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Show AMERICAN FORK CITIZEN Page 11 NEWS AND IDEAS FROM CLASSROOMS AND EDUCATORS Thursday, February 12, 2009 A.F. Reflections winners hope Linda Butler NORTH COUNTY STAFF Students throughout Alpine School District shared their creative visual and performing perform-ing artwork showcasing through the PTA Reflections program. This year's theme was "Wow!" inviting students to express their excitement and sense of wonder. Thousands Thou-sands of works were created by students in Utah County, and 63 entries by students in grades preschool through 12 will now compete at the state level in the categories of Literature, Lit-erature, Visual Arts, Photography, Photog-raphy, Music, Dance, Theater, 3-Dimensional Art and Film Video. These students were honored and their works were displayed last Wednesday during dur-ing a special awards night at Oak Canyon Jr. High. Through the annual Reflections Reflec-tions program, students are able to create works around a specific theme. The themes, also created by students, vary from year to year. Past themes have included "Signs of Courage," Cour-age," "My Favorite Place," and "I Can Make a Difference by." This year's theme, "Wow!", was an invitation for students to share their excitement and wonder at life and the world around them. Each student was invited to include an artist's statement about his or her work. Andrew Hall, a 9-year-old student at Shelley Elementary Elemen-tary School, created a musical composition, "Waves of the Ocean." Of his piece he said, "When I went to the ocean, I couldn't believe how big and powerful it was. The one word I could use to describe it was, f 1:a 4 Smooth sailing in Call the Home j. j. I Sewing, Quirting & J 4 jfAltA Embroidery Headquarter J4 ffaWee customer axe acdmf 1 mm iSwrs "tea &m miii twnmi'M uti i wmm t Jv 75 u'--;" 75 RH9 ' iwimw.srw SRI 0.ttr.KD MMTHSOFNOITOMFIMVnNC ' J" .3, In Houm FlnirK AviMtebto : , ' onAfsprevdCrd . - MlMinjijlajwl.'liJW'J.i'i-jiwiw'JHi'lnMii'i. 'II I ii "ii I M I L fN. t? LINDA BUTLERNorth County Students wow their audience with their artistic creations. Reflections winners from American Fork are: from left, front row, Ryan Olsen, Tayli Randall, Andrew Hall, Thomas Welcker. Back row: Christa Taylor, Kendra Squire, Michaela Dunne. Absent. Matthew Taylor. 'wow.' And 'wow,' it smelled bad." Thomas Welcker, 4 years old, is a preschooler at Shelley Elementary. His photograph expressed youthful patriotism and hope for the future. "Wow, I can't wait until I'm old enough to vote," he said. The following students will v v.i . " s - l car 7i A troubled times is easier at Family First. EBusiness Loan (.enter at 801 - ,1 . II :"f 5 tl i " , . . I V-VS h represent Region 9, Alpine School District, at the state level: I FilmVideo: Miles Davis, Jacob Sherman, Caleb Bearss, Kendra Squire, Jared Seaich, Collins Cochran, Nathan Christ-offerson. Christ-offerson. 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I Visual Arts: Jaxson Miner, Julina Tusieseina, Jonas Harris, Har-ris, Carly Weiss, Mandilyn Yarbrough, Sage Killian, Danny Dan-ny Russon, Heather Warner. f0 An independent private school offering preschool . .UK....... . . .. mi. m ., .... . i,.,..,.,,.. , , , . , , ...iiiiii,,.Mi,w.., ,1iiiiiIIiiii,i,i,i,iMi,wbw,iM, I frm rr n in inr I I i I I I wgww.a wf.r ..mm.i .! iwwi Mu.it.iJ.j.wnt.iia.wmwi j.ffu.iffHmwy in state competition I Photography: Erich Heim, Thomas Welcker, Erika Kreutzkamp, Maddie Reece, Braden Wellman, Nicholas Glenn, Amanda Decker, Collins Cochran. I Literature: Eden Reinwand, Ryan Olsen, Marina Berlin, Michaela Dunne, Rebecca Vincent, Amber Hirchak, Dani Peterson, Sarah Torgerson. MISSUS' iiliHa'. rm mrit.n.rnnn. o h a l I Dance: Natalie Okeefe, Morgan Rowley, Emry Wride, David Salinas, Annica Berry, Sarah Shelton, Aubry Madsen, Brittany LeSueur. I Music: Hannah Clement, Blake Losee, Aubrey Bliss, Andrew Hall, Maycee Kunz, Ivy Vance, Aubree Oliver-son, Oliver-son, Nicholas Melanson, Josh Cooper, Matthew Struthers, Christa Taylor. Reflections has become a major vehicle for students to express their creativity in a public forum. As funding for arts programs in the schools decreases, the importance of the PTA's influence and support sup-port for the arts becomes even more vital. "We're losing the arts, and PTA is one of the ways we can keep these arts programs in the schools," said Lisa Anderson, Region 9 PTA director. She continued, "It's wonderful that the kids have a vehicle to express their talent and that they can be recognized. recog-nized. I was really impressed with the art this year, of kids noticing things that adults didn't." PTA Reflections is an annual cultural arts program that encourages en-courages students' artistic talents. tal-ents. For more than 30 years, the Reflections program has invited in-vited children (preschool-grade 12) to create and submit works of art. The program was started start-ed in 1969 by then-Colorado PTA President, Mary Lou Anderson. The original four categories of music, photography, photogra-phy, visual arts and literature have been expanded over the years to include Dance, Theater, The-ater, 3-D Art and FilmVideo. Every year about 60,000 Utah students and 700,000 students nationally enter the Reflections program. Lli. 1 v.. through eighth grade |