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!
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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
(Here I Am! This is Me!) |
| 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
of Technology” |
| 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
Scary Halloween” |
| 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
My Mom” |
| 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
Else’s Shoes” |
| 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
National Park” |
| 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 |
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