Reflections Ceremony Honors Students' Creativity
Lakewood students’ creativity and imagination were celebrated at the annual Lakewood PTA Council Reflections Ceremony, held February 3 at the Civic Auditorium. One hundred twenty seven from preschool through high school were honored and 24 students’ works were chosen to move on to the state PTA judging.
The ceremony offered the young artists a chance to be recognized and congratulated by the superintendent, Board of Education members and other city leaders. The audience heard Matt Charboneau, Director of Music Education at Beck Center for the Arts.
The Reflections program offers students from schools with active PTAs the opportunity to create works of art for fun and recognition. Students in preschool through grade 12 are encouraged to submit works in six arts areas: literature, dance choreography, film/video production, musical composition, photography, and the visual arts. All entries must follow a chosen theme, which this year was “The World Would Be A Better Place If…."
Of all the works entered districtwide, 127 were chosen to be recognized at the district level at the ceremony. Each school can send up to 24 entries to district level. Among works chosen for district-level recognition, the highest scoring 24 works as deemed by a panel of nine judges evaluating on artistic merit, creativity and interpretation of the theme, move on to Columbus to compete with students’ work from around the state.
The following students’ work will move on to statewide judging:
Lakewood Early Childhood PTA
Mya Galdun
Grant
Audrey Deluca
Max Deluca
Ethan Thomas
Harrison
Isabella Lara
Gavin Stimac
Delilah Wiemer
Horace Mann
Helen Miller
Simon Miller
Lincoln
Kira Brown
Joe Daso
Una LoPiccolo
Caden Sandoval
Iris Wright
Lila Wright
Roosevelt
Meghan Walcheck
Harding
Ella Atfield
Halina Dreger
Jacob Cavc
Audrey Warren
Jake Wright
Lakewood High
Nick Bilski
Franchesca Bodnar
Gregory Watson
Congratulations to all of our talented artists and to the hard-working Reflections Committee members.