Fourteen NBISD students advanced to State for the entries they entered in the District Reflections Program.  The National PTA Reflections Program encourages students of all ages and abilities to explore and be involved in the arts.  Students are encouraged to submit works of art in Dance Choreography, Film Production, Literature, Music Composition, Photography, and/or Visual Arts. The New Braunfels ISD PTA and PTA’s across the country urge students to participate.  The following students submitted works of art to the district level and  were selected to advance to the state level.  The following students earned awards at the STATE level from NBISD.

This year from schools throughout Texas there were over 874 total entries.

County Line Elementary

Emma Stendahl, Photography, “Accepting Imperfection” Participation Award  (Primary)

Memorial Elementary:

Lily Blancarte, Music Composition, “Imperfection Makes Perfection” Participation Award  (Primary)

Seele Elementary:

Evalee Sihvonen, Dance Choreography  “Tap Dancer” Participation Award (Primary)  Visual Arts “Being in the Park” Participation Award (Primary)

Mason Winters, Literature “Erase”  Participation Award (Primary)

Charlee Littrell, Literature  “The Frog and the Fish” Participation Award Intermediate

Wesley Adam, Music Composition,  “Good Enough” Award of Excellence Intermediate       

Veramendi Elementary:

Landon Nazario, Film Production,  “One Door Closes Another Door Opens” Participation Award (Intermediate)

Kyndle Ransleben, Photography,  “Perfection”  Participation Award (Intermediate)

Lola Miksch, Visual Arts, “Kintsugi Girl”, Honorable Mention Award (Intermediate)

Oak Run Middle School:

Macy Adam, Dance Choreography, “Choose your Fighter” Honorable Mention and Music Composition “Worthy” Honorable Mention (Middle School)

Kaleb Friesenhahn, Visual Arts, “Udatus” Participation Award (Middle School)

New Braunfels High School

Ryan Mitchell, Photography, “Finding Peace in Life’s Flaws” Participation Award (High School)

Madeleine Olive Do, Visual Arts “Extinction of Beauty”  Honorable Mention (High School)