For all Pre-K – 12 grade HCSD students

The 2012 National PTA

Art Reflections Program

Theme And this year’s

is…

“The Magic of a Moment”

Choose one or more of the following categories and …

… create and enter one, two, or more of your

masterpieces

in the Hudson PTA Art Reflections contest!

You are limited only by your imagination.

P H O TO G R A PH Y

D A N C E

C H O R E O G R A PH Y

ARTS

V I S U A L

L I T E R AT U R E

F I L M V I D E O G R A P

H Y

Kids need the Arts

It’s Elementary ● It’s Academic ● It’s Essential

National PTA Arts in Education

There are 55 million children enrolled in US Schools. All of them need and deserve an arts education.

National PTA Arts in Education

It’s about Art. It’s About Children. It’s Fun! Promote the Arts … Promote Reflections

Dance

Visual Art Film/Video

Something for everyone!

Literature

Facts on Arts in Education

National PTA Arts in Education

  Students who participate in the arts are 3 times more likely to win an award for school attendance than those who do not.

  SAT takers involved in music performance score 58 points higher on verbal and 38 points higher on math portion of the test than those with minimal or no involvement in music.

  Students from low-income families who are involved in orchestra or band are more than twice as likely to perform at the highest levels in math as peers who are not involved in music.

  The average high school graduation rate in the nation’s 50 largest cities is 53%. The average high school graduation rate in the nations’ suburban areas is 71%. The average high school graduation rate in schools that have arts programs is 90.2%.

It’s Elementary ● It’s Academic ● It’s Essential

National PTA Arts in Education

Arts in Education for a New and Global World The Partnership for 21st century skills (P21) believes that 21st century readiness is within reach of every student if our schools incorporate essential, higher-order

thinking skills into all core subjects. (The 3Rs and the 4 Cs)

Critical Thinking & Problem Solving ● Collaboration ● Creativity & Innovation ● Communication

National PTA Arts in Education

2011 Hudson Reflections Awards

Arts programs rank high on measures of increased teacher collaboration and enhanced partnerships with parents and the community.  

It’s Elementary ● It’s Academic ● It’s Essential

National PTA Arts in Education

Arts in Education

THE  FINE  PRINT…  

•  All  HCSD  students,  Pre-­‐K  –  12th  grade,  are  eligible  to  parEcipate.  •  The  local  Art  ReflecEons  program  is  facilitated  and  sponsored  by  the  Hudson  PTA.  •  Entry  Forms  are  now  available  in  the  main  office  at  your  child’s  school  and  on  the  

PTA  website  at  www.hudsonpta.org.    •  Deadline  for  completed  entry  forms  and  artwork  is  Friday,  November  02,  2012.    •  Please  have  your  child  submit  his/her  artwork  to  their  school’s  main  office.  •  Blind  Judging    will  be  done  by  local  arEsts  who  specialize  in  each  respecEve  

category,  Visual  Art,  Film  ProducEon,  Music  ComposiEon,  Dance  Choreography,  Literature,  and  Photography.  

•  This  year’s  Art  Show  and  Awards  PresentaEon  will  be  held  at  the  Hudson  High  School  on  December  06,  2012  at  7:00  PM.    All  artwork  will  be  on  display  that  evening  and  refreshments  will  be  served.  Local  winners  and  state  advancers  will  be  on  display  at  the  Hudson  Library  thereaWer,  and  for  the  remainder  of  December.    

•  A  special  awards  presentaEon  for  the  state  advancers  will  be  held  April  18,  2013  at  6:30  –  8:00  PM  at  Ellsworth  Hills.  

•  Entrants  with  “Special  Needs”,  Pre-­‐K  –  12th  grade,  are  given  special  consideraEon,  please  contact  the  Program  Chair  for  more  informaEon  –  see  below.  

•  Jane  Dilullo  is  this  year’s  ReflecEon  Chair.    More  informaEon  can  be  found  on  the  Hudson  PTA  website;  however,  she  can  be  contacted  via  her  e-­‐mail  at  jdilullo@windstream.net    if  you  are  in  need  of  addiEonal  informaEon.  

For more information go to www.hudsonpta.org

or e-mail Jane Dilullo, Reflections Chair at

jdilullo@windstream.net

2012 Hudson PTA Reflections

For all Pre-K – 12 grade HCSD students

Visit www.hudsonpta.org

for more information about Art Reflections

and other Hudson PTA sponsored programs.

For all Pre-K – 12 grade HCSD students