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The Reflections Program is a National PTA and Washington 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 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, Music Composition, Photography, Visual Arts, Film/Video and Choreography/Dance.
The Richland PTA Council held their Reflections Award Ceremony Thursday January 7th at the Chief Joseph Auditorium in Richland. Jean Lane, RSD Superintendant, was the Master of Ceremonies. We want to celebrate all 131 students who won at their school level and were now judged at the Council level. There were 9 school PTA’s that participated this year from the Richland School District. A total of 358 students entered this art competition from all 9 schools and 131 went on to the Council level. The first place winners at the Richland PTA Council level now go on to the Washington State PTA level to be judged along with all the other students/participants who have won at their schools across the state. The 19 first place winners going on to state are:
Travis Lien, Film/Video, Hanford High
Nathan Mather, Musical Comp, Richland High
Sydney Dale, Dance, Hanford High
Alyssa Horne, Literature, Marcus Whitman
Alena Sintay, Literature, Jason Lee Elem
Virginia Kuan, Literature, Chief Jo M.S.
Susan Bengtson, Literature, Richland High
Jared Yearsley, Photography, Tapteal Elem.
Georgia Coleman, Photography, Lewis and Clark Elem.
Madison Kembel, Photography, Carmichael M.S.
Laurel Adami, Photography, Richland High
Tanner Peterson, Visual Arts, Jason Lee Elem.
Olivia Coleman, Visual Arts, Jefferson Elem.
Shanta Katipamula, Visual Arts, Carmichael M.S.
Kelsey Christensen, Visual Arts, Richland High
The 20 winners at the state level will go on to the National PTA level.
Steve Hill, Jason Lee Elementary School physical education teacher, and Denise Rosenblum and Jackie Ives, River’s Edge High School “We the People” teachers, have been named recipients of the 2010 Tri-Cities Crystal Apple Award.
Students thinking about dropping out of high school are finding success at the alternative high school in Richland. River's Edge staff are making a difference in students' lives.
The internationally acclaimed Dallas Brass will perform “American Musical Journey” Thursday, March 18, 7:00 pm, in the Richland High School auditorium.
You might call them our unsung heroes...the classified employees who keep our schools running smoothly. One of those is Ken Miller, longtime building foreman at Marcus Whitman Elementary School.
The Richland High School and Hanford High School Knowledge Bowl teams placed second and fourth respectively in the Southeastern Washington 4A/3A regional competition held last month in Kennewick. Both teams have qualified for state.
Students working in the GESA Credit Union branch at Richland High School get “real world” work experience without leaving campus. Click on the link below to see the KNDU news story.
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