Explore the Arts and Express Yourself
Bellevue High Artists, express your artistic creativity and imagination! Reflections 2024-2025 is now ON.
Reflections is a National PTA arts recognition program that 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 not only in school, but in life.
The theme for the 2024-2025 program year is “Accepting Imperfection.” Students submit their completed works of art in one or all of the available arts categories: Dance Choreography, Film Production, Literature, Music Composition, Photography, Visual Arts, Accessible Arts.
Deadline for submitting virtual entries is Thursday, November 21, 2024, 6 PM.
Advancing entries from Bellevue High School will move on for judging at the Bellevue School District 405 level. A BSD 405 District council winner of each category will then advance to the Washington State level. Finally, a state winner of each category will advance to National competition.
Congratulations to BHS Student Soraya Arjomand for achieving the National PTA award for Outstanding Interpretation in Dance in 2023-24!
Art Areas:
- Choreography/Dance: originally choreographed dance composition.
- Film/Video: original works, with or without sound, of animation, narrative, documentary, experimental or music video/film.
- Literature – works of fiction, nonfiction, poetry, prose, drama, short stories, and lyrics.
- Music Composition – original musical composition, with or without words.
- Photography: color or black and white, included techniques: photogram, negative sandwich, and multiple exposure.
- Visual Arts: drawing, painting in tempera, oil, acrylic, watercolor & t-shirt paints, computer generated art, two-dimensional collage, printmaking, needlework & leather tooling.
- The Accessible Arts Division is open to students with a disability.
Entries are judged on creative ability and interpretation of the theme. Please give special consideration when crafting your artist’s statement since it carries the most weight in the judging rubric.
Art Rules: Click the categories below to see rules and guidelines.
- Dance Choreography
- Film/Video
- Literature
- Music Composition
- Photography
- Visual Arts
- Secondary Accessible Arts Division
Student Entry Form: Download and complete the Student Submission Entry form.
Please read directions carefully and fill the form out completely. Typed name for the student signature and the parent/guardian signature is acceptable. Submit this form with your artwork via the Virtual Submission instructions below.
Virtual Submission: You will use the BHS Reflections Google Form to submit your entry.
Student Entry Form and your Artwork must be submitted virtually via the Google form. You may need to create a Google account to submit the form if you do not already have a Google account. If you have trouble with the entry or submission forms, please email reflections@bellevuehighptsa.com for assistance.
Virtual submissions are by November 21, 2024 at 6PM.
Questions? Please contact Lulu Yu and Stephanie Gampper Hsu at reflections@bellevuehighptsa.com
Washington State PTA Reflections has more resources: Program Details, Previous Winners, FAQ etc. Please note that deadlines listed on the Washington State PSTA page apply to state entries.
BHS entries are due November 21, 2024.