{"id":1675,"date":"2021-08-25T17:47:00","date_gmt":"2021-08-25T21:47:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gomoodypta.com\/PTA_WP\/?page_id=1675"},"modified":"2025-11-20T23:18:14","modified_gmt":"2025-11-21T04:18:14","slug":"reflections","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/gomoodypta.com\/PTA_WP\/reflections\/","title":{"rendered":"Reflections"},"content":{"rendered":"<span itemprop=\"description\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/forms.gle\/t65pToGfJy1T4oAg9\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"940\" height=\"788\" src=\"https:\/\/gomoodypta.com\/PTA_WP\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/MMS-Reflections-2024-2.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2367\" style=\"width:685px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gomoodypta.com\/PTA_WP\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/MMS-Reflections-2024-2.png 940w, https:\/\/gomoodypta.com\/PTA_WP\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/MMS-Reflections-2024-2-300x251.png 300w, https:\/\/gomoodypta.com\/PTA_WP\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/MMS-Reflections-2024-2-768x644.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 940px) 100vw, 940px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><strong>Click <a href=\"https:\/\/forms.gle\/t65pToGfJy1T4oAg9\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/forms.gle\/t65pToGfJy1T4oAg9\">here<\/a> to submit your 2025-2026 entry by 12\/1\/25 at 11pm.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"E143\"><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-cyan-blue-color\">Reflections National Arts Contest<\/mark><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"E145\">Students in Pre-K through grade 12, and a special artist division are invited to create theme-based artwork in the categories of dance choreography, film production, literature, musical composition, photography or visual arts<em>.&nbsp;<\/em>Membership in Virginia PTA provides the opportunity to participate in the National PTA&nbsp;Reflections Arts Contest.&nbsp;This competition&nbsp;encourages students to explore the arts and express themselves by&nbsp;providing positive recognition for their artistic efforts. Since it was founded in 1969 by Mary Lou Anderson, millions of students have benefited from this program.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"E150\"><strong>2025-2026 School Year Reflections Theme: \u201cI Belong!\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"E153\"><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-cyan-blue-color\"><strong>HOW IT WORKS<\/strong><\/mark><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"E155\">Students submit their completed work of art in one or all of the available art categories:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Dance Choreography<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Film Production<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Literature<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Music Composition<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Photography<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Visual Arts<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"E173\">Every submission must also include an artist statement which is mandatory as per the guidelines of PTA Reflections National Art Contest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"E179\"><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-cyan-blue-color\">GETTING STARTED<\/mark><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"E181\">1. Create your work according to the guidelines.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>PRO TIP 1: Review the <a is=\"qowt-hyperlink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pta.org\/home\/programs\/reflections\/awards\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Selection Criteria<\/a> before you start. See below<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/gomoodypta.com\/PTA_WP\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Image-11-6-24-at-1.27-PM.jpeg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gomoodypta.com\/PTA_WP\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Image-11-6-24-at-1.27-PM-1024x743.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2296\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>    PRO TIP 2: Check out the <a is=\"qowt-hyperlink\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/drive\/folders\/15L4Kr7dkrPlRGX_VPvhzHY0jXaLIGItC\" target=\"_blank\">Official Guidelines<\/a> for each category here.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"E197\">2. Submit your entry using the <a href=\"https:\/\/forms.gle\/t65pToGfJy1T4oAg9\">Moody Reflections 2025-2026 Entry Form<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"E202\">Please note that all entries MUST be submitted only through the link provided. No email entries are being accepted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"E202\">3. All submissions are due by <strong>Monday, December 1, 2025 <\/strong>no later than 11:59 PM.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"E218\">Check out the <a is=\"qowt-hyperlink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pta.org\/home\/programs\/reflections\/awards\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Virginia PTA<\/a> website for more and get inspiration from past winners!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/4Ssw-w0ep11-E2S1gUCcQKmj_Kdb5WLdOxWToxqMoc_V-NTBYLHKQCWgY9cSiKkqIttI59P37tIcNQVjFQ_qhMBKMT7vcnxOHfY1SAeRMln3tg-Zm1Zk2Dp3lrE4a_IpEuPDMVRu\" width=\"114\" height=\"70\"><\/p>\n<span>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p class=\"excerpt\"><span itemprop=\"description\">Click here to submit your 2025-2026 entry by 12\/1\/25 at 11pm. Reflections National Arts Contest Students in Pre-K through grade 12, and a special artist division are invited to create theme-based artwork in the categories of dance choreography, film production, literature, musical composition, photography or&hellip;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-p btn-align-left\"><a class=\"grey zoom-btn\" href=\"https:\/\/gomoodypta.com\/PTA_WP\/reflections\/\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":1685,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1675","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gomoodypta.com\/PTA_WP\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1675","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gomoodypta.com\/PTA_WP\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gomoodypta.com\/PTA_WP\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gomoodypta.com\/PTA_WP\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gomoodypta.com\/PTA_WP\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1675"}],"version-history":[{"count":34,"href":"https:\/\/gomoodypta.com\/PTA_WP\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1675\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2370,"href":"https:\/\/gomoodypta.com\/PTA_WP\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1675\/revisions\/2370"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gomoodypta.com\/PTA_WP\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1685"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gomoodypta.com\/PTA_WP\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1675"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}