigail Cook “Look Within a Hand” West Madison Elementary.
INTERMEDIATE: 1st – Abby Chan “The Old Farmer’s Hands” Columbia Elementary; 2nd – Elli Couch “Collage of E” Madison Elementary; 3rd – Kylon Wilson “The Boy Girl” Heritage Elementary.
MIDDLE SCHOOL: 1st – Qiyanni Bowie “Radiant Beauty” Liberty Middle; 2nd – Isabelle Park “Look Within Your Limits” Liberty Middle; 3rd – Cornelius Halliburton III “Look Within” Discovery Middle.
HIGH SCHOOL: 1st – Alora Watts “Take My Mind” Bob Jones High; 2nd – Levi Hoffer “Beauty Within” Bob Jones High; 3rd – Danica Vu “In Their Eyes” Bob Jones High.
