Chair: Heather Cho & Dinh Lam

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Submission Deadline:  November 11, 2024
  

2024-2025 Tyee Middle School Reflections

The 2024–2025 Reflection’s theme is Accepting Imperfection…
 
The Reflections program is sponsored by National PTA to promote and encourage artistic creativity, both in the classroom and at home. The purpose is to provide an opportunity for students to showcase their creative talents in a nationally acclaimed student recognition program.

This program that helps students explore their own thoughts, feelings and ideas, develop artistic literacy, increase confidence, and find a love for learning that will help them become more successful not only in school, but in life. Reflections program invites Tyee students to submit original works of art in
one or all the available arts categories:

• Literature: works of fiction, nonfiction, poetry, prose, drama, short stories and lyrics.
• Music Composition: original musical composition, with or without words.
• Photography: color or black and white, included techniques: photogram, negative sandwich, and multiple exposure.
• Visual Arts: drawing, painting in tempera, oil, acrylic, watercolor & t-shirt paints, computer generated art, two-dimensional collage, printmaking, needlework & leather tooling.
• Film/Video: original works, with or without sound, of animation, narrative, documentary, experimental or music video/film.
• Choreography/Dance: originally choreographed dance composition.
• Accessible Art

Students may submit in as many arts categories as they would like, however, only one entry per arts category is allowed. Get started now…

Submit your work 

Please get 24-25 Reflection Submissions Official Rules and download the fillable online Student Entry Form and fill out your information/signatures /Artist Statement (Only Accept Typed)

1. Upload three files per student submission. (Artwork/fillable entry form/statement)
2. Label the files: Follow the prompts to submit an entry:

• • Artwork: category_level_title_phonenumberandfirstandlastinital_artwork
  • Entry form: category_level_title_phonenumberandfirstandlastinital_entryform
  • Statement: category_level_title_phonenumberandfirstandlastinital_statement (word file only)
  • ONLY for Music (If background music is used, cite it on the entry form): category_level_title_phonenumberandfirstandlastinital_musicnote

Example: 9th grade, Visual Art, Name: John Doe, Phone#: 1234567890, Title: I Love Me

File 1: Visual Art_high_Iloveme_1234567890JD_artwork
File 2: Visual Art_high_Iloveme_1234567890JD_entryform
File 3: Visual Art_high_Iloveme_1234567890JD_statement

• TIP: When taking a photo of visual art to upload, make sure the artwork is in good light, camera is aligned straight with artwork, and crop everything else out.

        *Please do not include your full name in the artwork and statement

Please email the 3 files (artwork, entry form, and statement) to reflections@tyeeptsa.org. In the email’s subject please include "Reflection submission <your student’s name and grade>"

Contact reflections@tyeeptsa.org for any questions. 
More information can be found from WSPTA Reflections webpage

Reflections Theme Search Contest

National PTA is seeking a theme for the 2026-2027 Reflections Program Year. 

An annual theme is determined by the National PTA Reflections Theme Search Contest.
Students may enter their theme idea by applying on the Theme Search entry webpage by:
November 4th, 2024.

The student who submits the ultimate winning entry will receive $100 and have their theme presented at the National PTA Convention in 2025.

Forms available on the WSPTA Reflections web page.