The Utah PTA recently honored four Carbon School District students for their 2018-19 Reflections entries. This year will mark the 50th anniversary of the Reflections program, an annual PTA-sponsored art competition.
The competition has six categories to it, including photography, film, music, dance, visual arts and literature. For this year, the theme was “Heroes Around Me” and students were awarded points based on their personal interpretation of the theme as well as creativity and technique.
Those that won at the school level then moved forward to the region and state competitions. Evelyn Palmer, who is a second grader at Castle Heights Elementary, received an Award of Excellence for her literature entry entitled “The Brave Unicorn,” a story that follows a unicorn that overcomes multiple obstacles to save her herd from an evil wizard. The Award of Excellence is the highest award available. Now, she moves on to the national level.
Hailie Nunley, a fifth grader at Castle Heights, was given an Honorable Mention for her photography entry “Dr. Mark Fluchel.” This entry featured her pediatrician oncologist flexing his muscles like the super hero that she credits him to being for her.
Creekview Elementary School third grader Levi King also received an honorable mention for his entry “Saving Lives.” This was written with doctors in mind.
Lastly, Emma Bailey, also of Castle Heights and in first grade, received the final Honorable Mention for the district with her photography entry titled “Bee a Hero,” capturing a bee while pollinating flowers. This showcased how the bees help everything around us to grow and bloom.
There were roughly 800 entries from schools throughout Utah that advanced to the state level. Natalie Palmer, Castle Heights Elementary Reflections Specialist, remarked on how great it is that four district students were recognized in such a way.
“The competition is fierce and these four students represented Carbon County well. You could say they are ‘heroes’ themselves,” Palmer stated.
