The 2023/24 Reflections Theme is
“I am Hopeful Because…”
Important Dates & Information for 2023-2024 Jeffco Reflections
Monday, November 27 – Digital Submission Deadline for Local Unit Winners (by 5:00 PM)
Saturday, December 9 – Turn-in and Hanging of Art at Red Rocks Community College – Lakewood (10:00-2:00)
Monday, December 11 – Friday, December 15– Public Art Show Open at Red Rocks Community College – Lakewood (open during regular campus hours)
Friday, December 15 – Awards Reception at Red Rocks Community College – Lakewood (5:30-7:30)
Saturday, December 16 Take-down and Pick-up at Red Rocks Community College – Lakewood (11:00-2:00)
Contact:
Angela Abeyta
To begin, submit your local unit information in the form below to alert Jeffco PTA of your school’s intent to participate in the 2023/2024 Reflections program.
We are Region 2. Jeffco Council ID:00050460
Register your school to participate in Reflections
Each school is asked to provide one PTA or affiliated volunteer to assist with running the Jeffco Council art show, including assisting with turn-in, artwork display, the awards ceremony, and pick-up. Sign-up for volunteer slots is done through SignUp. Please click on the link and choose an open task that you would be willing to assist with. We can’t put on the awards reception without your help.
Download the information for the PTA Reflections 2023/2024 “I am Hopeful Because….” 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:
Work within your local unit and 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!
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.
Collect all local unit winner information as noted on entry forms, and create a digital copy of the winning piece (see notes on format requirements for digital submission). Upload your local unit’s winning submissions in digital format by no later than 5:00 PM on Monday, November 27.
On the designated physical Turn-In Day on Saturday, December 9, your local unit will need to deliver all winning submissions for your unit to our designated artwork drop-off location at Red Rocks Community College – Lakewood (details TBA). Entries will be prepped for display at Red Rocks Community College – Lakewood as participants in our student art show.
Encourage local unit winners and their families to visit Red Rocks Community College – Lakewood during the week of the art show, December 11-15, to see their work publicly displayed with other participants. On Friday, December 15, all winning entries as judged at the Jeffco Council level will be invited to celebrate their county-level wins in a special awards ceremony where submissions advancing to the state competition will be recognized.
After one week of the public art show display, each local unit must send a representative to pick up their school’s artwork at Red Rocks Community College on Saturday, December 16. Artwork will not be mailed or delivered back to individual schools or local units.
Any winning entries at the Jeffco Council level will be delivered to the Colorado PTA Reflections chair for state-level judging and continuation through the contest. Physical copies of the artwork by Jeffco winners may be retained for delivery to the Colorado PTA for potential display.
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:
Congratulations to our National Winners 2022-23!
We are pleased to have 4 Jeffco students recognized at the national level of PTA Reflections for the 2022-23 school year’s “Show Your Voice!” theme. Join us in congratulating:
- Maike Drennan (Golden High School PTSA): Award of Excellence – Photography (9-12)
- Madhvi Chittoor (North Arvada Middle School PTSA): Award of Merit – Music Composition (6-8)
- Nathaniel McDowell (Devinny Elementary PTA): Award of Merit – Music Composition (3-5)
- Haylee Griffith (Arvada West High School PTSA): Award of Merit – Literature (9-12)
A complete listing of National PTA winners can be found by clicking here
Congratulations to our Colorado PTA Winners 2022-23!
Colorado PTA Reflections Winners 2022-23
Congratulations to our Jeffco Region Winners 2022-23!
Jeffco Region Reflections Winners 2022-23
View the Jeffco 2022-23 Reflections Gallery Online
In addition to the physical art show running at Red Rocks Community College from Monday, December 12 through Friday, December 16, we are pleased to also include an online gallery of local unit submissions as submitted to Jeffco PTA for judging at the district level.
Reflections Online Galler
PAST WINNERS
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)