17th District would like to congratulate all 974 students that participated in this year’s Reflections Art Program. This year’s theme was “Beauty Is…” 203 pieces made it to the 17th District level of judging, and of them 17 entries won the Award of Excellence and have moved on to judging at the California State level.
The 203 pieces that were judged at the district level will be displayed at a Reflections Art Exhibit on Thursday, March 18 at John Gill Elementary School in Redwood City (view map). The open-house exhibit will take place during 6-8 PM, and all are invited to come see the visual entries, hear the music entries, and watch the film and dance entries. Snacks and activities will also be provided for the kids.
NEW! Congratulations to the following winners at the California State PTA level! These two students will have their entries on display at the State PTA Convention in Sacramento:
Cameron Marsden, “Beauty is…”
Borel Middle School
Award of Merit in Middle/Junior Literature
Alice Zheng, “Beauty is World Peace”
Brewer Island Elementary School
Convention Display in Intermediate Visual Arts
Next year’s Reflections theme (2010-11) will be “Together We Can”. Students are encouraged to start thinking of ideas for next year! If your PTA is interested in starting a Reflections program next year, or if you have any questions about this year’s judging or the March 18 Art Exhibit, please contact Contessa Messiana, 17th District Reflections Chair.
The full list of winners from 17th District is below the jump.
Photography
| Award of Excellence | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Primary (Pre-K to 2nd Grade) | David Harris | “Magnificent Marbles” | Baywood Elementary School |
| Intermediate (Grades 3-5) | Jeremy Chong | “Shimmering Dolphin” | Brewer Island Elementary School |
| Middle/Junior (Grades 6-8) | Quinn Manely | “Philodendron Night” | Borel Middle School |
| Award of Merit | |||
| Primary (Pre-K to 2nd Grade) | Michael Picchi | “Beauty Is in My Own Backyard” | Audubon Elementary School |
| Primary (Pre-K to 2nd Grade) | Clara Szego | “Fall Colors” | Brewer Island Elementary School |
| Intermediate (Grades 3-5) | Avary Lang | “Butterfly” | Audubon Elementary School |
| Intermediate (Grades 3-5) | Caroline Zhu | “Beautiful Snowy Day” | Brewer Island Elementary School |
| Middle/Junior (Grades 6-8) | Casey Scherer | “Life that has Life” | Borel Middle School |
| Award of Recognition | |||
| Primary (Pre-K to 2nd Grade) | Alyssa Corpuz | “Beauty is Delicate” | Brewer Island Elementary School |
| Primary (Pre-K to 2nd Grade) | Allison Li | “Morning Glory” | Foster City Elementary School |
| Primary (Pre-K to 2nd Grade) | Nikhita Singh | “Beauty is a Pumpkin Patch” | Brewer Island Elementary School |
| Intermediate (Grades 3-5) | Namita Hedge | “Beauty is in Eyes” | Audubon Elementary School |
| Intermediate (Grades 3-5) | Dylan Higashionna | “Friday Flame” | Audubon Elementary School |
| Middle/Junior (Grades 6-8) | Wilson Luk | “Mountains of China” | Ralston Middle School |
| Honorable Mention | |||
| Primary (Pre-K to 2nd Grade) | Matthew Armienti | “Beauty is My Lego Starship” | John Gill Elementary School |
| Primary (Pre-K to 2nd Grade) | Sean Chen | “Beauty is the American Flag” | Sandpiper Elementary School |
| Primary (Pre-K to 2nd Grade) | Faith Dyogi | “My Sister” | Thomas Edison Elementary School |
| Primary (Pre-K to 2nd Grade) | Maxwell Kwan | “Roses in the Garden” | Foster City Elementary School |
| Primary (Pre-K to 2nd Grade) | Melissa Rosa | “Water is Beauty” | John Gill Elementary School |
| Intermediate (Grades 3-5) | Talia Adam | “Circle of Leaves” | Audubon Elementary School |
| Intermediate (Grades 3-5) | Kathryn Cheong | “Beauty is Open Our Hearts” | Foster City Elementary School |
| Intermediate (Grades 3-5) | Zack Haire | “Water” | Foster City Elementary School |
| Intermediate (Grades 3-5) | Emeline Garofani | “My Cat” | John Gill Elementary School |
| Intermediate (Grades 3-5) | Miranda Huang | “Winter” | Brewer Island Elementary School |
| Intermediate (Grades 3-5) | Maegan Rudolph | “Nature Beauty” | Sandpiper Elementary School |
| Middle/Junior (Grades 6-8) | Andrew T. Schilling | “A View of the Jungfau, Einger and Monch” | Borel Middle School |
| Middle/Junior (Grades 6-8) | Cristina Ashbaugh | “Rain Rose” | Borel Middle School |
| Middle/Junior (Grades 6-8) | Wilson Luk | “Harmony and People” | Ralston Middle School |
| Middle/Junior (Grades 6-8) | Dana Reynolds | “Flowers” | Ralston Middle School |
| Middle/Junior (Grades 6-8) | Stephen Schick | “Cracks of Freedom” | Borel Middle School |
Visual Arts
| Award of Excellence | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Primary (Pre-K to 2nd Grade) | Jeevika Adda | “Beauty is Colors” | Foster City Elementary School |
| Intermediate (Grades 3-5) | Alice Zheng | “Beauty is World Peace” | Brewer Island Elementary School |
| Middle/Junior (Grades 6-8) | Rachael Howard | “Beauty is…” | Borel Middle School |
| Award of Merit | |||
| Primary (Pre-K to 2nd Grade) | Caitlin Kelly | “Living Creates of the World” | Brewer Island Elementary School |
| Intermediate (Grades 3-5) | Anna Zheng | “Nature” | Brewer Island Elementary School |
| Middle/Junior (Grades 6-8) | Alison Clark | “Beauty is in the Eye of the Beholder” | Borel Middle School |
| Award of Recognition | |||
| Primary (Pre-K to 2nd Grade) | Arshaq Pattani | “Beauty is not Seasonal” | Brewer Island Elementary School |
| Primary (Pre-K to 2nd Grade) | Stella Malva | “Fairy Dream” | Foster City Elementary School |
| Intermediate (Grades 3-5) | Kevin Huo | “Beauty is Watching the Birds Migrating!” | Audubon Elementary School |
| Middle/Junior (Grades 6-8) | Caitlin Hibert | “A Lone Pit Bull” | Borel Middle School |
| Honorable Mention | |||
| Primary (Pre-K to 2nd Grade) | Meghan Bendi | “House in the Woods by a Lake” | Sandpiper Elementary School |
| Primary (Pre-K to 2nd Grade) | Vincent Chu | “Beauty is Reading” | Thomas Edison Elementary School |
| Primary (Pre-K to 2nd Grade) | Nathan Hautefeuille | “Beautiful Sunset” | John Gill Elementary School |
| Primary (Pre-K to 2nd Grade) | Ian Hwang | “Friends from Kindergarten” | Foster City Elementary School |
| Primary (Pre-K to 2nd Grade) | Catherine Li | “Lilly La La Lake” | Audubon Elementary School |
| Primary (Pre-K to 2nd Grade) | “My Beautiful Dog” | John Gill Elementary School | |
| Primary (Pre-K to 2nd Grade) | Claire Schick | “Dragonfly” | Baywood Elementary School |
| Primary (Pre-K to 2nd Grade) | Scott Takimoto | “Beauty is a Caterpillar Turning into a Butterfly” | Sandpiper Elementary School |
| Primary (Pre-K to 2nd Grade) | Samuel Yang | “Beauty is Sharing the World” | Brewer Island Elementary School |
| Primary (Pre-K to 2nd Grade) | Max Yeh | “Beautiful City” | Foster City Elementary School |
| Intermediate (Grades 3-5) | Jasmine Abalanzar | “All of the Colors Have Beauty” | John F. Kennedy Elementary School |
| Intermediate (Grades 3-5) | Mona Bandov | “Golden Gate Bridge” | John Gill Elementary School |
| Intermediate (Grades 3-5) | Olivia DeVoy | “Beautiful Day” | Sandpiper Elementary School |
| Intermediate (Grades 3-5) | Kayla Hori | “Violin” | John Gill Elementary School |
| Intermediate (Grades 3-5) | Carissa Lee | “Beauty is a Sunset” | Brewer Island Elementary School |
| Intermediate (Grades 3-5) | Helen So | “Beauty is Nature” | Thomas Edison Elementary School |
| Intermediate (Grades 3-5) | Zoe Wilson | “Joy and Laughter” | Baywood Elementary School |
| Intermediate (Grades 3-5) | Helen Ye | “Beauty is People Helping People” | Sandpiper Elementary School |
| Middle/Junior (Grades 6-8) | David Diba | “The Crying Face” | Borel Middle School |
| Middle/Junior (Grades 6-8) | Robert Nicholson | “Beauty is Within the Heart” | Bayside STEM Academy |
| Middle/Junior (Grades 6-8) | Allison Page | “Midnight Journey” | Ralston Middle School |
Literature
| Award of Excellence | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Primary (Pre-K to 2nd Grade) | Aya Shmeltzer | “Beauty is…” | John Gill Elementary School |
| Intermediate (Grades 3-5) | Mackenzie Clarke | “Beauty” | John Gill Elementary School |
| Middle/Junior (Grades 6-8) | Cameron Marsden | “Beauty is…” | Borel Middle School |
| Award of Merit | |||
| Primary (Pre-K to 2nd Grade) | William Schiff | “Beauty is an All You can Eat Buffet” | John Gill Elementary School |
| Intermediate (Grades 3-5) | Jasdy Perillo | “What is Beauty” | Thomas Edison Elementary School |
| Middle/Junior (Grades 6-8) | Michael Lanthier | “Beauty is…” | Borel Middle School |
| Award of Recognition | |||
| Primary (Pre-K to 2nd Grade) | Kellen Sincoff | “Dawn of the Age of Lego’s!!!” | John Gill Elementary School |
| Intermediate (Grades 3-5) | Sneha Vinod | “Beauty if My Maginalions” | Audubon Elementary School |
| Middle/Junior (Grades 6-8) | Stephen Schick | “Beauty is a Gift You Cannot Keep” | Borel Middle School |
| Honorable Mention | |||
| Primary (Pre-K to 2nd Grade) | Krystal Bermundez | “Beauty is Flowers” | John Gill Elementary School |
| Primary (Pre-K to 2nd Grade) | Trisha Kanjilal | “Beauty is…” | Brewer Island Elementary School |
| Primary (Pre-K to 2nd Grade) | Vernon Luk | “Beauty is Everything” | Sandpiper Elementary School |
| Primary (Pre-K to 2nd Grade) | Jasmine McKelvey | “Beauty Makes the World Shine” | Brewer Island Elementary School |
| Primary (Pre-K to 2nd Grade) | Utkarsh Shivashankar | “Man made Structures” | Audubon Elementary School |
| Primary (Pre-K to 2nd Grade) | Manasvi Suserla | “Beauty is…” | Foster City Elementary School |
| Intermediate (Grades 3-5) | Lisa Castillo | “Canine” | John Gill Elementary School |
| Intermediate (Grades 3-5) | Namita Hegde | “Beauty is in Happiness” | Audubon Elementary School |
| Intermediate (Grades 3-5) | Anita Lam | “Beauty is…” | Foster City Elementary School |
| Intermediate (Grades 3-5) | Leslie Salinas | “The Bugs” | John Gill Elementary School |
| Intermediate (Grades 3-5) | Madeline Waddell | “Rose” | John Gill Elementary School |
| Intermediate (Grades 3-5) | Justin Xu | “Beauty is…” | Brewer Island Elementary School |
| Middle/Junior (Grades 6-8) | Diyar Eyuboglu | “I Love You Grandma” | Borel Middle School |
| Middle/Junior (Grades 6-8) | Michell Maya | “Beauty is…” | Borel Middle School |
| Middle/Junior (Grades 6-8) | Elena Ralls | “Storm” | Borel Middle School |
Music Composition
| Award of Excellence | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Primary (Pre-K to 2nd Grade) | Kevin Yang | “Wild Animals” | Brewer Island Elementary School |
| Intermediate (Grades 3-5) | Katherine Arackaparambil | “Beauty is in the Night” | Audubon Elementary School |
| Middle/Junior (Grades 6-8) | Scott Bell | “Beauty is a Song” | Borel Middle School |
| Award of Merit | |||
| Primary (Pre-K to 2nd Grade) | Amithi Chordiya | “Day Dream” | Brewer Island Elementary School |
| Intermediate (Grades 3-5) | Jamie Ip | “Beauty is Peace” | Foster City Elementary School |
| Middle/Junior (Grades 6-8) | James George | “Beauty is Forever Remembered” | Ralston Middle School |
| Award of Recognition | |||
| Primary (Pre-K to 2nd Grade) | Kevin Yang | “Autumn Leaves” | Brewer Island Elementary School |
| Intermediate (Grades 3-5) | Felicia Brut | “Beauty is Life Skill” | Baywood Elementary School |
| Middle/Junior (Grades 6-8) | William Miyahira | “Down the Silent Road” | Borel Middle School |
| Honorable Mention | |||
| Primary (Pre-K to 2nd Grade) | Kevin Yang | “Minuet Spring Flowers” | Brewer Island Elementary School |
| Intermediate (Grades 3-5) | Arnav Bhausar | “Beautiful Composition” | Brewer Island Elementary School |
| Intermediate (Grades 3-5) | Zoe Cruse | “Books are Beautiful” | Audubon Elementary School |
| Intermediate (Grades 3-5) | Andy Feng | “Nature” | Audubon Elementary School |
| Intermediate (Grades 3-5) | Alessandro Rotundo | “The Tree Colors of Dawn” | Foster City Elementary School |
Dance Choreography
| Award of Excellence | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Intermediate (Grades 3-5) | Shatoparba Banerjee | “Beauty is Mother” | Brewer Island Elementary School |
| Middle/Junior (Grades 6-8) | Elizabeth Anstice | “Beauty is the Gift of a Friend” | Borel Middle School |
| Award of Merit | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Intermediate (Grades 3-5) | Rachel Fong | “Dancing with Beauty” | Brewer Island Elementary School |
| Middle/Junior (Grades 6-8) | Vienna Averweck | “Beauty is from the Heart” | Borel Middle School |
| Award of Recognition | |||
| Intermediate (Grades 3-5) | Annika Olson | “Beauty is Gymnastics” | Audubon Elementary School |
Film/Video Production
| Award of Excellence | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Primary (Pre-K to 2nd Grade) | Jared Chou | “Beauty is a Library” | Brewer Island Elementary School |
| Intermediate (Grades 3-5) | Charles Loya | “Precision and Patience” | Sandpiper Elementary School |
| Middle/Junior (Grades 6-8) | Diyar Eyuboglu | “Hidden Life” | Borel Middle School |
| Award of Merit | |||
| Middle/Junior (Grades 6-8) | Chelsea Victor | “Beauty is Innocence” | Borel Middle School |
