REFLECTIONS
The National PTA Reflections Program welcomes students of all grades and abilities to explore and get involved with the arts.
For over 50 years, students have been creating original works of art of their own Reflections expressing their hopes, their feelings, and worlds.
Students reflect on a theme and create original works of art in the areas of:
Dance Choreography
Film Production
Literature
Music Composition
Photography
Visual Arts
Students earn positive recognition for their achievements.
New for This Year: Division Name Change, Accessible Arts division.
In April 2024, National PTA launched the Accessible Arts division as the replacement title for the Reflections Special Artist division. This change is in response to concern around the term “special” and based on feedback gathered from participants, volunteers and partner non-profit organizations. Moving forward with the title, Accessible Arts division, PTA recognizes the importance of evolving how we talk about disability to align with and be more inclusive of people with disabilities.
To learn more about this program at the state and national level, click below.
The 2025 Reflections Art Contest winners for Heim Middle have been selected!
Advancing to the WNY Regional Round:
Grades 3–5 (Literature): Hannah Page, Grace Rathbun
Grades 6–8: Clayton Best (Musical Composition), Ella Dunlop, Wren Singleton (Literature)
Congratulations to all winners! Regional, State, and National awards will be announced throughout the school year. We would like to recognize all the students who submitted work to be considered for the Reflections Contest. Thank you for your efforts and well done:
Charlotte Althoff, Ember Bahne, Ava Bell, Madeleine Betts, Maxwell Butera, Ashlyn Cappadonia, Ethan Cutrona, Arthur Daniels, Sohum Dave, Benjamin Delregno, Alex Dowd, Connor Falkowski, Aniya Fernandez, Logan Gentner, Adiana Golden, Declan Golden, Dion Green, Shereen Gul, Shane Halton, Kyliee Hopkins, Timothy Kane, Anaaya Kukar, Katerina Kushnir, Anthony Lobuzzetta, Clara Lombardo, Haroon Marinaccio, Adriana Martek, Harper McFayden, Connor McGee, Madison Meczynski, Alexandra Miller, Hayden Nasca, Henry Pates, Clark Richards, Nico Rodenhaus, Hadley Schara, Ellie Schnell, Lily Schwegler, Tharon Shanahan, Adelynn Shapiro, William Sinatra, Meghan Sliwa, Louis Thomas, Gianna Torrado, Jacob Trinh, and Matthew Zirnheld!