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