Mercer Island PTA Reflections Art Competition Awards Evening

Parents and students from all six Mercer island schools, as well as local private schools, will gather together at the Mercer Island High School Performing Arts Center on Monday February 5th to honor the winners of the 2017/2018 PTA Reflections Art Competition. The competition is organized and sponsored by the IMS PTSA and the Mercer Island PTA Council.

A panel of judges judged almost 340 student entries across 6 different genres including Visual Arts, Dance Choreography, Film Production, Literature, Photography and Music Composition. Reflections offers students the opportunity to create original works of art in the six genres. The theme for this year was “Within Reach”.

Congratulations to all the students who entered, and especially to the following who won their respective divisions and whose entries were forwarded to the Reflections State competition:

HIGH SCHOOL
Sarah Wang - Visual Arts - Leap
Hunter Yetman - Photography - Lost Within Dreams
Sarah Wang - Music Composition - Warrior
Lauren Pirak - Dance Choreography - Unafraid to Rise Up
Cordelia Longo - Literature - The Swallows
Ariella Nelson - Film Production - Reaching for Health

MIDDLE SCHOOL
Kelly Kim - Visual Art - Friendship
Ella Marie Schaps - Photography - Bathtime
Sacha Nelson - Film Production - Ski to the Heights
Subha Vadlamannati- Literature - Four Seasons
Helin Wang - Music Composition - Diamond Sky

GRADE 3-5 DIVISION
Adelaide Swenson - Visual Arts - The earth hugger
Bronwyn Orr-Bement - Music Composition - Within Reach
Ashwin Krishnaswamy- Literature - Looking at Hard Work
Karenna Stone - Photography - Blossom Belief
Sophie Chou - Dance Choreography - Dancing Dream
Sophia Loiselle - Film Production - The Last Polar Bear

K-GRADE 2 DIVISION
Audrey Cui - Visual Arts - Hand in Hand
Adrian Chan - Literature - The Story of Captain John
Nemo Li - Photography - Red Leaves
Keith Chung - Music Composition - Sorry Night Witch Watch Out
Audrey Cui - Film Production - There Are Always Friends Around You
Fiona Stone - Dance Choreography - Star Spangled Ballet

A huge thank you to all the Reflections Chairs who did such a fantastic job collecting entries, organizing the art work, publicizing the competition and assisting with our celebratory evening: Jocelyn Barber, Sharon Brown, Bao-Tran Nguyen, Rosa Teorell, Nicole Cui, Erin Vivion, Lori Hamiwka and Joci Besecker

Huge thanks to Donna Colosky, Superintendent of Mercer Island School District, for attending the ceremony and handing out awards and certificates, and also to Laura Totten, CCR Photography and Yearbook teacher at Mercer Island High School, for all her help in publicizing the competition at the High School.

The theme for next year will be 'Heroes Around Us'...keep your students drawing, writing, painting, composing, photographing, filming and being creative.