All state PTAs are notified of national award recipients each spring in late April, and the National PTA sends awards notification letters directly to students. Traveling exhibit The National PTA sponsors a Reflections Program traveling exhibit, which showcases all national Awards of Excellence and Awards of Merit works from the preceding year. State PTAs and public exhibition sites may host the exhibit. Master tapes are made of selected music entries, literary entries are duplicated in booklets, and the visual art and photography works are matted and labeled for the exhibit. General rules Please remember that Students may submit entries only through a PTA or PTSA in good standing All entries submitted must be original works and must relate to the annual Reflections Program theme Each entry must be the work of only one student.
Participation encourages creativity and exploration.
Students should do their best, but crooked lines, incorrect musical notes, or misspelled words do not disqualify anyone. A word to parents As with any student activity, parent involvement and support are very important. But parents must remember that student artists need to create their own works. Children must make their own decisions about what to create and what to enter in the Reflections Program. By creating their own literature, musical compositions, photography, and visual art, children not only learn about the arts, more importantly, they learn about themselves.