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D123 PTA Reflection Winners

Twenty-two D123 students were recognized on Thursday, April 3, at the Illinois PTA Annual Reflections Dinner held at the Lexington House.  There were over 150 entries submitted to the District 34 Level Competition and D123 students created 22 of the 37 entries sent onto the state level of competition.  Illinois PTA President, Peg Staehlin, was in attendance to present the awards to our students.  These entries will travel around the State of Illinois for the next year to showcase arts and education in today's schools.

National PTA Reflections is America’s oldest and largest arts education program of its kind. Since 1969, the Reflections Program has inspired millions of students to reflect on a specific theme and create original artwork.  Each year, students in Grades Pre-K through 12 are recognized for bringing the theme to life through film production, dance choreography, literature, music composition, photography, and visual arts. The 2013-2014 Reflections program theme is “Believe, Dream, Inspire.”  

We are very proud of the hundreds of D123 students who entered the Reflections Program this year in all our schools.  We look forward to next year's theme "The World Will Be a Better Place If..." 

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Written by:  Jean Attig, D123 Council President

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