Local School PTA
Reflections
Art Project Chairs
Training
Background
• 1969 by Mary Lou Anderson established
Reflections
• The longer the arts studies the higher SAT scores
– 1993 study 53 points higher in verbal
• Pre-School to High School can enter and submit in one or all
categories
• Six categories plus Special Artist Division (ADA)
– Dance
– Film
– Literature
– Music
– Photography
– Visual Arts
FIRST GET THE WORD OUT
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THEME.. “THE WORLD WOULD BE A BETTER PLACE
IF…”
For elementary Thursday folders every other week ending
in mid-October - need a flier visit txpta.org for flier ideas
Have a contest for the most entries a class gets a pizza or
popcorn party at each grade level or for the school overall –
let’s talk to the art, Spanish, special ed., music, theatre and
English teachers about giving extra credit for entries!!!
Every front office needs a box for turning entries in and a
place for students to pick up entry forms and rules
Every hallway and at the front window post the theme and
deadline FRIDAY NOV. 7TH
An announcement in the first AND EVERY newsletter or
other media. Display the POWER POINT of reflections at
the next pep rally or assembly
Call me in to help talk to teachers/principals/counselors,
etc.
Reflections Rules,
Age Groups and
Award Levels
All Rules are at TXPTA.ORG
• Depending on the school they might be able to
create their project at school or only at home
• All fliers, copies, etc. and recognition at the
local level come from your local PTA budget
• At the council level, recognition is from my
budget
• On your fliers, I’d advise directing students to
the web rules at TXPTA.ORG. Because there
are separate rules for each category
Judging Age Groups
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Pre-K – 2 primary
3-5 Intermediate
6-8 Middle School
9-12 High School
Special Artists
Award Levels
• Award of Excellence – “the best entry in each
grade division and arts category” – advances to
council – 20% local to Council – up to 30
entries to state - Texas PTA
• Awards of Merit – good but doesn’t advance
• Honorable Mention – usually the break
between considered for Award of Excellence
but still need to be recognized for more then
participation
• Participation Award – most are in this
category
Local Entries
• At the local level, you determine where entries
are stored and submitted
• Make sure each entry follows the rules
• At the day of judging, I can help in anyway or
at your awards ceremony..if needed?
• Also, if you are busy and need help at a
campus, please call/text 214-729-5142, I’m
more than willing to help out.
Deadlines and
Judging
DEADLINES
• FROM FRIDAY NOVEMBER 7TH ALL
ENTRIES DUE NO SLIPPING THIS
DEADLINE
• You need your local judging to be done by
November 19th and turn in your 20% of your
entries for the council judging to determine
who goes to state
• By the 19th I need your ribbon order forms –
who gets “Award of Excellence” (top 20%) ,
“Award of Merit”, “Honorable Mention” and
“Participation”
DEADLINES
• The first and second week of December PTA
Council will judge who to submit to state
• A CELEBRATION AT THE LOCAL LEVEL
NEEDS TO HAPPEN BEFORE THE WINTER
BREAK
– The ribbons should be in by then - you
design a time at an assembly or afterhours
to recognize students, present them with
ribbons and certificates by you and their
principals – and unless they are going to
council give back their artworks.
Judging at local level
• Make sure it is fair
• No teachers, parents, etc, that might know a child be
allowed to judge
• All names should be concealed – for example a
letter/number system used for entries looks like: Willow
Springs = WS1, WS2, etc. Sloan would be SC1, SC2, etc.
• Use the letter/number system as entries on your
spreadsheet next to their names and only WS1, etc on
the back of the artwork
• For every artwork going to council, I request a copy of
the full student entry, you should have one as well and a
half entry copy (folded over or just cut in half) which
conceals the name should be on the artwork.
Summary
You are responsible for….
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Advertising and getting the word out – posters, copies in folders,
newsletters, social media, assemblies, tell moms and dads!!! etc.
Finding judges and holding a local judging between the deadline
November 7th and the council deadline for entries November 19th
Tracking on-line and turning in the spreadsheet of entries that
goes to the council level to me for your school on November 19th
Getting to me your ribbon order on or before the 19th of November
Setting up celebration parties at your school before the winter
break
Making sure entries that are going to council level – 20% in each
category meet the rules per TXPTA.org
At the council level ceremony in February: announcing, presenting
and giving recognition to those who did not go to state but should
be recognized for their excellence and participation
The Little Things Matter
• Wherever you can keep the chatter going about the
Reflections theme – social media, announcements,
newsletters, the high school paper, posters, etc.
• At the Sloan, Willow and LHS levels, this year we need
more coordination with the teachers and principals –
some arts/music teachers are at several schools
• For Spanish as a second language, lets make sure those
teachers have entry forms in Spanish.
• For special needs children, lets make sure they know as
well their teachers that they have a separate category
and their students can enter at every level and in one or
more categories.
• The Lovejoy community reflects and embraces all 
• LETS MAKE SURE WE DON’T LEAVE ANYONE
OUT!!!