THEME FOR 2007-2008:
"I can make a difference by..."

When children express themselves 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.

Young artists participate in the Reflections Program through their local PTA or PTSA. A student may submit an entry in any of the four arts areas listed below. Only original works of art are accepted.

Arts areas

Literature	Musical Composition	Photography
Visual Arts	Dance Choreography	Film/Video Production

Participation in the Reflections Program is organized by school grade. 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.

• Primary (preschool-grade 2)
• Intermediate (grades 3-5)
• Middle/Junior (grades 6-8)
• Senior (grades 9-12)

 The Reflections Program is structured for PTAs to recognize students at the local, council, district, state, and national levels. Entries are first judged at the local level, where selected works, are chosen to represent the PTA at each subsequent level-council, district, or state-depending on each state PTA's structure. Once entries reach the state level, the state PTA may select entries to submit to the National PTA. Awards of Excellence and Awards of Merit are recognized at the annual National PTA Convention and are displayed as a part of the program's traveling exhibit.

• Local
• Council (for us, that is the Saddleback Valley Council PTA)
• District (for us, that is Fourth District PTA)
• State
• National

 SVPTA Recognition and Honors

Professionals working individuals in the literature, musical composition, photography, and visual arts fields volunteer to judge student entries at the council level. Awards of Excellence and Merit are selected in each grade division for each of the arts areas.

Awards will be given at an awards reception that will take place at the opening of a show of the works that make it to the Fourth District PTA level, for public viewing, sometime in January.

The REFLECTIONS deadline for 2007-2008 will be announced soon. Units must deliver their submissions to the Reflections Chairman by this date to qualify for the program. Unit entries must be submitted via your council.