Bayport-Blue Point PTA Reflections Winners Announced

BLUE POINT, NY —The Bayport-Blue Point PTA and PTSA have announced this year’s winners of the PTA Reflections, a program that garners over 300,000 student submissions of original works of art for a student-created theme each year.

The program, which is more than 50 years old, helps students explore their own thoughts, feelings and ideas, develop artistic literacy, increase confidence and find a love for learning that will help them become more successful in school and in life, the district said.

For the 2024-2025 school year, the theme was "Accepting Imperfection," a concept created by Paige Opaska from San Antonio, Texas, who won the 2022 Reflections Theme Search Contest.

Reflections invites students in pre-K through grade 12 to create theme-based artwork in the categories of dance choreography, film production, literature, musical composition, photography or visual arts.

High School Division
Photography Category:

• Anna G., "The Reflection of Inner Beauty." Local and Suffolk region winner, advanced to NYS.

Literature Category:

• Talia K., "One Broken Wing." Local and Suffolk Region Winner advanced to NYS.

• London S., "Make and Remake and Remake, "Local and Suffolk Region Winner advanced to NYS.
• Sara M., "Sunsets and Bugs." Local Honorable Mention.

Visual Arts:

• Grace L., "Clara’s Dream the Nutcracker." Local and Suffolk region winner, advanced to NYS.
• Kailey B., "Perfectly Imperfect." Local honorable mention.

Middle School Division

Film Production Category:

• Evangeline B., "Perfectly Imperfect." Local and Suffolk region winner, advanced to NYS.

Literature Category:

• Jane E., "She Needs to See Past." Local winner advanced to Suffolk Region.

Intermediate Division (Grades 3-5)

Dance Choreography:

• Clara S., "The Start of It." Local winner advanced to Suffolk Region.

Primary Division (Grades K-2)
Music Composition Category:

• Sloan D., "Different Beats." Local and Suffolk region winner, advanced to NYS.