PTA Reflections 2022 -“I will change the world by…”

Winners in each category received one of the following rewards:

1st Place– OUTSTANDING INTERPRETATION advances to National PTA competition.

2nd Place– Award of Excellence.

3rd Place– Award of Merit.

National PTA Results:

The National PTA winners were announced on May 1, and I am excited that MN PTA has FIVE winners at the national level!

Yamini Uday, Literature, Grade 3-5, Wayzata
Abigail Froehle, Literature, Grade 6-8, Duluth
Cassandra Bolster, Music, Grade 6-8, Nevis
Ava Smithson, Photography, Grade K-2, Bloomington
Greta Yurczyk, Visual Arts, Grade K-2, Holdingford

These students won a National PTA Reflections Award of Merit. Quite an accomplishment. Congrats! I would also like to add, for the first in Mn PTA Reflections history, we have a two time national winner! Cassandra Bolster also won a National PTA Award of Merit in 2019. Yay Cassandra!

CONGRATULATIONS!! Your artwork has been recognized at the National PTA level! You will receive separate awards from National PTA.

Minnesota State PTA Results:

LITERATURE

1st Place

Daniel Schefers, 2nd Grade, Olson Elementary School, Bloomington
Yamini Uday Shankar, 3rd Grade, Kimberly Lane Elementary School, Wayzata
Abigale Froehle, 8th Grade, Ordean East Middle School, Duluth

2nd Place

Clara Warshaw, 4th Grade, Oakwood Elementary School, Plymouth

3rd Place

Sydney Schefers, 4th Grade, Olson Elementary School, Bloomington

MUSIC

1st Place

Averie Eberhart, 2nd Grade, Century Elementary School, Park Rapids
Raya Banerjee, 4th Grade, Oakwood Elementary School, Plymouth
Cassandra Bolster, 7th Grade, MNPTA State Unit, Nevis
Jarrett Galzki, 9th Grade, Century School, Park Rapids

2nd Place

Greta Galzki, 5th grade, Century Elementary School, Park Rapids

3rd Place

Mackenzie Lindow, 5th Grade, MNPTA State Unit, Nevis

FILM

1st Place

Dominic Martin, Kindergarten, Olson Elementary School, Bloomington
Nora Martin, 5th Grade, Olson Elementary School, Bloomington

2nd Place

Ava Kolander, 5th Grade, Oakwood Elementary School, Plymouth

Visual Arts

Grade K-2

1st Place- Greta Yurczyk, 2nd Grade, Holdingford Elementary School, Holdingford
2nd Place- Althea Baker, 2nd Grade, Bryn Mawr Elementary School, Minneapolis
3rd Place- Porter Stephens, 2nd Grade, Oakwood Elementary School, Plymouth

Grade 3-5

1st Place- Willa Stephens, 5th Grade, Oakwood Elementary School, Plymouth
2nd Place- Molly Cosgrove, 5th Grade, Olson Elementary School, Bloomington
3rd Place- Asima Kahin, 4th Grade, Bryn Mawr Elementary School, Minneapolis

Grade 6-8

1st Place- Annika Saur, 8th grade, Ordean East Middle School, Duluth
2nd Place- Grace Officer, 8th Grade, Century School, Park Rapids

PHOTOGRAPHY

K-2

1st Place- Ava Smithson, 1st Grade, Olson Elementary School, Bloomington

Grade 3-5

1st Place- Sofia Swanson, 4th Grade, Oakwood Elementary School, Plymouth
2nd Place- Clara Warshaw, 4th Grade, Oakwood Elementary School, Plymouth
3rd Place- Yamini Uday Shankar, 3rd Grade, Kimberly Lane Elementary School, Plymouth

Grade 6-8

1st Place- Carter Kubat, 6th Grade, Holdingford Elementary School, Holdingford

Honorable Mention Awards

Music-Joseph Stock, 4th Grade, Holdingford Elementary School, Holdingford
Music-Annabelle Bolster, 9th Grade, MNPTA State Unit, Nevis
Literature-Mitansh Yadar, 3rd Grade, Longfellow Elementary School, Rochester
Visual Arts-Emry Anderson, 2nd Grade, Holdingford Elementary School, Holdingford
Visual Arts-Charlie Reynolds, 3rd Grade, Oakwood Elementary School, Plymouth