Missouri PTA Announces 2025-2026 “I Belong!” State Reflections Program Winners!
Missouri PTA is pleased to announce the 2025-2026 “I Belong!” 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 reflections@mopta.org 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. Some work will be added later.
Dance Choreography
| Primary | First Place – Sloane Kudma, Tiffany Ridge Elementary PTA – “We’re All Together”
Second Place – Sylvia Pierce, George S. Bryant PTA – “I Belong Wherever My Dreams Take Me” Third Place – Fallon Kudma, Tiffany Ridge Elementary PTA – “Love” Honorable Mention – William Pierce, EPiC Elementary PTA – “I Belong Family Dance” |
| Intermediate | First Place – Skyler Bayer, Timber Creek Elementary PTA – “Where I Belong”
Second Place – Luca Olson, Mason Elementary PTA – “You Say I Belong” Third Place – Sydney Simmons, Sunny Pointe Elementary PTA – “I Belong Here” |
| Middle School | First Place – Elaina Key, Brittany Hill Middle School PTSA – “When God Made Me My Mother” |
| High School | First Place – Bebe Lookingbill, Hickman High School PTSA – “We’ll Make This Place Her Home”
Second Place – Elliot Bernardon, Lee’s Summit West High School PTSA – “Healing Stage” Third Place – Lucy Brennaman, Hickman High School PTSA – “I Believe” |
Film Production
| Accessible Arts | First Place – Henry Poskey, EPiC Elementary PTA – “My School EPiC” |
| Primary | First Place – Lavender Drobeck, Thomas B. Chinn PTA – “Belong”
Second Place – Lia Broughton, Tiffany Ridge Elementary PTA – “Horses With Me” Third Place – Evie Gentry, Wanda Gray PTA – “I belong in basketball” Honorable Mention – Magnus Hingtgen, EPiC Elementary PTA – “Boys Belong Too” Honorable Mention – Bowen Williams, Rising Hill PTA – “Kai’s Journey” |
| Intermediate | First Place – Olivia Brown, Timber Creek Elementary PTA – “I Belong Here”
Second Place – Bailey Brink, Angeline Washington PTA – “Desserts around the World: Cookies and Countries” Third Place – Logan Neeser, Tiffany Ridge Elementary PTA – “Belonging in Motion” Honorable Mention – Avery Courtney, Tiffany Ridge Elementary PTA – “Believe in Yourself” |
| Middle School | First Place – Ezra Willis, Brittany Hill Middle School PTSA – “Not A Perfect Fit”
Second Place – Violet Holzschuh, Brittany Hill Middle School PTSA – “Everyone Belongs” Third Place – Aubrey Bloss, Delta Woods Middle School PTSA – “A Helping Hand” Honorable Mention – Izabella Bennett, Brittany Hill Middle School PTSA – “Year 3 Pro” |
Literature
| Primary | First Place – Emma Shipman, Lucy Franklin Elementary PTA – “Moon Belongs” Second Place – Graham Watkins, EPiC Elementary PTA – “The T-Rex Who Lost His Roar” Third Place – A’Nya Brunson, Procter Elementary PTA – “Me at the Waterpark” Honorable Mention – Iolani Kaaiakamanu, EPiC Elementary PTA – “I belong in” Honorable Mention – Lillianna Stretch, Cordill-Mason Elementary PTA – “My First Year Here” |
| Intermediate | First Place – Lucy Price, Hawthorn Elementary PTA – “Hoping for a Place to Belong”
Second Place – Jaxon Pollard, Franklin Smith Elementary PTA – “I Belong” Third Place – Bennett Krahn, Hawthorn Elementary PTA – “I Didn’t Know I Had Friends” Honorable Mention – Journey Brown, James Walker Elementary PTA – “The Bottle of Worlds” |
| Middle School | First Place – Josie Sharp, John J. Pershing Middle School PTSA – “Wicked Wings”
Second Place – Pierce Bailey, Brittany Hill Middle School PTSA – “My House is Where I Belong” Third Place – Jacob Bollinger, Discovery Middle School PTSA – “Ocean Blue” |
| High School | First Place – Kunjal Srivastava, Hickman High School PTSA – “Reality is My Identity”
Second Place – Mia Snelgrove, Blue Springs High School PTSA – “The Things We Share” Third Place – Blythe McGrath-Sapp, Blue Springs High School PTSA – “I’m Yoshio” Honorable Mention – Lyla Sharp, Blue Springs High School PTSA – “Belonging” |
Music Composition
| Primary | First Place – Jeremiah York, Wanda Gray PTA – “I Belong”
Second Place – Karlie Smith, Cordill-Mason Elementary PTA – “The I Belong Song” Third Place – Ruby Wilson, Tiffany Ridge Elementary PTA – “Sunset” Honorable Mention – Levi Furnival, Thomas Ultican Elementary PTA – “Family” |
| Intermediate | First Place – CeCe Dragen, EPiC Elementary PTA – “We Belong”
Second Place – Meredith Brown, Timber Creek Elementary PTA – “You Belong” Third Place – Ava Goad, Angeline Washington PTA – “I Belong Here” |
| Middle School | First Place – Penelope Goeken, Liberty Middle School PTSA – “Dear Past Me”
Second Place – Ian Sutton, Delta Woods Middle School PTSA – “Within These Chords” Third Place – Arianna Turlak, Brittany Hill Middle School PTSA – “Porcelain Doll” Honorable Mention – Alouisa Marcantonio, Liberty Middle School PTSA – “Moonlight” Honorable Mention – Langston Poe, Central High School PTSA (Springfield) – “Safe Space (750)” |
| High School | First Place – Sam Petitt, Central High School PTSA (Springfield) – “Voyage Through Kuiper”
Second Place – Evely Edmonds, Lee’s Summit West High School PTSA – “Bliss” Third Place – Chace Curtis, Blue Jay Nation PTSA – “What Love Should Be” |
Photography
| Primary | First Place – Orion Stone-Horn, Union Chapel Elementary School PTA – “I Belong At The Field”
Second Place – Ferris McClain, George S. Bryant PTA – “My Cozy Home” Third Place – Antonia Clark, EPiC Elementary PTA – “Show Me Your Colors” |
| Intermediate | First Place – Serenity Thompson, Spring Branch PTA – “I Belong”
Second Place – Gemma Garton, Wanda Gray PTA – “Leafy Green” Third Place – Berlin Dunn, Longview Farm Elementary PTA – “Butterflies Belong!” |
| Middle School | First Place – Castle Kilburn, Cherokee Middle School PTSA – “Withered But Welcome”
Second Place – Castle Kilburn, Cherokee Middle School PTSA – “Silent Strength” Third Place – Brenden Durgan, Brittany Hill Middle School PTSA – “The Nature of Belonging” |
| High School | First Place – Gabriel McClanahan, Central High School PTSA (Springfield) – “A Lily’s Claim to Belonging”
Second Place – Logan Wall, Staley High School Falcon Booster Club PTSA – “A Reverent Club” Third Place – Logan Wall, Staley High School Falcon Booster Club PTSA – “Outdoor Peace” |
Visual Arts
| Accessible Arts | First Place – Zelda McMillin, EPiC Elementary PTA – “I belong here.”
Second Place – Cassius Alexander, Oakwood Manor Elementary PTA – “The Friendly Monster” Third Place – Rowen Wells, Procter Elementary PTA – “Rowen At School” |
| Primary | First Place – Della Beck, JCordill-Mason Elementary PTA – “We Belong Together!!”
Second Place – Charlotte Shelley, Sunny Pointe Elementary PTA – “Friendship” Third Place – Eleanor Lynch, English Landing Elementary PTA – “Kick Master!!!” |
| Intermediate | First Place – Anthony Hughes, Wanda Gray PTA – “Purr-fectly Unique”
Second Place – Jack Judy, George S. Bryant PTA – “Membership” Third Place – Zainab Salehi, English Landing Elementary PTA – “My World” Honorable Mention – Sophia Butler, Mason Elementary PTA – “Black and White and Color” Honorable Mention – Teagan Marchbank, Tiffany Ridge Elementary PTA – “We Belong Together” |
| Middle School | First Place – Harper Irey, Delta Woods Middle School PTSA – “Happy Face”
Second Place – Marley Dennis, John J. Pershing Middle School PTSA – “The Splash of Life” Third Place – Elyse Mulford, Summit Lakes Middle School PTA – “Turning Dark to Light” Honorable Mention – Nola Smith, Delta Woods Middle School PTSA – “Emotion Art” |
| High School | First Place – Linley Arnold, Lee’s Summit West High School PTSA – “Choosing You”
Second Place – Edith Bailey, Lee’s Summit West High School PTSA – “Home is Not a Place” Third Place – Keren Ding, Central High School PTSA (Springfield) – “Like Slices of a Pizza” Honorable Mention – Darby Cobb, Lee’s Summit West High School PTSA – “Connection” |
