District 54 students honored in PTA Reflections program
District 54 students Sai Jasmitha Palla and Clara Emerick qualified for the national level in Reflections, a PTA writing and fine arts competition. The theme of the 2016-17 Reflections program was "What Is Your Story?" District 54 students were able to submit an entry in any of the following six arts areas: film production, dance choreography, literature, musical composition, photography and visual arts.
Sai Jasmitha, a second-grade student at Churchill, qualified in the dance choreography category for her entry What is Your Story.
Clara, a second-grade student at Lakeview, qualified in the special artist literature category for her entry Clara and the Shot Adventure and in the special artist musical composition category for her entry 12 Days of Tsum Tsumness.
Other District 54 students received honorable mentions at the state competition. They are as follows:
Musical Composition
Alexander Jacobs, Far Away, grade 3, Hoover
Photography
Aaron Alukkal, "Change" which "Redesign," grade 4, Churchill
Visual Arts
Monika Narain, Two Sides, grade 7, Mead