🎨✨ DASD PTA Reflections Winners Honored at Winkler Gallery! ✨🎨

The 2024-2025 PTA Reflections Program has once again provided students with an incredible opportunity to express their creativity and artistic talents. This year’s theme, “Accepting Imperfection,” encouraged students to embrace flaws, find beauty in the imperfect, and explore the deeper meaning of self-acceptance through art. Participants from DASD submitted outstanding works in the six artistic categories: Visual Arts, Photography, Literature, Music Composition, Dance Choreography, and Film Production.

Through this competition, students used their artistic voices to reflect on the theme, exploring how imperfections contribute to personal growth, resilience, and authenticity. Whether through a moving dance performance, a heartfelt piece of literature, or a striking visual artwork, each submission was a unique interpretation of embracing imperfection in everyday life.

Region 6 Winners Announced at the event hosted by the Winkler Gallery on February 1st, 2025

After a rigorous judging process, we are thrilled to announce the Region 6 winners who have demonstrated exceptional talent and creativity:

🏆 Visual Arts: 

Primary Division

Ollie Jones	Juniata Elementary PTA, INC	Accepting Imperfection in old cars
Mallory Feasel	Juniata Elementary PTA, INC	Roselyn, the Teddy Bear
Nora Wilson	Juniata Elementary PTA, INC	School Buses are not Perfect
Henry Bish	Oklahoma Elementary	Hidden Wildlife
Lila Nasuti	Juniata Elementary PTA, INC	Beautiful sunset amazing

 

Intermediate Division 

Scarlett McHale	DuBois Area Middle School	Imperfections of Nature
Emberlee Carlson	DuBois Area Middle School	My Spine
Ann Tabone	Juniata Elementary PTA, INC	Damaged But Has Potential Heart
Avery Ricker	Juniata Elementary PTA, INC	Perfectly Imperfect Nature
Genevieve O'Harah	Wasson Elementary	The Falling Flower

 

Middle School Division 

Grace Prontock

DuBois Area School District

Scars Don't Define Who You Are

📷 Photography: 

Primary Division 

Nora Wilson	Juniata Elementary PTA, INC	Accepting My Goofy Brother
Nora Wilson	Juniata Elementary PTA, INC	I found these Imperfect Leaves
Nora Wilson	Juniata Elementary PTA, INC	This is my dog and he is not Perfect

 

Intermediate Division 

Mason Geer	Dubois Area Middle School	Face of Nature
Ann Tabone	Juniata Elementary PTA, INC	Capture Me
Raelyn Cook	Juniata Elementary PTA, INC	Sun on flower
Charlotte Herzing	Juniata Elementary PTA, INC	The Perfect Mountain
Holden Frederick	Wasson Elementary	Looking in the Mirror

 

Middle School Division

Darin Herzing

DuBois Area Middle School

The Search for the Perfect Stream

📝 Literature: 

Intermediate Division 

Kennedy Ricker	DuBois Area Middle School	Accepting Imperfection
Ann Tabone	Juniata Elementary PTA, INC	From a Nothing Butterfly to a BFF
Charlotte Herzing	Juniata Elementary PTA, INC	Ugly

💃 Dance Choreography: 

Primary Division 

Lila Nasuti

Juniata Elementary PTA, INC

“Amazing ballet dance”

Intermediate Division 

Charlotte Herzing

Juniata Elementary PTA, INC

The Perfect Dancer

 

Congratulations to all of the winners and participants for their hard work and dedication! Their ability to creatively interpret the theme highlights the power of art in self-expression and personal development.

A huge thank you to our educators, families, and community members who continue to support and encourage students in their artistic journeys. The winners from Region 6 will now have the opportunity to move on to the state level, where their work will be judged alongside submissions from across Pennsylvania.

We wish our students the best of luck as they continue to share their inspiring perspectives with a broader audience!

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