{"id":5049,"date":"2017-02-10T09:50:52","date_gmt":"2017-02-10T14:50:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.acpsk12.org\/news\/?p=5049"},"modified":"2017-02-10T12:44:47","modified_gmt":"2017-02-10T17:44:47","slug":"four-reflections-winners-move-on-to-compete-at-state-level","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.acpsk12.org\/news\/?p=5049","title":{"rendered":"Four Reflections Winners Move on to Compete at State Level"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n<p class=\"p1\">Four ACPS students have placed first in the Northern Virginia District level of the PTA Reflections Art contest, and will now go on to compete at the state level.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Congratulations to:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"p1\"><b>Janae Holster<\/b>, an eighth-grade student at George Washington Middle school for her first place dance choreography award in the middle school division for \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/videopress.com\/v\/HnTdf55l\">Fragile<\/a>\u201d<\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\"><b>Eliza Gwin<\/b>, a fifth-grade student 5 at Matthew Maury Elementary School for her first place film production, \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/videopress.com\/v\/4TbASwZf\">My Story<\/a>\u201d in the intermediate division<\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\"><b>Hannah Miller<\/b>, a senior at TC Williams High School for her winning literature entry in the high school division, \u201cThe Black Minivan\u201d<\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\"><b>Jonathan Morgan Petrini, <\/b>a ninth-grade student at TC Williams for his first place music composition in the high school division, \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/reflectionsalexandria.files.wordpress.com\/2016\/12\/plotting-the-melody-of-life-music-hs.mp3\">The Plot Thickens<\/a>\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"p1\">The four winners will advance to the statewide level competition, which will announce its winners in mid-March.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Congratulations also to the following students who were also recognized in the District competition:<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><b>DANCE CHOREOGRAPHY<\/b><\/p>\n<ul class=\"ul1\">\n<li class=\"li1\"><b>Ava Marcy<\/b>, 4th grade, MacArthur, \u201cThe Story of My Life\u201d (3rd Place, Intermediate division)<\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\"><b>Sophia Marcy<\/b>, Kindergarten, MacArthur, \u201cHall of Fame\u201d (Honorable Mention, Primary division)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"p1\"><b>FILM PRODUCTION<\/b><\/p>\n<ul class=\"ul1\">\n<li class=\"li1\"><b>Wesley Anderson<\/b>, 2nd grade, Maury, \u201cPicture of Me\u201d (2nd Place, Primary division)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"p1\"><b>LITERATURE<\/b><\/p>\n<ul class=\"ul1\">\n<li class=\"li1\"><b>Charlie Lorenz<\/b>, 2nd grade, MacArthur, \u201cSo What Is It?\u201d (3rd Place, Primary division)<\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\"><b>Rena R. Cooper<\/b>, 3rd grade, MacArthur, \u201cMy Happy New Mommy\u201d (3rd Place, Intermediate division)<\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\"><b>Madeleine Quill<\/b>, 8th grade, Jefferson-Houston, \u201cWhat It\u2019s Like To Be Different\u201d (3rd Place tie, Middle School division)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"p1\"><b>MUSIC COMPOSITION<\/b><\/p>\n<ul class=\"ul1\">\n<li class=\"li1\"><b>Eliza Gwin<\/b>, 5th grade, Maury, \u201cYou Were\u201d (3rd Place tie, Intermediate division)<\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\"><b>Alexander Toa Tiapula Tuson<\/b>, 6th grade, GWMS, \u201cMy Theme Song\u201d (Honorable Mention, Middle School division)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div id=\"attachment_5053\" style=\"width: 270px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5053\" class=\"wp-image-5053 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/www.acpsk12.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/Photo-HS-Fatima-Chavez-TCW-El-viaje-hacia-Alegria-260x174.jpg\" alt=\"Photo-HS, Fatima Chavez, TCW - El viaje hacia Alegria\" width=\"260\" height=\"174\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.acpsk12.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/Photo-HS-Fatima-Chavez-TCW-El-viaje-hacia-Alegria-260x174.jpg 260w, http:\/\/www.acpsk12.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/Photo-HS-Fatima-Chavez-TCW-El-viaje-hacia-Alegria-150x100.jpg 150w, http:\/\/www.acpsk12.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/Photo-HS-Fatima-Chavez-TCW-El-viaje-hacia-Alegria.jpg 320w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 260px) 100vw, 260px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-5053\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Fatima Chavez, 12th grade, TC Williams, \u201cEl viaje hacia Alegria\u201d (2nd Place, High School division)<\/p><\/div>\n<p class=\"p1\"><b>PHOTOGRAPHY<\/b><\/p>\n<ul class=\"ul1\">\n<li class=\"li1\"><b>Fatima Chavez<\/b>, 12th grade, TC Williams, \u201cEl viaje hacia Alegria\u201d (2nd Place, High School division)<\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\"><b>Liam Jovivic Doussard<\/b>, 1st grade, MVCS, \u201cParis\u201d (3rd Place, Primary division)<\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\"><b>Sarah Devendorf<\/b>, 8th grade, GWMS, \u201cIncomplete\u201d (3rd Place tie, Middle School division)<\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\"><b>Noah Sternberg,<\/b> 4th grade, MacArthur, \u201cThe Camera and Me\u201d (Honorable Mention, Intermediate division)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"p1\"><b>VISUAL ARTS<\/b><\/p>\n<ul class=\"ul1\">\n<li class=\"li1\"><b>Julianne Joven<\/b>, 8th grade, GWMS, \u201cA Reification of Life\u201d (3rd Place, Middle School division)<\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\"><b>Kit Vontz<\/b>, 3rd grade, MVCS, \u201cChapters in Kitstory\u201d (3rd Place tie, Intermediate division)<\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\"><b>Georgia Crutchfield<\/b>, 2nd grade, MVCS, \u201cMy Life in Clay\u201d (Honorable Mention, Primary division)\n<div id=\"attachment_5054\" style=\"width: 212px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5054\" class=\"wp-image-5054 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.acpsk12.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/VisArts-INT-Kit-Vontz-MVCS-Chapters-in-Kitstory.jpg\" alt=\"VisArts-INT, Kit Vontz, MVCS - Chapters in Kitstory\" width=\"202\" height=\"320\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.acpsk12.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/VisArts-INT-Kit-Vontz-MVCS-Chapters-in-Kitstory.jpg 202w, http:\/\/www.acpsk12.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/VisArts-INT-Kit-Vontz-MVCS-Chapters-in-Kitstory-63x100.jpg 63w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 202px) 100vw, 202px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-5054\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kit Vontz, 3rd grade, MVCS, \u201cChapters in Kitstory\u201d (3rd Place tie, Intermediate division)<\/p><\/div><\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\"><b>Ava Benbow<\/b>, 10th grade, TC Williams, \u201cSelf Portrait\u201d (Honorable Mention, High School division)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"p1\">Several recognition events are planned.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"ul1\">\n<li class=\"li1\"><b>March 2:<\/b>\u00a0Northern Virginia Community College will recognize all city-level Alexandria Reflections winners at its annual free Children&#8217;s Concert, 7:30-9:00 pm.<\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\"><b>March 24<\/b>: the Alexandria PTA Council hosts the city&#8217;s Reflections Awards Program &amp; Art Show Opening at the Durant Arts Center, beginning with a reception at 6:30 pm.<\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\"><b>April 21:<\/b> Northern Virginia District winners will be honored at the PTA District&#8217;s Awards Program at George Mason High School in Falls Church. (Details TBA)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"p1\">Congratulations to all of Alexandria&#8217;s District winners, and best of luck to Janae, Eliza, Hannah, and Jonathan in the state contest!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Four ACPS students advance to the the state level in the PTA Reflections art contest.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":5051,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,3,62,16,6,26,27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5049","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-acps","category-achs","category-awards","category-brooks","category-george-washington","category-jefferson-houston","category-macarthur"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-02 11:50:54","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.acpsk12.org\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5049","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.acpsk12.org\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.acpsk12.org\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.acpsk12.org\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.acpsk12.org\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5049"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"http:\/\/www.acpsk12.org\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5049\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5064,"href":"http:\/\/www.acpsk12.org\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5049\/revisions\/5064"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.acpsk12.org\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/5051"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.acpsk12.org\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5049"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.acpsk12.org\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5049"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.acpsk12.org\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5049"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}