Colorado PTA is pleased to announce this year’s Reflections Cultural Arts Program student winners! One Gold Award and two Silver Awards are presented in each age division for each category. Gold Award artwork advances to national judging. Students will receive an invitation to a special ceremony on March 15th at the DoubleTree Denver Tech Center in Greenwood Village, CO. Families, friends, teachers, principals, and PTA officers are welcome to join other special guests to honor our amazing students!
DANCE CHOREOGRAPHY FINALISTS
Primary (PK – 2nd grade) GOLD Avery Swartzlander “My Fight Song” Dennison Elementary PTA Jefferson Council SILVER Josie Ellingson “Voila! C’est Moi!” Coal Creek Canyon K-8 PTSA Jefferson Council SILVER Clementine Nitschke “Dancer’s Palace” Red Rocks Elementary PTA Jefferson Council Intermediate (3rd – 5th grade) GOLD Harlee Marshall “Dancing in the Dark” Wilmot Elementary PTA Jefferson Council SILVER Levi Feiveson “Breaking Within Me” Devinny Elementary PTA Jefferson Council SILVER Mady Mack “Devil Eyes” Red Rocks Elementary PTA Jefferson Council Middle School (6th – 8th grade) GOLD Olivia Bell “What They See” Russell Middle School PTA El Paso Council SILVER Kristin Craven “True Colors” Russell Middle School PTA El Paso Council SILVER Cassidy Love “Trust Yourself” Mandalay Middle School PTSA Jefferson Council
VISUAL ARTS STATE FINALISTS
Primary (PK – 2nd grade) GOLD Stella Heischman “Flower Surprise” Explorer Elementary PTA El Paso Council SILVER Fiona Conrad “Uniqueness” Shaffer Elementary PTA Jefferson Council SILVER Evander Winkler “Evander’s Train of Thought” Hulstrom Options K-8 PTA Region 3 Intermediate (3rd – 5th grade) GOLD Landen Bruno “Joy from Sadness” Little Elementary PTSA Jefferson Council SILVER Adelaide Buseck “The Trash Tree” Westridge Elementary PTA Jefferson Council SILVER Nabhanya Sasikumar “Look Within the Dark Side Chipeta Elementary PTA El Paso Council Middle School (6th – 8th grade) GOLD Myra High “Mouth Shut, Mind Open” Mandalay Middle School PTSA Jefferson Council SILVER Margaux Dempsey “In a Blink of an Eye” The Manning School PTA Jefferson Council SILVER Rayne Wilson “All of Me” Colorado Stem Academy PTA Region 3 High School (9th – 12th grade)
GOLD Megan Ekholm “These Past Years” Thomas B Doherty PTSA El Paso Council SILVER Annabel Lee “Underwater Gaze” Arvada West High School PTSA Jefferson Council SILVER Sheea Sau “We Shall Overcome” Golden High School PTSA Jefferson Council Special Artist
GOLD Kaiya Haag “Rings of a Tree” King-Murphy Elementary PTA Region 2 SILVER Kevin Nieves-Brailsford “Gentle” Jeffco Special Needs PTA Jefferson Council SILVER Miles Shearer “Turkey Jump” Ponderosa Elementary PTA Thompson Council
PHOTOGRAPHY STATE FINALISTS
Primary (PK – 2nd grade) GOLD Rocco Durner “Leaning Rocks” Chipeta Elementary PTA El Paso Council SILVER Fisher Jabin “Look in my Shadow” Coronado Elementary PTA Jefferson Council SILVER Hannah McCullough “Mountains in my Heart” Explorer Elementary PTA El Paso Council Intermediate (3rd – 5th grade) GOLD Rylin Cross “Look Within Your Heart” Coronado Elementary PTA Jefferson Council SILVER Briella Kiefer “Colors Within” West Woods Elementary PTSA Jefferson Council SILVER Ginger Wyatt “Break Through” Marshdale Elementary PTA Jefferson Council Middle School (6th – 8th grade) GOLD Suzanna Kelley “Beautiful Hardships” Falcon Middle School PTSA El Paso Council SILVER Clara Halloran “Hope & Love” Meadowlark PTSA Region 2 SILVER Ella Yancey “My Cello” Manning Middle School PTA Jefferson Council High School (9th – 12th grade) GOLD Brianna Bilyeu “Memory in an Old Car” Thomas B Doherty HS PTSA El Paso Council SILVER Julia Primak “Sibling Reflections” Green Mountain High School PTA Jefferson Council SILVER Jordyn Timmens “Window to the Soul” Arvada West High School PTSA Jefferson Council Special Artist
GOLD Mitchell Spain “Home through My Eyes” Meridian Ranch Elem PTA El Paso Council SILVER Yandel Amaya Ortiz “RED” South Lakewood Elem PTA Jefferson Council SILVER Noah Taylor “Choice between Dark and Light” Thomas B Doherty HS PTSA El Paso Council
MUSIC COMPOSITION STATE FINALISTS
Primary (PK – 2nd grade)
GOLD Kinley McDonald “Look Within My Heart” West Woods Elementary PTSA Jefferson Council SILVER Eian Link “Looking Within/Triple Coal Creek Canyon K-8 PTSA Jefferson Council SILVER Matthew Lunin “I’m Running Up and Down” Parmalee Elementary PTA Jefferson Council Intermediate (3rd – 5th grade) GOLD Madhvi Chittoor “Look Within – Atman Inquiry” Hackberry Hill Elementary PTA Jefferson Council SILVER Ruthie Formby “More” Warder Elementary PTA Jefferson Council SILVER Corwin McMullen “The Great Drum” Coal Creek Canyon K-8 PTA Jefferson Council Middle School (6th – 8th grade) GOLD Claire Davis “Just Go For It!” Chinook Trails Middle School PTA El Paso Council SILVER Savannah Primak “Apricity” Dunstan Middle School PTA Jefferson Council High School (9th – 12th grade)
GOLD Colin Lockridge “Justice from Within” Ralston Valley High School PTSA Jefferson Council SILVER Abigail Salamera “Eminent Spark” Standley Lake High School PTSA Jefferson Council
LITERATURE STATE FINALISTS
Primary (PK – 2nd grade) GOLD Kiera Bennetts “Look Within People” Little Elementary PTSA Jefferson Council SILVER Emma Dorobek “The Time I Looked Within Kyffin Elementary PTA Jefferson Council SILVER Cason Perigo “When I Go to Sleep” Mountain View Elementary PTA El Paso Council Intermediate (3rd – 5th grade) GOLD Elise Mehmen “Walk a Mile in Someone Bergen Elementary PTA Jefferson Council SILVER Alice Harada “Look within the Miles of You” Kyffin Elementary PTA Jefferson Council SILVER Dorean Lancaster “Look Within” Meadowlark PTSA Region 2 Middle School (6th – 8th grade)
GOLD Val Heidarsson “Tattered Covers” Evergreen Middle School PTA Jefferson Council SILVER Lilagrace Huffer “Breakaway” Hulstrom Options K-8 PTA Region 3 SILVER Emily Soesilo “Beneath the Skin” Hulstrom Options K-8 PTA Region 3 High School (9th – 12th grade)
GOLD Grace Drew “The World Within” Ralston Valley High School PTSA Jefferson Council SILVER Vance Graham-Kennemer “Wake Up” Thomas B Doherty High School PTA Paso Council SILVER Sophia Witczak “Beyond the Shore” Thomas B Doherty High School PTA El Paso Council Special Artist
GOLD Penny Linn “The Story about Pippa” Ponderosa Elementary PTA Thompson Council
FILM PRODUCTION STATE FINALISTS
Primary (PK – 2nd grade)
GOLD Chloe Howard “What’s Your Inner Super Power?” Explorer Elementary PTA El Paso Council SILVER Tref Knoshaug “Hiking Within our Hearts” Mitchell Elementary PTA Jefferson Council SILVER Sebastian Myers “Sebastian is …” Shaffer Elementary PTA Jefferson Council Intermediate (3rd – 5th grade) GOLD Gabriel Giaquinto “Mr. Bad Guy” Devinny Elementary PTA Jefferson Council SILVER Morgan Fee “Inside & Out” Red Rocks Elementary PTA Jefferson Council SILVER Charlee Hood “Spreading Kindness” Bergen Elementary PTA Jefferson Council Middle School (6th – 8th grade) GOLD Caden May “The Magic within Zion Bradford K-8 PTA Jefferson Council SILVER Addison Riley “Look Within” Evergreen Middle School PTA Jefferson Council SILVER Maggie Smith “Look within and Find your Hero” Elementary PTA Jefferson Council High School (9th – 12th grade) GOLD Lisca de Jager “Cracking Hearts” Jefferson Council Cameo PTA Jefferson Council
