Reflections Ceremony Showcases District's Art Talent
Lakewood students’ creativity and imagination were celebrated at the annual Lakewood PTA Council Reflections Ceremony, held January 27 at Garfield Middle School. One hundred twenty-one works from 114 artists from preschool through high school were honored. Of those 121 pieces of art, 28 student 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. Guest speaker Tim Hayes, an LHS graduate and founder and CEO of the Lakewood design firm Cardboard Helicopter, shared with the audience how his time in the Lakewood City Schools shaped his interest in art and design.
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 seven arts areas: literature, dance choreography, film/video production, musical composition, photography, visual arts and special artist. All entries must follow a chosen theme, which this year was “Let Your Imagination Fly.”
Each school with a PTA can send up to 24 entries to the district level judging. Among works chosen for district-level recognition, the highest scoring 28 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:
Grant
Cecilia Whiteamire
Horace Mann
Elliot Bratko
Alexandra Horton
Lincoln
Clio Burgoyne
Helen Fraunfelder
Helen Roche
Delaney Rodgers
Samuel Smoot
Eva Wischhusen
Garfield
Sereanah Harris
Emma Murray
Alex Russell
Hayley Welsh
Harding
Braeden Kozel
Audrey Warren
Inga Wilhelmy
Maya George
Mira Getrost
Aubree Nagel
Anastasia Seckers
Eden Sutliff
Nola Williams-Riseng
Matteo Tessier-Crews
Lakewood High
Garrett Bodnar
Emily Suleiman
Stephanie Harkenrider
Timmy Daso
Jimmy Toner
Congratulations to all our talented artists and to the hard-working Reflections Committee members.