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🎨 Reflections Art Contest

Explore the arts and express yourself!

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All CES students are encouraged to participate in the CES PTA Reflections Art Contest. 


The theme for 2024-25 is "Accepting Imperfection."  Use this theme as inspiration for your creative submissions to this year's Reflection program.

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The CES PTA is accepting entries in the following categories:

  • Visual Arts

  • Photography

  • Literature

  • Music Composition



About Reflections

Reflections is the National PTA program that encourages students to reflect on a specific theme and create original artwork for fun and recognition. This program provides opportunities for student recognition and access to the arts that boost student confidence and success.​In order to make this contest available to CES students each year, the CES PTA relies on volunteers to run the contest and line up a panel of qualified judges from within our local community - such as teachers at the school or local artists - with expertise in the respective categories to evaluate student entries.


All students in Kindergarten through 6th grade are invited to create theme-based artwork in the categories of literature, musical composition, photography, or visual arts and submit to the PTA Reflections Arts Contest. This competition encourages students to explore the arts and express themselves by providing positive recognition for their artistic efforts.


How It Works

  1. Students submit their completed work of art with an artist statement to reflections@centrevillepta.org in the Fall.

  2. A panel of judges select winners from the school and forward the winning entries in each age division and art category to the Fairfax County Council PTA.

  3. Council PTAs select winning entries and submit the winning entries for each age division and art category to the Virginia PTA. Council PTAs hold Student Awards Celebrations in late winter/early spring.

  4. Virginia PTA selects and submits state winning entries to National PTA to compete against students from across the United States and holds a Student Awards Celebration in April.

  5. National PTA selects and announces winners of the national-level contest in May.


Entry Form & Requirements

Students and parents should review the documents in this section to ensure that all requirements are met prior to entering the contest.  Entries that do not follow the instructions or meet the requirements will be disqualified from consideration.

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Reflections Entry Form (this signed and completed form must be submitted with the artwork):  English  |  Spanish

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Reflections Entry Rules:

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Special Artist Division Requirements:  English  |  Spanish


How to Enter

After following the Reflections entry requirements provided above, students should follow the steps below to submit their Reflections entries to the CES PTA by the November 8th deadline.

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  1. Students must download the Reflections Entry Form above or pick up a paper entry from the PTA bulletin board.

  2. When filling out the entry form, only fill out the student information section; do not alter the pre-filled PTA section at the top of the form.

  3. The form must be hand-signed by both the student and a parent/guardian.  When the form is completed and signed, take a photo of it or scan it; this is the final version of the entry form that the student should submit during the entry process.

  4. To submit the student's contest entry, choose only ONE of the following methods:

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  • For entries with smaller file sizes, the student or parent/guardian should text or email the entry form and digital artwork together in a single message to reflections@centrevillepta.org with the student's name and grade in the email subject line.  

  • The entry form should be saved with the following file name format: studentlastname.firstname.category.grade.entryform (e.g., Smith.Joseph.literature.3rd.entryform).

  • The file for the actual art entry should be saved with the following file name format: studentlastname.firstname.category.grade.artwork (e.g., Smith.Joseph.literature.3rd.artwork)

  • If the format of the student's original artwork is NOT digital, then the student must submit a digital photo of the original hardcopy artwork along with the entry form during the online entry process as a visual reference for the judges.

  • Any artwork originally created in hardcopy format must also be submitted to the main office (attention: PTA) to be saved for potential use at future contest stages (the county-level competition will require hardcopy submissions).

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If none of the above entry submission options work, or if you have questions about the process, please contact reflections@centrevillepta.org for assistance.

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2024-25 Reflections Due Dates

  • Sep 8: Contest opens for students in Kindergarten through 6th grade.

  • Nov 8: Deadline for students to submit entries to CES PTA.

  • Dec 6: CES winners announced.

  • Dec 15: CES winners submitted to Fairfax County Council PTA.

  • Jan 24: Fairfax County Council PTA Winners announced.

  • Feb 20: Virginia PTA winners announced

  • Mar 22: Virginia PTA Student Awards Celebration (tentative)

  • May '25: National PTA Winners announced


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