National PTA Announces 2011 Reflections Award Recipients
One of Nation's Longest Running Arts Programs Recognizes Students Countrywide

In May 2011 National PTA announced the 2011 Reflections Outstanding Interpretation Award winners in six arts categories, along with almost 200 other Awards of Excellence and Merit.

The winners were chosen from hundreds of thousands of submissions from students across the nation who participated in the program, themed "Together we can."

The six students were recognized during a special ceremony at the 115th Annual National PTA Convention and Exhibition in June 2011 in Orlando, Fla. They also received a certificate, medallion, and $800 for their winning entry. A special award of $200 has been given to each winner's local PTA.

The national Outstanding Interpretation Award Recipients are:

Dance Choreography
"Behave"
Kelley Young
North Springs Charter PTSA
Sandy Springs, Georgia

Musical Composition
"Together We Can Do Anything"
Rachel Dean
Kennedy High School PTA
Cedar Rapids, Iowa

Film Production
"Clean the Earth"
Adam Bohorquez
Hampstead PTSA
Hampstead, New Hampshire

Photography
"The Huddle"
Kaitlyn Jackman
Monticello Trails Middle School PTA
Shawnee, Kansas

Literature
"Liberation and Justice for All"
Khaetlyn Grindell
JL Mann High School PTA
Greenville, South Carolina

Visual Arts
"Together we can build a better world"
Brian Koh
SKA Academy PTSA
Duluth, Georgia

The association also recognized 72 students with Awards of Excellence and 120 students with Awards of Merit across four grade divisions (primary, intermediate, middle, and senior) in six arts categories: dance choreography, film production, literature, musical composition, photography, and visual arts.

Juding
The judging process was completed by professionals representing a number of disciplines and organizations. Volunteer judges included:

• Lorraine Audeoud Spiegler, dance director and educator, CityDance Ensemble;
  
• Brandon Rothenberg, producer, MRB;
  
• Sara Armour, marketing director, MRB;
  
• Bryan Elsom, director, MRB; Jin-Hwa Choi, composer;
  
• Zhangyi Chen, composer, Peabody Institute;
  
• Caitlin Hill, writer, editor, and professor, Poet Lore & The Writer's Center;
  
• Nicholas Simmons, watercolorist;
  
• Fran Abrams, polymer clay artist;
  
• Helanius J. Wilkins, founder and artistic director, EDGEWORKS Dance Theater;
  
• James Young, improviser and composer, Peabody Institute;
  
• Emily Koh, music educator and composer;
  
• Tian Hui Ng, conductor and composer, Mount Holyoke College; and
  
• Paul Oberle, photographer.

Please click here for the national press release.