PTA Reflections program

We were excited to have over 400 entries in the District-level PTA Reflections Contest this year!
Congratulations to all of the students who received awards at our District-level judging, and good luck to the 24 entries that have advanced to the State-level competition!

District-level advancements

 visual arts - PRIMARY 

Outstanding Award - Jocelyn Kwizera (Purefoy Elementary, 1st grade) Advanced to State - Award of Merit
Award of Excellence - Preston Paredis (Carroll Elementary, 2nd grade)
Award of Distinction - Carson Chan (Isbell Elementary, 1st grade)
Mastery Award - Janani Nagaraj (Borchardt Elementary, Kindergarten)

 visual arts - INTERMEDIATE 

Outstanding Award - Arielle Kwizera (Purefoy Elementary, 4th grade) Advanced to State - Award of Merit
Award of Excellence - Ananya Venkatachalam (Smith Elementary, 5th grade)
Award of Distinction - Piper Jenkins (Ashley Elementary, 5th grade)
Mastery Award - Shashini Elango (Isbell Elementary, 5th grade)

 visual arts - middle 

Outstanding Award - Arush Roy Choudhury (Hunt Middle, 8th grade) Advanced to State - Award of Merit
Award of Excellence - Jihoon Kang (Pioneer Heritage Middle, 7th grade)
Award of Distinction - Sri Ishaan Yedavalli (Lawler Middle, 6th grade)
Mastery Award - Vishant Baskar (Stafford Middle, 8th grade)

 visual arts - High 

Outstanding Award - Nicole Sequeira (Panther Creek High, 9th grade) Advanced to State - Award of Merit
Award of Excellence - Beatrice E. Levin (Lebanon Trail High, 11th grade)
Award of Distinction - Arshia Roy (Centennial High, 11th grade)
Mastery Award - Esha Shetty (Reedy High, 10th grade)

 visual arts - SPECIAL 

Outstanding Award - Edward Josef LoCicero (Memorial High, 10th​​ grade) Advanced to State - Award of Merit
Award of Excellence -Edward Josef LoCicero (Memorial High, 10th​​ grade)
Award of Distinction - Nehit Sahni (Vandeventer Middle, 6th grade)

 Photography - PRIMARY 

Outstanding Award - Kahaan Korant (Nichols Elementary, 2nd grade) Advanced to State
Award of Excellence - Mithra Vinda (Mooneyham Elementary, 2nd grade)
Award of Distinction - Austin Johnson (Carroll Elementary, 2nd grade)
Mastery Award - Natali Bermeo (Carroll Elementary, Pre-K)

 Photography - INTERMEDIATE 

Outstanding Award - John Blackburn (Purefoy Elementary, 5th grade) Advanced to State - Honorary Mention
Award of Excellence - Jonathan Hickman (Newman Elementary, 4th grade)
Award of Distinction - Pranav Balakrishnan (Talley Elementary, 4th grade)
Mastery Award - Siddhaanth Gurav (Miller Elementary, 3rd grade)

 photography - middle 

Outstanding Award - Soham Gurav (Trent Middle, 7th grade) Advanced to State - Award of Excellence
Award of Excellence - Brady Baumgardner (Vandeventer Middle, 6th grade)
Award of Distinction - Madhumitha Vijay (Vandeventer Middle, 8th grade)
Mastery Award - Anish Rangan (Pearson Middle, 6th grade)

 photography - High 

Outstanding Award - Davis Word (Wakeland High, 11th grade) Advanced to State - Honorable Mention
Award of Excellence - Nicole Sequeira (Panther Creek High, 9th grade)

 photography - SPECIAL 

Outstanding Award - Noah Shelvin (Purefoy Elementary, 4th grade) Advanced to State - Honorable Mention

 MUSIC - PRIMARY 

Outstanding Award - Arjun Saxena (Mcspedden Elementary, 2nd grade) Advanced to State - Honorable Mention
Award of Excellence - Pratyaksha Lohani (Norris Elementary, 2nd grade)
Award of Distinction - Elijah Page (Fisher Elementary, 2nd grade)
Mastery Award - Kaira Ananya Ganesh (Isbell Elementary, 2nd grade)

 music - INTERMEDIATE 

Outstanding Award - Tatum Lyle (Vaughn Elementary, 5th grade) Advanced to State - Overall Award of Excellence Advances to National
Award of Excellence - Dhruv Hari Prasad (Talley Elementary, 5th grade)
Award of Distinction - Reeva Tandel (Norris Elementary, 4th grade)
Mastery Award - Aanshi Trivedi (Sem Elementary, 4th grade)

 music - middle 

Outstanding Award - Ved Srinivasan (Pearson Middle, 8th grade) Advanced to State - Award of Merit
Award of Excellence - Soham Gurav (Trent Middle)
Award of Distinction - Asha Vilvaray (Pearson Middle, 8th​ grade)

 music - High 

Award of Distinction - Partha Ranganatha (Centennial High, 9th grade)

 DANCE - PRIMARY 

Outstanding Award - Kennedy Kemph (Vaughn Elementary, 1st grade) Advanced to State - Award of Excellence
Award of Excellence - Jasleen Harjai (Hosp Elementary, Kindergarten)
Award of Distinction - Haannvika Nanda (Talley Elementary, 1st​ grade)

 DANCE - INTERMEDIATE 

Outstanding Award - Shanaya Jain (Talley Elementary, 5th grade) Advanced to State - Award of Excellence
Award of Excellence - Ellie Nishida (Bledsoe Elementary, 5th grade)
Award of Distinction - Abigail Dellacio (Hosp Elementary, 3rd grade)
Mastery Award - Sana Bhukke (Nichols Elementary, 5th grade)
Mastery Award - Hasini Thyagarajan (Hosp Elementary, 5th​ grade)

 DANCE - middle 

Outstanding Award - Anwesha Nayak (Pearson Middle, 7th grade) Advanced to State - Award of Merit
Award of Excellence - Sasha Kilburn (Staley Middle, 6th​ grade)

 DANCE - High 

Award of Distinction - Shriya Iyer (Centennial High, 10th grade)

 Literature - PRIMARY 

Outstanding Award - Kaira Ananya Ganesh (Isbell Elementary, 2nd grade) Advanced to State - Honorable Mention
Award of Excellence - Tanishka Premkumar (Phillips Elementary, Kindergarten)
Award of Distinction - Vidushi Karthik (Boals Elementary, 2nd grade)
Mastery Award - Nia Han (Fisher Elementary, 2nd​ grade)

 LITERATURE - INTERMEDIATE 

Outstanding Award - Kabir Borsure (Talley Elementary, 3rd grade) Advanced to State - Honorable Mention
Award of Excellence - Piper Austin (Carroll Elementary, 5th grade)
Award of Distinction - Aditi Santosh (Bledsoe Elementary, 5th grade)
Mastery Award - Gia Depinto (Newman Elementary, 5th grade)
Mastery Award - Avika Rathi (Carroll Elementary, 4th grade)
Award of Merit - Prahlad Samratchana (Talley Elementary, 3rd grade)
Award of Merit - Vanya Agarwal (Borchardt Elementary, 5th grade)

 LITERATURE - middle 

Outstanding Award - Eva Juneja (Trent Middle, 8th​ grade) Advanced to State - Honorable Mention
Award of Excellence - Sabrina Sayed (Lawler Middle, 8th​ grade)
Award of Excellence - Isabel Senft (Maus Middle, 8th​ grade)
Award of Distinction - Vaibhavi Kabra (Vandeventer Middle, 7th​ grade)
Mastery Award - Mahika Karthik (Stafford Middle, 7th​ grade)

 LITERATURE - High 

Outstanding Award - Gauri Binup (Lebanon Trail High, 11th grade) Advanced to State - Honorable Mention
Award of Excellence - Archith Sharma (Memorial High, 10th grade)
Award of Distinction - Jyotsna Nagarapu (Centennial High, 9th​​ grade)

 FILM PRODUCTION - PRIMARY 

Outstanding Award - Krishva Korant (Nichols Elementary, 2nd grade) Advanced to State
Award of Excellence - Nolan Abraham (Ogle Elementary, 2nd grade)
Award of Distinction - Jack Bretl (Isbell Elementary, 2nd grade)

 FILM PRODUCTION - INTERMEDIATE 

Outstanding Award - Jaxon Raab (Tadlock Elementary, 5th grade) Advanced to State - Award of Excellence
Award of Excellence - Nora Courniotes (Fisher Elementary, 3rd grade)
Award of Distinction - Mahi Shetty (Nichols Elementary, 3rd grade)
Mastery Award - Anika Salvi (Boals Elementary, 5th grade)

 FILM PRODUCTION - middle 

Outstanding Award - ​Isabel Senft (Maus Middle, 8th​ grade) Advanced to State - Honorable Mention
Award of Excellence - Rishik Kandukuri (Trent Middle, 8th​ grade)
Award of Distinction - Zeta Shivers (Cobb Middle, 7th​ grade)

 FILM PRODUCTION - High 

Outstanding Award - Shriya Iyer (Centennial High, 10th grade) Advanced to State - Honorable Mention

 FILM PRODUCTION - SPECIAL 

Award of Merit - Edward Josef LoCicero (Memorial High, 10th​​ grade)