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  • Six categories
  • Five grade divisions
    • Primary
    • Intermediate
    • Middle School
    • High School
    • Special Artist

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Getting Started

  • Enroll your PTA in Reflections

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  • Visit PTA.org for promotional materials
    • Posters and flyers
    • Social media theme images
    • Reflections logos
    • Videos

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  • Tell Niagara Region that your school is participating.

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Design Your Program

  • Build a Reflections team.
    • Chairperson
    • Small group of volunteers
  • Recruit Judges
    • Dance studios
    • Public library
    • Art Council

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    • Colleges
    • Neighboring schools

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  • Decide on the scope of your program.
    • What categories do you want to offer?
    • What age divisions are right for your school?
    • What’s reasonable for our team to handle?

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Publicize

  • Prepare the Student Entry Form
  • Kick-off your Program
    • Video
    • Entry Forms

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    • Posters
    • Flyers

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  • Communicate
    • Hard copy of Flyer
    • E-blast
    • Social Media

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    • Announcements
    • Teachers
  • Share rules about each category

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Judging

  • Prepare entries for judging
    • Collect original artwork
    • Sort by art category and age division
    • Make sure entries follow guidelines

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  • Organize judging
    • Rubric and instructions
    • In person or virtually

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Advance Entries to Region

  • Niagara Region Drop-off Day
    • Thursday, December 16
    • Orleans Niagara BOCES
    • Submit the original artwork

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  • 2 winners per category for each age group

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Celebrate

  • Recognize your artists
    • School announcements
    • Social media and website
    • Bulletin boards
    • Highlight video of entries
    • Good news at PTA and BOE meetings

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  • Niagara Region PTA Reflections Celebration
    • For all students with entries at region level
    • Award ceremony in April at NACC
    • Art gallery display

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PARP

  • Collaboration to promote reading
    • School
    • PTA

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  • Inclusive
    • Students and parents
    • Teachers, staff, administrators
    • Community members

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  • Flexible
    • Choose time of year
    • Create own theme
    • Simple or elaborate

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Tools and Awards

  • PARP Toolkit at NYS PTA website
    • Programs and activities
    • Sample forms
    • Resources

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  • PARP Award
    • Application available in January
    • Send to Region Director by May 15, 2022

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Resources

  • National PTA Website (PTA.org)
    • Reflections

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  • NYS PTA Website (NYSPTA.org)
    • Reflections (Arts and Reflections)
    • PARP (Literacy)

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  • Jennifer Walowitz

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