Orange Unified students express creative in Reflections entries

Students at 13 Orange Unified School District campuses participated in the Orange Community Council PTA Reflections Arts Program, designed to encourage creative expression in the arts.
Students attending Anaheim Hills, Chapman Hills, Crescent, Fletcher, Imperial, La Veta, Linda Vista, Panorama and Sycamore elementary schools, Santiago Charter Middle School, Yorba Middle School and Canyon and El Modena high schools were encouraged to submit original artwork around the theme “Within Reach.”
Honored at Orange Community Council PTA Reflections Art Program in music were Zoe Althoen, Award of Merit, Intermediate; Tristan Hernandez, Honorable Mention, Intermediate; Russell Boyer, Award of Merit, Intermediate; Taylor Rogers, Award of Merit, Intermediate; Jasmina Shah, Award of Excellence, Primary; Timothy Cunningham, Award of Excellence, High; Diego Aichelman, Honorable Mention, Primary; and Emmet Althoen, Award of Merit, Primary. (Courtesy of Agnes Tu)Awardees in the Dance division of the Orange Community Council PTA Reflections Arts Program included Myla Schneider, Award of Excellence, Primary; Phinny Kim, Honorable Mention, Intermediate; Kylie McMahon, Award of Merit, Intermediate; Michelle Hernandez (Reflections Chairperson) and Chantel Rodriguez, Award of Merit, Middle. (Courtesy of Anges Tu)Show Caption of Expand
The categories for the submissions included dance/choreography, literature, photography, film production, music composition or visual arts categories. Artwork was judged in five grade-level divisions: primary, for kindergarten through second grade; intermediate, for third to fifth grade; middle, for sixth to eighth grade; and high school. There was also a Special Artists category.
In all, 93 students created nearly 100 works of art for the competition, and were honored at a formal reception and awards ceremony. Students who received Awards of Excellence for their works will advance to the 4th District PTA level, to be judged in February. Those winners may continue to be judged at the state and national level.
The Awards of Excellence winners include
– Dance: Myla Schneider, Fletcher Elementary, Primary Division; Delaney Bojorquez, Crescent Elementary, Intermediate Division; Kylie Seppala, Santiago Charter Middle School, Middle Division
– Film: Brando Borja, Crescent Elementary, Intermediate; Cooper Adams, Linda Vista Elementary, Middle; Michelangelo Gutierrez, El Modena High School, High
– Literature: Pia Odhkani, Crescent Elementary, Primary Division; Phoebe Yates, Panorama Elementary, Intermediate; Anh-Thu Doan, Santiago Charter Middle School,  Middle; Alejandra Hernandez, El Modena High School, High Division
– Music: Jasmina Shah, Anaheim Hills, Primary; Russell Boyer, Fletcher, Intermediate; Taylor Rogers, Anaheim Hills, Intermediate; Timothy Cunningham, Canyon High, High
– Photography, Myla Schneider, Fletcher, Primary; Samuel Putterman, Linda Vista, Primary Division; Parker Wellman, Linda Vista, Intermediate; Jared Jackson, Linda Vista, Intermediate; Nolan Wright, Sycamore, Middle; Ryan Villarreal, El Modena High, High Division;
– Visual Arts: Vincent Cho, Panorama, Primary; Kimberly Navarro, Linda Vista, Primary; Suriah Auerswald, Linda Vista, Intermediate; Gavin Church, Linda Vista, Intermediate; Elizabeth Teng, Crescent, Middle; Zachary Yuan, Canyon High, High Division.
Additional awards were given, as follows:
– Dance: In Intermediate Division, an Award of Merit to Kylie McMahon, Linda Vista; and Honorable Mention to Phinny Kim, Fletcher; in Middle Division, an Award of Merit to Chantel Rodriguez, Linda Vista
– Film: In Intermediate, an Award of Merit to Nixon Wright, Sycamore; and Honorable Mention to Natalia Sanaryan, Anaheim Hills, and Michael Tu, Chapman Hills; in Middle Division, an Award of Merit to Kasey Ayres, Santiago Charter Middle School
– Literature: In Primary Division, an Award of Merit to Jason Buckley, Linda Vista; in Intermediate, an Award of Merit to Sophia Kim, La Veta; and Honorable Mention to Kara Florez, Anaheim Hills and Misha Hansuvadha, Chapman Hills; in Middle Division, an Award of Merit to Nicole Kuwahara, Crescent, and Honorable Mention to Joana Thomas, La Veta, and and Grace Uriostegui, Yorba Middle School; in High Division, an Award of Merit to Megan Beehler, Canyon
– Music: In Primary Division, an Award of Merit to Emmet Althoen, Chapman Hills, and Honorable Mention to Diego Aichelman, Fletcher; in Intermediate, an Award of Merit to Zoe Althoen, La Veta, and Honorable Mention to Tristan Hernandez, Linda Vista; in High, an Award of Merit to Moohyun Kim, El Modena
– Photography: In Primary Division, an Award of Merit to Leila Inman, Linda Vista, and Honorable Mention to Claire Calderon, Anaheim Hills; in Intermediate, an Award of Merit to Colin Mai, La Veta, and Honorable Mention to Brett Erikson, Anaheim Hills; in Middle Division, an Award of Merit to Arpita Patel, Santiago Charter Middle School, and Honorable Mention to Michelle Bae, La Veta,  and Chloe Schurter, Anaheim Hills; in High, an Award of Merit to Mitchell Polk, Canyon
– Visual Arts: In Primary Division, an Award of Merit to Natasha Puzon, Linda Vista, and Honorable Mention to Eliah Kim, Fletcher; in Primary, an Award of Merit was given to Joseph Gonzalez, Sycamore, and Honorable Mention to Jasmine Davis, La Veta; in Intermediate, an Award of Merit to Isabella Lopez, Crescent, and Honorable Mention to Ella Long, Panorama,  and Kaielo Truong, Fletcher; in Intermediate, an Award of Merit went to Alexander Hays, La Veta; in Middle, an Award of Merit to Michelle Bae, La Veta, and Leila Yamak, Linda Vista, and Honorable Mention to Cameron Lamberson, Santiago Charter Middle School; in High Division, an Award of Merit went to Angie Sustaeta, El Modena High School.
These students were recognized for their participation:
Primary Division: Anaiya Brown, Madailyn Fireston, La Veta;  Megan DeBoer, Chapman Hills; Kiersten Elkins, Hayden Tischer, Imperial; Leah Hutt, Anaheim Hills;  Madelyn Huynh, Crescent; and Nevin Wright, Sycamore;
Intermediate Division: Jolie Applegate, Jeff Christianson, Candice Lam, Chapman Hills; Hope Bradley, Keira Low, Crescent; Keeva Cole, Panorama;  Madeline Doll, La Veta; Kaitlynn Elkins, Imperial; Eirian Esguerra, Fletcher; Adrienne Madrigal, Linda Vista; JC Overpeck, Sycamore; Camille Ta-Perez, Laina Yasumura, Anaheim Hills
Middle Division: Arely Arriago, Yorba; Finley Hill, Panorama; Alisha Jimenez, Yorba; Emma Johan, Linda Vista ; Sam Mason, Chapman Hills; Josselyne Navarrete, Sycamore; Daniel Oh, Chapman Hills.
The theme for the 2018-19 Reflections Art Program will be “Heroes Around Me.”

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Source: Oc Register