National PTA's Reflections® program has been bringing the arts to life for more than 10 million students since 1969 and increasing community awareness of the importance of arts in education. Reflections encourages students (Pre-K through Grade 12) of all ages to:
  • Unleash creative talents and be inspired
  • Express themselves imaginatively in their artwork
  • Experience the fun and joy of making art
  • Tap into critical-thinking skills to create art inspired by the annual theme
  • Receive positive recognition for their original works of art.
The annual Reflections theme is created by a student and selected two years in advance through our annual theme search contest. The 2021–2022 Reflections theme is I Will Change the World By… submitted by Lydia Keel from Spanish Fork Junior High School PTSA in Utah. Students submit their completed works of art in one, or all, of the available arts categories: Dance Choreography, Film Production, Literature, Music Composition, Photography, Visual Arts.

Reflections® Leader Resources

START HERE!
LOCAL LEADER GUIDE
🔥​ New resources for 2021-2022 will be available in late summer.

2021-22 Resources
IMPORTANT INFORMATION FOR YOUR PTA REFLECTIONS PROGRAM
WA State Reflections Handbook for 2019-2020 (download)
Student Participation Form form for Local Reflections Chairs - last page of this PDF is the entry form (download)

​ONLINE REGISTRATION
​Register your school's participation on the national website: (download)
Enter your submissions to the Council through this website by November 24, 11:59 p.m. - will be available at a later date

PUBLICITY
Flyers are available for purchase through the PTA store. We will be putting together a bulk order for flyers and yard signs after the Council trainings are complete. 

RULES
The packets (excluding Special Artist) also contain the PDF student entry form so you might want to fill each one out before publishing to your students.
Visual Art Rules (download)
Literature Rules (download)
Photography Rules (download)
Music Composition Rules (download)
Film Production Rules (download)
Dance Choreography Rules (download)
Special Artist Rules (download)

JUDGING
Reviewer (or Judging) Packet (download)

MORE LEADER RESOURCES
For more information, please visit the PTA Leaders area of the WA State PTA's Reflections website.
PROMOTIONAL MATERIALS
STUDENT ENTRY PACKET
2021-2022 student entry packets will be available in August. 2020-21 student finalists and a sampling of their work is located on the Student Showcase page.

2019-20 Reflections​® Awards

Congratulations to all of the students who participated in Reflections this year through their local schools! At Council we received over 300 entries from 26 schools! The judges really enjoyed reviewing all of the entries and had a tough time making decisions. We were able to send 71 entries to the Washington State PTA Reflections program, those who received the Outstanding Interpretation award. We also awarded Award of Excellence and Award of Merit awards. This is the list of awards by school. 

⭐​ AWARD OF MERIT (STATE-level AWARD)
  • Ambika Shastry with "Progression Towards My Goal" in Dance Choreography from Odle Middle PTSA   
  • Katie Kim with "The Suffocating Anxieties Dwelling in the Deep Abyss" in Visual Arts from Tyee Middle School
  • Jingqi Li with "Street View" in Visual Arts from Bellevue Mandarin Dual Language PTSA
⭐​ award OF EXCELLENCE (STATE-LEVEL AWARD)
The following students also received awards from State:
  • Shreemoyee Debnath with "Environment Activist" in Photography from Odle Middle School PTSA 
⭐​ OUTSTANDING INTERPRETATION AWARD (STATE-LEVEL AWARD)
We are also excited to announce that the following students received an Outstanding Interpretation Award and their works have been moved to the National PTA Reflections program. Congratulations!
  • Ilan Rao with "Todo Sobre Mi" in Film Production from Sunset/Puesta Del Sol PTA
  • Zihan (Jonathan) Sun with "Identity" in Music Composition from Bellevue High PTSA
  • Jeffrey Yu with "Better Home" in Visual Arts from Medina PTSA
  • Jack Cassidy with "Doing Something With My School Friends" in Special Artists/Literature from RE Bennett Elementary PTSA