The 2024/25 Reflections Theme is
“Accepting Imperfections…”
Important Dates for 2024-2025 Jeffco Reflections
Sunday, November 3 – Digital Submission Deadline for Local Unit Winners (by 5:00 PM)
Saturday, December 7 – Turn-in and Hanging of Art at Red Rocks Community College – Lakewood (10:00-2:00)
Monday, December 9 – Friday, December 13– Public Art Show Open at Red Rocks Community College – Lakewood (open during regular campus hours)
Friday, December 13 – Awards Reception at Red Rocks Community College – Lakewood (5:30-7:30)
Saturday, December 14 Take-down and Pick-up at Red Rocks Community College – Lakewood (11:00-1:00)
Contact: JeffcoReflections@gmail.com
Step 1: Fill out: School Participation Form so we can keep you informed about the process for submitting your winners. We are currently trying to simplify and make it easier for schools to participate.
Step 2: Download the information for the PTA Reflections 2024/2025 “Accepting Imperfection” art contest at the following link for Local Unit chairs and organizers:
If you are a student or parent looking for program information, -OR- you are an individual student seeking to submit without support from a participating local unit, download instructions for student participants:
Step 3: Work within your school to promote participation in the Reflections contest. Establish a deadline for your local unit’s participants to submit student entries for judging. Be creative and have fun! Reminder: Deadline to submit your school winners is November 1st, 2024.
Step 4: Set up judging of entries by volunteers, and create an event to recognize and celebrate your school’s winners. Please note rules and guidelines for limits on numbers of winners allowed per category.
The goal of PTA’s arts in education programming is to be a resource for PTA leaders in partnering with schools to provide opportunities for all students to explore and be involved in the arts.
The arts—and the National PTA Reflections program —support student success and serve as a valuable tool for building strong partnerships in your school community. When PTAs and schools work together to support arts education, they:
- Encourage all students—despite individual challenges—to explore ideas, express their individuality and support their peers in a positive way;
- Provide all students with an academic advantage by increasing student engagement and teacher effectiveness, which leads to increased school attendance rates and social connectedness among students; and
- Enhance family engagement by connecting families and schools to one another and to their communities.
Schools and PTAs committed to quality learning in the arts can identify opportunities together for families to take an active role in support of arts education.
The Reflections program is run through local PTAs in good standing, and allows students in grades P-12 to enter pieces in:
Visual Arts • Photography • Literature
Film Production • Dance Choreography • Music Composition
Why do we do what we do? Watch here to find out:
PAST WINNERS
Congratulations to our Jeffco Region Winners 2022-23!
Jeffco Region Reflections Winners 2022-23
Congratulations to our Jeffco Region Winners 2021-22!
Jeffco Region Reflections Winners 2021-22
Congratulations to our Colorado PTA Winners 2021-22!
Colorado PTA Reflections Winners 2021-22
Congratulations to our National Winners 2021-22!
We are pleased to have 7 Jeffco students recognized at the national level of PTA Reflections for the 2021-22 school year, “I Will Change the World by…”. Join us in congratulating:
- Stone Gillaspie (Shelton Elementary PTSA): Award of Merit – Visual Arts (K-2)
- Annabel Lee (Arvada West High School PTSA): Award of Merit – Visual Arts (9-12)
- Charlotte Jesse (Bergen Elementary PTA): Award of Merit – Music Composition (K-2)
- Madhvi Chitoor (North Arvada Middle School PTSA): Award of Excellence – Music Composition (6-8)
- Colin Lockridge (Ralston Valley High School PTSA): Award of Merit – Music Composition (9-12)
- Matthew Lunin (Parmalee Elementary PTA): Award of Merit – Music Composition (Special Artist)
- Haylee Griffith (Arvada West High School PTSA): Award of Merit – Literature (9-12)