Thank you for sharing your art with the PTA Reflections “I Am Hopeful Because…” Contest. We are pleased to announce the winners below. All “Award of Excellence” pieces have advanced to the next level of the competition, the District Level. A reception for those pieces will be held at the District Offices on November 30th. All are welcome to attend.

We will send you an email to let you know when all other pieces, as well as your ribbons and certificates, will be available at the LRC for pick up. It should be shortly, as it has taken us some time to process a record of 88 amazing works of art submitted!

As chairpersons for this very special program, we want to convey our sincere appreciation for your participation and hope you continue to find ways to express yourself artistically.

All the best,
Kellee Duby and Erin Crane

The 51st place winners below will move on to the Fourth District PTA Judging in February:

Film Production, MS – Award of Excellence: Hudson Bell, “Writing Free”

Film Production, HS – Award of Excellence: Tristan Pham, “Dallas Open Sportsmanship Interview”

Literature, HS – Award of Excellence: Ilana Gaber, “The Hope for Humanity”

Music Composition, HS – Award of Excellence: Nina Liu, “Summer in Provence”

Visual Arts, HS – Award of Excellence: Dilnar Yu, “Homecoming Harmony”

Photography, HS – Award of Excellence: Alexandra Milisavljevic, “Curious Mind”

Special Artist, HS – Award of Excellence: Isabella Juarez-Padilla, “Power of Hope”

Congratulations to the CDMMS and CDMHS Participants:

Film Production, MS – Award of Excellence: Hudson Bell, “Writing Free”

Literature, MS – Award of Excellence: Adriana Bezrukov, “The Stars and the Sky”
Literature, MS – Award of Merit: Emmy Jacobson, “Choosing Hope”

Visual Arts, MS – Award of Excellence: Supernova Mesch, “Fingers Crossed”
Visual Arts, MS – Award of Merit: Satty Janseitova, “the truth”
Visual Arts, MS – Honorable Mention: Ella Tran, “Harnessing Hope”

Special Artist, HS – Award of Excellence: Isabella Juarez-Padilla, “Power of Hope”
Special Artist, HS – Award of Merit: Ami Ito, “My Precious Box”

Film Production, HS – Award of Excellence: Tristan Pham, “Dallas Open Sportsmanship Interview”

Literature, HS – Award of Excellence: Ilana Gaber, “The Hope for Humanity”
Literature, HS – Award of Merit: Emma Kelly, “I Am Hopeful Because I Know Nothing”

Photography, HS – Award of Excellence: Alexandra Milisavljevic, “Curious Mind”
Photography, HS – Award of Merit: Olivia Clarke, “California Daisies”

Music Composition, HS – Award of Excellence: Nina Liu, “Summer in Provence”

Visual Arts, HS – Award of Excellence: Dilnar Yu, “Homecoming Harmony”
Visual Arts, HS – Award of Merit: Eden Myer, “Innocence”
Visual Arts, HS – Honorable Mention: Nina Liu, “I Believe”