The PTA announced winning Wilton Public School students from the 2015-16 PTA Reflections waytest, the annual celebration of the arts run as part of the National PTA Reflections program.
The theme of this year’s competition was “Let Your Imagination Fly,” and the contest welcomed submissions from budding artists, photographers, writers, dancers and musicians throughout the Wilton school district. Winners will go on to compete with other entrants across the state for recognition and a chance to advance to the national round.
“It’s exciting to see so many students expressing their thoughts and ideas so creatively through the arts, and it’s wonderful how the unique personality of each artist really shines through in their work. I hope that they all continue to find joy in being artistically creative throughout their lives,” said Petra Saldutti, PTA Reflections co-chair for Wilton High School and Middlebrook School.
The competition encourages students from all grades and abilities to explore and be involved in the arts. Annually, thousands of students will reflect on a common theme and create original works of art in the categories of dance choreography, film production, literature, music composition, photography and visual arts.
Visual arts and photography entries have been on exhibition at the Wilton Library since Jan. 11, and will be available to view through Tuesday, Jan. 19.
PTA Reflections Competition Winners:
Primary Division, Pre-K–Grade 2
Visual Arts
1st Joshua Comiskey
2nd Eddie Musser
3rd Raima Kaushal
Honorable Mention: Dylan Pamnani, Elissa Enman, Tristen Albright
Photography
1st Ronan Conway
2nd Ava Rose Herbstreith
3rd Arav Gupta
Honorable Mention: Maria Giannoutsos
Literature
1st Jack Hamilton
2nd Mick Hamilton
3rd Diya Vijit Nair
Honorable Mention: Liliana Finn
Intermediate Division, Grades 3–5
Visual Arts
1st Kosygin Andrey
2nd Alexis Shukovsky
3rd Lukas Koutsoukos
Honorable Mention: Fiona Conway, Caisie Kennedy
Photography
1st Juliette Casher
2nd Sahana Bhagavatula
3rd Tina Pamnani
Honorable Mention: Avni Gupta
Literature
1st Scarlett Dicamillo
2nd Lukas Koutsoukos
3rd Bihan Jayawardhane
Music
1st Grace Ratcliffe
Dance
1st Kelsey Tangorra
2nd Siddhartha Suneja
Film
1st Finn Ryder
Middle School Division, Grades 6–8
Visual Arts
1st Aby Yoon
2nd Alexander Koutsoukos
3rd Caelah Kennedy
Honorable Mention: Aislynn Conway
Photography
1st Aislynn Conway
2nd Gavin Bond
3rd Ryan McElroy
Literature
1st Mickey Wilcox
2nd Dalton DiCamillo
3rd Alexander Koutsoukos
Music
1st Brycen Addison
High School Division, Gades 9-12
Visual Arts
1st Allison Farago
2nd Elizabeth Yoon
3rd Mia Ruefenacht
Honorable Mention: Kathryn Cunningham
Special Artist
1st Vincent Sexton
Photography
Honorable Mention: Michael McElroy
Literature
1st Jeromy DiGiacomo
2nd Anthony Wilcox
3rd Skyler Addison
Music
1st Will Comer
2nd Nik Fazio
3rd Jeromy DiGiacomo
Dance
1st Dilshad Dinshaw
2nd Isabella Segall