The Mohawk Valley Region PTA has announced that entries by the following Johnstown students will advance to judging at the state level in the 2009-2010 National PTA Reflections Program and will also be displayed at the NYS PTA Convention in Rochester during November 2010:

Dance Choreography: Monica DiScioscia from Glebe Street Elementary.

Photography: Thea Dingman, Patrick Sprouse and Peter Van Denburgh from Pleasant Avenue Elementary.

Literature: Salena Bleyl and Sophia Frenyea from Glebe Street Elementary.

Visual Arts: Bradey Brownell, Cheyenne Kearns, Lindsay Salamack and Michael Simone from Glebe Street Elementary; Miranda Ernst, Addison Nellis and Hannah Pitcavage from Pleasant Avenue Elementary.

Best of luck to all of you!

Congratulations to Regional Level Participants
Congratulations to the following students who entered the National PTA Reflections Program "Beauty Is..." and were featured in the Mohawk Valley Region Showcase on December 8, 2009 at the Fonda-Fultonville Elementary Library:

Intermediate Visual Arts: Katherine Ammann, Molly Lake and Zachary Ropeler from Pleasant Avenue;  Raina Brown, August D'Amore, Alfio Demarco, Grace Fitzgerald, Kelly Hart-Smith, Logan Gonzalez, Salem Keeling, Cheyenne Kearns, Joseph R. Matthews, Trent Meseck, Abigail C. Preston, Julia E. Preston, Meghan Roehl, Michael Simone, Kiera Schultz, Brianna Warner and Olivia Weiderman from Glebe Street.

Intermediate Photography: Ben E. Poitras, Patrick J. Sprouse and Peter Van Denburgh from Pleasant Avenue; Sophia J. Frenyea from Glebe Street.

Intermediate Literature: Jasmine Vrooman from Pleasant Avenue; Grace Fitzgerald, Sophia Frenyea, Alexis Houser and Olivia Weiderman from Glebe Street.

Primary Visual Arts: Bradey Brownell, Cecelia D'Amore and Jackson Haverly from Glebe Street.

Middle/Junior Visual Arts: Miranda Ernst, Addison Nellis and Hannah N. Pitcavage from Pleasant Avenue; Lindsay Salamak from Glebe Street.

Middle/Junior Literature: Salena Bleyl from Glebe Street.

Middle/Junior Dance Choreography: Monica DiScioscia from Glebe Street.

National PTA Reflections Program
Reflections is a cultural arts program that encourages students to express thoughts and feelings through creative arts in the categories of dance choreography, film production, literature, musical composition, photography and visual arts. Visit the National PTA web site to learn more about the Reflections program.