Missouri PTA Announces 2023-2024 “I Am Hopeful Because…” State Reflections Program Winners!
Missouri PTA is pleased to announce the 2023-2024 “I Am Hopeful Because…” State Reflections Program winners. The first place winning entries have been advanced to National PTA for consideration. The national level results will be announced soon.
Congratulations to all of our Reflections participants and volunteers on a very successful program this year. Thank you for helping keep the Reflections Program a strong and cherished PTA tradition.
Please email [email protected] with any questions or corrections to students’ names!
Local leaders, thank you for all your hard work and all you do for local students!
Please check out our first place recipients’ art by clicking their names below.
Dance Choreography
| Primary | First Place – Ava Goad, Union Chapel Elementary PTA
Second Place – McKenzie Day-Gloe, EPIC Elementary PTA Third Place – Kendall Carenza, Chapel Lakes PTA |
| Intermediate | First Place – Madeleine Bentley, Tiffany Ridge Elementary PTA
Second Place – Gabriella Jambrosic, Timber Creek Elementary PTA Third Place – Dylan Davis, Chapel Lakes PTA Honorable Mention – Mackenzie Meyer, Union Chapel Elementary PTA Honorable Mention – Vedika Asher, EPIC Elementary PTA |
| High School | First Place – Sherry Shen, Hickman High School PTSA
Second Place – David McDowell, Central High School PTSA |
Film Production
| Primary | First Place – Johnny Moehlmann, Thomas Ultican Elementary PTA
Second Place – Jack Judy, George S. Bryant PTA |
| Intermediate | First Place – Umama Waqas, Bell Prairie PTA
Second Place – Teagan Marchbank, Tiffany Ridge Elementary PTA Third Place – Courtney White, Longview Farm Elementary PTA Honorable Mention – Arya Echols, Hawthorn Elementary PTA Honorable Mention – Codey Farmer, Hawthorn Elementary PTA |
| Middle School | First Place – Levi Swanson, Delta Woods Middle School PTSA
Second Place – Levi Swanson, Delta Woods Middle School PTSA Third Place – Hannah Howell, Brittany Hill Middle School PTA Honorable Mention – Keegan Dierking, Delta Woods Middle School PTSA |
| High School | First Place – Ben Hass, Oak Park High School PTSA
Second Place – Sarah Won, Hickman High School PTSA |
Literature
| Primary | First Place – Morgan Wilson, William Yates Elementary PTA
Second Place – Clara Ahrens, Voy Spears Jr. Elementary PTA Third Place – Lydia Alexander, Chapel Lakes PTA |
| Intermediate | First Place – Grace Howell, Lucy Franklin Elementary PTA
Second Place – Madilynn Enneking, Union Chapel Elementary PTA Third Place – Camryn Thompson, Union Chapel Elementary PTA Honorable Mention – Paige Nickell, Union Chapel Elementary PTA Honorable Mention – Blair Pierce, George S. Bryant PTA |
| Middle School | First Place – Alandrea Conchola, Antioch Spartans PTSA
Second Place – Douglas Castle, Delta Woods Middle School PTSA Third Place – Maha Babur, Central High School PTSA Honorable Mention – Lillyanna Hodges, Brittany Hill Middle School PTA |
| High School | First Place – Emma Lewis, Central High School PTSA
Second Place – Evelyn Nelson, Kickapoo PTSA Third Place – Kassidy Ellis, Kickapoo PTSA Honorable Mention – Aeson McGhee, Truman Patriots Club PTSA Honorable Mention – Nedra Seigfreid, Truman Patriots Club PTSA |
Music Composition
| Primary | First Place – Graham Pierce, George S. Bryant PTA
Second Place – Maisie Kaiser, Voy Spears Jr. Elementary PTA Third Place – Dawson Bendorf, Voy Spears Jr. Elementary PTA |
| Intermediate | First Place – Ian Sutton, Voy Spears Jr. Elementary PTA
Second Place – Blair Pierce, George S. Bryant PTA Third Place – Alouisa Marcantonio, Lillian Schumacher Elementary PTA |
| Middle School | First Place – Josh Esser, Discovery Middle School PTSA
Second Place – Chase Curtis, Liberty Middle School PTSA Third Place – Isabella Marcantonio, Liberty Middle School PTSA Honorable Mention – Natasha Huang, Moreland Ridge Middle School PTSA |
| High School | First Place – Carter McCord, Kickapoo PTSA
Second Place – Sam Petitt, Central High School PTSA Third Place – Augustus Lookingbill, Hickman High School PTSA |
Photography
| Primary | First Place – Graham Pierce, George S. Bryant PTA
Second Place – Lainee Bernard, William Yates Elementary PTA Third Place – Berlin Dunn, Longview Farm Elementary PTA Honorable Mention – Mason Withers, Chapel Lakes PTA Honorable Mention – Kinsley Rebel, Tiffany Ridge Elementary PTA |
| Intermediate | First Place – River Azevedo, Bell Prairie PTA
Second Place – Landon Bernard, William Yates Elementary PTA Third Place – Blair Pierce, George S. Bryant PTA |
| Middle School | First Place – Camdyn Smith, Delta Woods Middle School PTSA
Second Place – Chloe Gagnon, Brittany Hill Middle School PTA Third Place – Andrew Baadsgaard, Cherokee Middle School PTSA Honorable Mention – Tanner Burt, Brittany Hill Middle School PTA |
| High School | First Place – Logan Wall, Staley High School Falcon Booster Club PTSA
Second Place – Alex Beals, Oak Park High School PTSA Third Place – Logan Wall, Staley High School Falcon Booster Club PTSA |
Visual Arts
| Primary | First Place – Kinsley Rebel, Tiffany Ridge Elementary PTA
Second Place – Graham Pierce, George S. Bryant PTA Third Place – Theodore Quiring, Laura Ingalls Wilder Elementary PTA Honorable Mention – Eva Lurten, Sequiota Elementary PTA Honorable Mention – Iyla Walter, Union Chapel Elementary PTA Honorable Mention – Phaedra Soper, Delaware Elementary PTA |
| Intermediate | First Place – Baily Farmer, Hawthorn Elementary PTA
Second Place – Emery Duethman, EPIC Elementary PTA Third Place – Harper Humphrey, Hawthorn Elementary PTA |
| Middle School | First Place – Jay Londoño, Cherokee Middle School PTSA
Second Place – Justice Robinson, Park Hill Congress Middle School PTA Third Place – Tannyn Womeldorff, Discovery Middle School PTSA Honorable Mention – Brooke Holt, Wentzville Middle PTSA Honorable Mention – Ellie Josephson, Paul Kinder Middle School PTA |
| High School | First Place – Keren Ding, Central High School PTSA
Second Place – Gabriel McClanahan, Central High School PTSA Third Place – Sarah Won, Hickman High School PTSA Honorable Mention – Athena Palmer, Truman Patriots Club PTSA |