Contact: Laurie Hogan (336) 370-8307
Created: 1/13/2010 4:26:47 PM
The Guilford County Council of PTAs announced the district
level winners of the annual Reflections arts competition. The 23
students who received first-place honors will enter their works into the
state competition. Each year PTAs sponsor the Reflections contest to
showcase student talent in the arts. Students prepare original works in
dance, film, literature, music, photography and visual art for the
competition. More than 2,600 entries were submitted across the district
by elementary, middle and high school students, which is an increase
over last year's entries. Lisa Greggory, the Reflections chair for the
Council of PTAs, was very impressed with the student work. "Some of the
work is just phenomenal this year," she said. "The theme was easy for
them to interpret." This year's theme, "Beauty is…" gave students a
starting point for their work. The following students received first
place and will participate in the state competition.
Dance Choreography: Catherine Harris from Colfax
Elementary, Avery Church from Pleasant Garden Elementary, Tallie
Patalano from Southeast Middle and Bethany Gillette from Grimsley High
Film / Video Production: Caleb DeBrew from Pearce
Elementary, Eric Dobbins from Northern Middle and Matt Shears from
Northwest High
Literature: Navya Belavadi from Jefferson Elementary,
Mackenzie Brown from Monticello-Brown Summit Elementary, Mary Halvorsen
from Guilford Middle and Anna Berger from Northwest High
Musical Composition: Patrick Stop from Brooks Global
Studies, Lauren Easter from Millis Road Elementary, Kristen Marion from
The Academy at Lincoln and Toby K. Ng from Page High
Photography: Anna Maria Keating from Oak Ridge
Elementary, Faires Michaela Stutts from Claxton Elementary, Jennifer
Zeleski from Northern Middle and Emily Albert from Penn-Griffin School
for the Arts
Visual Arts: Chloe Stanley from Peeler Open
Elementary, Jenny Perdue from Pleasant Garden Elementary, Wanlin Xie
from The Academy at Lincoln and Hannah Chong from Ragsdale High
