On February 7,
Harbor Council PTA honored ten students from the Port Streets for
achievement in the school-district-wide level of competition of
the Reflections program. Awards were presented along with a
reception and exhibit of the award-winning entries. The event was
held at Costa Mesa Community Center on Park Avenue.
The following
are the award recipients who live in the Harbor View or Newport
Hills neighborhoods:
-
KYLE IVERSON
received an Award of Excellence in Middle/Junior Literature for
“An Amazing Day in Newport Beach”
-
TREVOR RUSSELL
received an Award of Excellence in Middle/Junior Literature for
“Lake Michigamme in Upper Michigan”
-
MILES
PATRICOLA received an Award of Excellence in Middle/Junior
Photography for “Behind the Wheel”
-
KATIE LANGLEY
received an Award of Excellence in Primary Musical Composition
for “My Favorite Place”
-
GRACE JENNINGS
received an Award of Merit in Primary Visual Art for “Under My
Special Blanket”
-
CAYLA YASUKOCHI received an Award of Merit in Intermediate
Literature for “My Favorite Place”
-
LAUREN HENRY
received an Award of Merit in Senior Literature for
“Tranquility”
-
EMILY MORRIS
received an Award of Merit in Senior Photography for an
untitled color photo
-
WILLIAM TENNY
received an Award of Merit in Intermediate Musical Composition
for an untitled piece
-
CODY BARBATO
received an Honorable Mention in Senior Musical Composition for
“San Francisco”
Other Port
Street residents involved in the event that evening were Patty
Lance, who was a major sponsor of the Harbor Council PTA
Reflection program, Harbor Council PTA Executive Vice President
Kristi Kirsch, Harbor Council PTA Reflections Chair Carol Gaetano,
Andersen Elementary Reflections Co-Chairs Amy Dillon and Lisa
Giger, and the event photographer Barbi Townsend.
Reflections is an annual National PTA program that recognizes
students in the creative arts. Each year there is a theme and
this year it was “My Favorite Place”. Students in 4 age divisions
may enter work in any of 6 different art categories. Entries are
judged at the school, school district, county, state and national
level. There were almost 1,000 submissions within Newport-Mesa
Unified School District this year.
