Northern Virginia District PTA

2008 VA PTA Reflections Awardees for Northern Virginia District

“I can make a difference by…”

These students received Virginia PTA Reflections awards at the District Reflections Awards Ceremony on April 3, 2008.

Awards of Merit

• Literature – Intermediate (5th Gr.) Timothy Farr of Willow Springs Elementary
     for his story book “The Story of Dargon”
• Music Composition – Intermediate (5th Gr.) Stewart Schofield of Kings Park/Kings Glen Elem.
     for his great sonata “ Stewart’s Sonata”
• Music Composition – Senior (10th Gr.) Christopher George of Herndon High School
     for his great rendition of “I Can Make a Difference ”
• Photography – Intermediate (3rd Gr.) Olivia Barrand of Westbriar Elementary
     for her butterfly garden of “Backyard Butterflies”
• Dance Choreography – Primary (2nd Gr.) Katherine Barbano of Canterbury Woods Elementary
     for her tap routine “I can make a difference by :making you want to tap your feet”
• Film/Video Production – Intermediate (5th Gr.) Katherine Sizov of Springfield Estates Elementary
     for her intercultural video of her Russian trip
• Film/Video Production – Junior/Middle (8th Gr.) Ryan P. Carroll of Swanson Middle School
     for his dance of “I can make a difference by seeing the light”

Awards of Excellence

• Literature– Senior (10th Gr.) Jiali (Mary) Ma of George Mason High School
     for her friendship poem of “Come Eat with Us”
• Music Composition – Middle/Jr. (8th Gr.) Kinsey G. Scholl of Swanson Middle School
     for her song of the “Little Things”
• Visual Art – Primary (1st Gr.) David K. Park of Centreville Elementary
     for his delightful painting of “I can make a difference by smiling”
• Visual Art – Intermediate (5th Gr.) Ji Hyoung Yoon of Haycock Elementary
     for her tender vision of “The Show of Love”
• Film/Video Production– Primary (2nd Gr.) Jack Browne of Zachary Taylor Elementary
     for his great video of “Making Friends”
• Film/Video Production—Senior (11th Gr.) Paolo Torrico of Chantilly High School
     for his great video of “Recycle Man”

Patricia Franck, Alexander Park, Aimee Cho, Denise Bolton, Kristen Stephens and Debbie Kilpatrick --Sarah Crossland not present.
These students' entries have been forwarded to National PTA for the National Reflections competition.

Outstanding Interpretation

• Visual Art – Middle/Jr. (7th Gr.) Alexander Park of Joyce Kilmer Middle School for his multi faceted vision of “Start out with small deeds of love” 2008 NATIONAL PTA Award of Merit Winner
• Dance Choreography – Intermediate (5th Gr.) Kristen B. Stephens of Canterbury Woods Elem. for her special dance of “Believe”
• Dance Choreography – Middle/Jr. (7th Gr.) Aimee Cho of Joyce Kilmer Middle School for her great interpretive dance of “Random Kindness”
• Dance Choreography – Senior (12th Gr.) Sarah Crossland of Westfield High School for her interpretation of “…seeing the color of life: Colorblind” 2008 NATIONAL PTA Award of Merit Winner (view video)

  National PTA Award of Merit Winner Visual Art – Middle/Jr. (7th Gr.) Alexander Park of Joyce Kilmer Middle School for his multi faceted vision of “Start out with small deeds of love”

Congratulations to all seventeen of these accomplished students, especially to the four who represent Virginia at the National level. Almost all of these works will be in the Virginia PTA reflections show. These works will be returned to the district after our state convention in November, 2008.

I encourage all of you to continue entering this reflections program. Next year’s theme is “Wow”. It is the National PTAs fortieth year for this reflections program. We hope to see many more students participating for this coming big celebration year.

Patricia A. Franck, Chair

Arts in Education Committee

Virginia PTA

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