Judges have selected the Alexandria City PTA Reflections nominees to go forward to the Northern Virginia level of the national competition.
Fifty-five K-12 students who won first place in their categories at their schools advanced to the City level of the 2016-17 arts contest. Those who placed first at the City level advance to the Northern Virginia District PTA level to compete against winners from Fairfax and Arlington.
Each participating school held its own contest as part of this multi-level awards program. Students submitted more than 620 original works of art to their school contests based on the theme, “What Is Your Story?”
All participants will be honored at the Reflections Awards Program and Art Show Opening on Friday, March 24 at 6:30 p.m. at the Durant Arts Center. The program will include the awards presentations, video screenings, live performances, and refreshments and will be free and open to the public. The Reflections art show, including all works entered into the Alexandria contest, will be on display through late May.
Alexandria Reflections winners will also be honored by Northern Virginia Community College at the annual Children’s Concert, to be held March 2 at Schlesinger Hall on the Alexandria Campus, 4915 E Campus Drive.
Art was accepted in six categories:
- Dance Choreography
- Film Production
- Literature
- Music Composition
- Photography
- Visual Arts
Expert judges chose the winners after evaluating the work in divisions based on grade level. Judges this year included former high-school and college music teachers, an artist who runs a community art center, a professional photographer, and a retired executive with Warner Brothers film studios. Only students who win first place awards at one level of the contest advance to the next level, from the individual school to Alexandria City, to Northern Virginia District, to the state, and finally, to the National PTA Reflections contest.
Reflections is a national PTA program that has been in existence since 1969.
Alexandria’s 2016-17 PTA Reflections Winners:
DANCE CHOREOGRAPHY
Primary
1st Sophia Marcy (K), MacArthur, “Hall of Fame”
2nd Gabriel Pacini (K), Maury, “Samba”
3rd Mahri Jahi (K), Mt Vernon, “The Flower”
Intermediate
1st Ava Marcy (4th grade), MacArthur, “The Story of My Life”
2nd Michael Jantson (3rd grade), Mt Vernon, “Funky Life”
Middle School
1st Janae Holster (8th grade), GWMS, “Fragile”
FILM PRODUCTION
Brooke Hunnicutt (John Adams) – Visual Arts (Primary), “I Love Nature!”
Primary
1st Wesley Anderson (2nd grade), Maury, “Picture of Me”
2nd Atanas (Taso) Janevski (1st grade), Mt Vernon, “Adventure at School”
3rd Laila Gaines (1st grade), MacArthur, “Summertime Story”
Intermediate
1st Eliza Gwin (5th grade), Maury, “My Story”
2nd Kit Misha Vontz (3rd grade), Mt Vernon, “Just Like Us”
LITERATURE
Primary
1st Charlie Lorenz (2nd grade), MacArthur, “So What Is It?”
2nd(tie) Lucy Hunnicutt (2nd grade), John Adams, “What I Like Is My Story”
2nd(tie) Saha Irwin (1st grade), Jefferson-Houston, “My Story”
3rd Anna Snyder (2nd grade), Mt Vernon, “The Fairy Who Didn’t Know How to Fly”
HM Wesley Anderson (2nd grade), Maury, “Poum”
HM Zoe Lee (K), James Polk, “My Family”
Georgia Crutchfield (MVCS) – Visual Arts (Primary), “My Life In Clay”
Intermediate
1st Rena Cooper (3rd grade), MacArthur, “My Happy New Mommy”
2nd(tie) Nina Wolf (3rd grade), Mt Vernon, “I Am”
2nd(tie) Julia Malleck (5th grade), Maury, “Not Shell Guy”
3rd Skye Witmer (4th grade), Jefferson-Houston, “My World”
Dir Bethany Panza (3rd grade), George Mason, “Me”
Dir Sydney Payne (5th grade), Charles Barrett, “No Matter What”
Dir Naima Shabazz (4th grade), James Polk, “Sunrise”
Middle School
1st Madeleine Quill (8th grade), Jeff-Houston, “What It’s Like To Be Different”
2nd Leah Beth Devendorf (6th grade), GWMS, “Unfocused”
Adelaide Flint (George Mason) – Photography (Intermediate), “My Own Little World”
High School
1st Hannah Miller (10th grade), TC Williams, “The Black Minivan”
MUSIC COMPOSITION
Primary
1st Nora Beekman (2nd grade), Mt Vernon, “In the Sky”
Intermediate
1st Eliza Gwin (5th grade), Maury, “You Were”
2nd Kit Misha Vontz (3rd grade), Mt Vernon, “A Song for Thalia”
3rd Patrick Ostermann-Healey (4th grade), MacArthur, “Patrick’s Day in Music”
HM Eliana Rougle (4th grade), James Polk, “Truly Me”
Dir Gabriella Tuson (3rd grade), Charles Barrett, “A Busy Day”
Middle School
1st Alexander T. Tiapula, Tuson (6th grade), GWMS, “My Theme Song”
High School
1st Jonathan Morgan Petrini (9th grade), TC Williams, “The Plot Thickens”
PHOTOGRAPHY
Noah Sternberg (MacArthur) – Photography (Intermediate), “The Camera and Me”
Primary
1st Liam Jovovic Doussard (1st grade), Mt Vernon, “Paris”
2nd Gavin Zuiselsberger (1st grade), Charles Barrett, “All About Me”
3rd Isabelle Flint (1st grade), George Mason, “A Reading Soccer Star”
Intermediate
1st Noah Sternberg (4th grade), MacArthur, “The Camera and Me”
2nd Victoria Patrick (4th grade), Charles Barrett, “Art”
3rd(tie) Genevieve Watkins (4th grade), Maury, “What’s Down the Tracks”
3rd(tie) Alice Ward (3rd grade), Mt Vernon, “Sand”
HM Lucien Andrews (3rd grade), Jefferson-Houston, “Nature Me”
HM Adelaide Flint (3rd grade), George Mason, “My Own Little World”
HM Charles Sokolove (5th grade), James Polk, “Story of Me!”
Julianne Joven (GWMS) – Visual Arts, Middle School, “A Reification of Life”
Middle School
1st Sarah Devendorf (8th grade), GWMS, “Incomplete”
High School
1st Fatima Chavez (12th grade), TC Williams, “El Viaje Hacia Alegria”
VISUAL ARTS
Primary
1st Georgia Crutchfield (2nd grade), Mt Vernon, “My Life in Clay!!!”
2nd Saha Irwin (1st grade), Jefferson-Houston, “Family Building”
3rd Brooke Hunnicutt (2nd grade), John Adams, “I Love Nature”
Dir Christopher Ramirez (2nd grade), Cora Kelly, “The City”
Intermediate
1st Kit Misha Vontz (3rd grade), Mt Vernon, “Chapters in Kitstory”
2nd(tie) Emily Brennan (5th grade), James Polk, “My Growing Story”
2nd(tie) Giselle Hughes (4th grade), Charles Barrett, “A Map of My Story”
3rd Maya Hayes (4th grade), MacArthur, “Animals All Around Me”
HM Chloe Adams (3rd grade), George Mason, “My Cultures”
Dir Isabella Phillips (4th grade), Jefferson-Houston, “Great Grandpa”
Middle School
1st Julianne Joven (8th grade), GWMS, “A Reification of Life”
2nd Morgan Drake (7th grade), Jefferson-Houston, “Different”
High School
1st Ava Benbow (10th grade), TC Williams, “Self Portrait”
1st Place = Outstanding Interpretation of Theme
2nd Place = Award of Excellence
3rd Place = Award of Merit
HM = Honorable Mention
Dir = Director’s Award
Congratulations to all of our winning students! And best of luck to those who are competing at the District level. The Northern Virginia PTA District will announce district results in February.