Reflections 2023-24 Student Entry Form for Local Reflections Chairs
Each PTA may submit 20 pieces plus 6 Special Artist pieces to the Northshore Council PTA. Friendly reminder: Each Reflections category comes with specific rules. Please ensure your Reflections piece adheres to these guidelines when submitting to Council PTSA. Unfortunately, if a submission is non-compliant, we won't be able to forward it to the State PTA for additional judging, regardless of its exceptional quality. Thank you for your attention to detail! SAVE THE DATE Districtwide Council Showcase March 14, 2024 We are excited to announce that our in-person celebration of our Northshore Reflections participants will be held on March 14. We are still in the early planning stages and will provide more information soon. Resources:
Northshore Council PTSA Reflections Co-Chairs: Jasmine Lee Fry and Foram Shah
Below is the slide deck from the Reflections Roundtable on September 25th.
Click to pause slides or choose slides from thumbnails at bottom. Links from Slide 3: STEP 1: Register STEP 2: E-learning / Attend Trainings STEP 3: Promote STEP 4: Judging Resources: Northshore Council PTSA Reflections Co-Chairs: Jasmine Lee Fry and Foram Shah
National PTA is seeking a theme for the 2025-2026 Reflections Program Year.Washington students at schools with an active PTA/PTSA may submit their theme ideas (with parent/guardian authorization) via the form on the WSPTA website. The Washington State PTA Programs Committee will select a top 5 to submit to National PTA. The top 5 will be announced in November after the submission deadline. The deadline is November 1, 2023 12:00 PM (PDT).
Please review the past themes listed here, as repeat themes will not be considered. Please direct any questions to ptaprogdir@wastatepta.org. The submission form requires the entrant to create an account with SM Apply. The form itself should take about 5 minutes to complete. Here's a brief summary of what you will find on the application form, to assist with your preparation:
Can't make it to the roundtable but still have questions? Check out these additional resources for help!
Begin By Following These Initial Steps:
 Congratulations to Kerys P. of Leota Middle School, whose video production entry won an Award of Merit in the National PTA Reflections arts competition.
Kerys, an 8th grader, crafted a stop-motion film entitled Be Yourself. She was among the 200 national winners who were honored for their creative interpretations of the theme Show Your Voice, in the categories of dance choreography, film production, literature, music composition, photography and visual arts as well as a special artist division. View the list of all National PTA Reflections 2022-2023 winners. View Northshore Council PTSA's 2022-2023 Reflections Art Showcase.
Join us in honoring this year's finalists by attending the WSPTA Reflections Student Recognition Celebration Thursday, April 27 6:30 - 8:00 PM RSVP Here This year’s WSPTA Reflections Student Recognition Celebration will be a virtual program. Our award-winning students’ artwork will be shown with live hosts guiding attendees through activities and a live chat feature so the audience can congratulate students as their artwork is displayed.  Please join us in celebrating our student artists with the launch of the Northshore Council PTSA's 2022-2023 Reflections Virtual Art Showcase. It includes all of our Council Qualifiers.
This is a multi-media Showcase event! Guests are able to view the dance and film pieces, listen to the music compositions, read the literature pieces, and view the photography and visual arts pieces. We hope that you will be able to celebrate with your student and share this showcase with friends and family! All 216 Northshore PTSA Council Qualifier student artworks are on display. Click here to view Council's Judging Results.  Please join us in celebrating our student artist with the launch of the Northshore Council Reflections Online Showcase on Monday, February 27. It will include all of our Council Qualifiers and will be found on our website under the Reflections tab. The 2023-2024 Reflections theme is "I Am Hopeful Because..." Please spread the word so student artists can start working on their new pieces! 
Questions? Contact Council's Reflections Chair, Jasmine Lee Fry.
For more information about the Reflections program, please visit our Reflections Program page.  Congratulations to all the students who made it to the Council Level for judging!! CONGRATULATIONS to all our talented Northshore artists who participated in Reflections this year! We had 215 entries from 27 schools. The students demonstrated creativity and passion while keeping with the 2022-23 theme of "Show Your Voice". Judging Results: There were 57 State Qualifiers who continued on to Washington State PTA for further judging. There were also 12 pieces that received the honorable Judge's Choice Award.
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