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Students showcase creativity
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Neighbors | Alexis Bartolomucci.The Austintown Elementary School students who participated in the Reflections art program ceremony stood with the awards they received on March 8 at Austintown Middle School.
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Neighbors | Alexis Bartolomucci.Austintown Middle School students received trophies and awards during the Reflections Ceremony on March 8 at AMS.
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Neighbors | Alexis Bartolomucci.All of the students from the Austintown Elementary, Intermediate and Middle schools who received awards during the Reflections Ceremony stood together and showed off their awards they received on March 8 at Austintown Middle School.
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Neighbors | Alexis Bartolomucci.Students from Austintown Intermediate School held up trophies and awards that they received during the Reflections Ceremony on March 8.
By ALEXIS BARTOLOMUCCI
Austintown students received recognition for their art creations at the Reflections art program ceremony on March 8 at Austintown Middle School.
More than 60 students from Austintown Intermediate, Elementary and Middle schools participated in the PTA Reflections program by creating different artistic projects. The ceremony was to recognize the participants as well as the winners.
The theme this year for the National PTA Reflections program was “Let Your Imagination Fly.” Students could use any medium they wished to create an entry for the program and had about two months to do it.
“The students are judged in their individual school, then they move onto the state competition. We have two winners this year at state competition,” said Mandy Maloney, organizer of the Reflections ceremony.
The categories the students could enter were visual arts, photography, film production and dance choreography. The judges for the program were Bob Connolly, Michelle Davis, Stephanie White, Audra Agler and Jennifer Houston - who is an art teacher for Austintown Local Schools.
The fourth-grade principal from Austintown Intermediate School, Michael Zoccali, got on stage and spoke about the students and their work.
This year the ceremony took place at Austintown Elementary School in the evening, so all of the students could participate in the same ceremony and have their parents and families watch them.
There were snacks and other baked goods available after the ceremony. Students’ projects were also put on display for the family and friends to see.
The projects are kept on display at the Austintown schools throughout the school year.