MI PTA Announces 2011-2012 Reflections Art Contest Winners

Local art and musical student talent will be on display at 7 p.m. tonight in  of the National PTA Reflections Art Program Mercer Island PTA Council Awards. 

The Reflections Program is a National PTA and WSPTA cultural arts competition. The purpose is to provide an opportunity for students to use their creative talents by expressing themselves through their own original works. This year's theme is "Diversity means ... ".

"We were proud to send many of the outstanding winners to represent our district to the state competition," said MI PTA Council Reflection co-chair Ivy Suzuki-Jaecks. "The students have done an amazing job with their entries."

The MISD Reflections Award Ceremony is at 7:30pm inside the MIHS Auditorium and all the artwork that was entered will be on display between 7 - 7:30 p.m.

The theme for next year is "The Magic of a Moment ..."

MI PTA Reflections Winners:

Visual Arts:  Primary Division Grades K-2

• 1st Place  Kaisa Olson  IP   "Kaisa’s Farm with Differences"
• 2nd  Place  Rachel Senn  IP   "Flowers in a Pot"
• 3rd  Place  Grace Han  LR    "Leaping Orca"

Honorable Mention

• Stuart Brown  LR   "Heart of a Wolf"
• Gabe Gottesman  WM   "Diversity Means Sometimes Standing Out"
• Anantika Mannby  WM   "A Smile"
• Aditi Mannby WM   "The Faces of People"

Visual Arts:  Intermediate Division Grades 3-5

• 1st Place  Rachel Shi  WM   "The Diversity of the Birds and the Harmony of the World"
• 2nd  Place  Helen Olson  IP   "Together in One Place"
• 3rd  Place  Sanjna Narayan  WM   "Kaleidoscope"
• 3rd  Place  Kayla Mitchell  IP   "Forest of Sunny Shadows"

Honorable Mention

• Joshua Chansky  WM   "Little Pieces, Big Whole"
• G. Ichiro Nakata  WM   "Diversity Means …"
• Igal Tamarkin  WM   "Drawing Dreidels"
• Jonathan Xu  WM   "Friends Can Make the World Go Around"
• Akhil Pothineni  WM   "Diversity Means …"
• Sophia Chen  IP   "Big and Small"
• Emma Steel  LR   "Diversity Means …"

Visual Arts:  Middle/Junior Division Grades 6-8

• 1st  Place  Samantha Sweet   "We Are Diversity"
• 2nd Place  Alison Dickstein   "Beautiful"

Honorable Mention

• Kari Anderson   "Diversity Means an Array of Colors"
• Don Le   "Putting Pieces Together" 
• Bryan Zhao   "Diversity Means the View of a Mouse"
• Zoe Sheill   "Cat and Mouse"

Visual Arts:  Senior Division Grades 9-12

• 1st Place  Kara Glass   "Diversity is United"
• 2nd Place  Kara Glass   "Tibetan Children"
• 3rd Place  Christopher Wang   "Diverse Then Dilute"

Photography:  Primary Division Preschool-Grade 2

• 1st Place  Charlotte Wood  WM   "It Takes a Village to Put a Baby to Sleep"

Photography:  Intermediate Division Grades 3-5

• 1st  Place  Kai Hidaka  WM   "Diversity Is My Cat"
• 2nd  Place  Jennifer McMillan  WM   "Diversity Means …"
• 3rd Place  Harley Hunkapiller  WM   "The Human Sea"

Photography:  Middle Division Grades 6-8

• 1st Place  Oliver Lee   "Celebration of a Different One"
• 2nd Place  Maeve O’Briant   "Mixture of Colors"
• 3rd Place  Sayuj Narayan   "Palette"

Photography:  Senior Division Grades 9-12

• 1st Place  Dylan Ma   "Nature’s Creation"
• 2nd  Place  Sumedhaa-Priya  Kothari   "Distinct, Dependable, Diverse"
• 3rd Place  Kela Harrington   "Diversity Means … Never Again"

Literature:  Intermediate Division Grades 3-5

• 1st Place  Christopher Elliott  WM   "Diversity Means World Evolution"
• 2nd Place  Ainsley O’Briant  WM   "Different Colors"
• 3rd Place  Hannah Leahy  WM   "Diversity is Friendship Through Diversity"

Honorable Mention

• Mathilda Noone  WM   "Diversity Is What Keeps Us Different"
• Meghana Kakubal  WM   "New Girl"
• Moriah Reibman  IP   "Diversity"

Literature:  Middle/Junior Division Grades 6-8

• 1st Place  Cece Rosenman   "All People Want In"
• 2nd Place  Rose Guttman   "Diversity"

Literature:  Senior Division Grades 9-12

• 1st Place  Kela Harrington   "Diversity … Multiplicity"
• 2nd Place  Alisa Jion Kim   "Diversity Means …"

Musical Composition:  Intermediate Division Grades 3-5

• 1st Place  Alexander Hill  WM   "People are Alike and Different"
• 2nd Place  Sophia Chen  IP   "Barnyard Antics"
• 3rd Place  Hannah Zhao  LR   "Diversity Is the Strange Sounds of the Scary Ghost in the Forest"

Honorable Mention

• Peyton Mitchell  LR   "Diversity Is Different Clown Tricks"
• Arjun Piplani  WM   "Diversity is … P"

Musical Composition:  Middle Division Grades 6-8

• 1st Place  Andy Chen   "The Mysterious Box"
• 2nd Place  Zoe Sheill   "The Two Birds"
• 3rd Place  Bryan Zhao   "Diversity Means a Day in the Life of a Leprechaun"

Musical Composition:  Senior Division Grades 9-12

• 1st Place  Christina Sun   "Unraveling the Tangled Web"
• 2nd Place  Christina Sun   "The Mysterious Castle"

Film Production:  Intermediate Division Grades 3-5

• 1st Place  Lila Shroff  WM   "Diversity Is Not Just a Word"
• 1st Place  Mollie Parkinson  WM   "Diversity Is Not Just a Word"
• 2nd Place  Mithril Huginin  WM   "The Helping Legos"
• 3rd Place  Ellie Gottesman  WM   "Diversity Means … Diverse Opinions"

Honorable Mention

• Michael Deal  WM   "Diversity Means …"

Film Production:  Middle Division Grades 6-8

• 1st Place  Ren Jaecks   "Diversity of Nature"
• 2nd Place  Jillian Quinn   "Diversity Means … Seeing Beauty in Our Differences"

Film Production:  Senior Division Grades 9-12

• 1st Place  Barry Briggs   "Diversity n00b"
• 2nd Place  Kylie Quinn   "Diversity Means … You Have Your Own Style"