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Reflections Winner
Taylorsville Student is One of Seven Recognized Nationally
National Award
Post Date:05/12/2021 5:30 p.m.
Bennion Jr. High seventh-grader Joshua Johnson of Taylorsville received the Outstanding Interpretation Award in the National PTA’s Reflections program.
Each year, more than 300,000 students in pre-K through 12th grade participate in the Reflections program, and just six other students nationwide along with Joshua received the top award this year. Joshua read his winning poem, titled “The Voice in My Head,” at the Taylorsville City Council meeting on May 5.
You can watch his reading below and read his poem here.
The Reflections program provides a venue for students to submit visual, performing and literary art based on a national theme. The student art program's 2020-21 theme was "I Matter Because ..." In addition to Outstanding Interpretation Award winners, more than 200 students have been recognized with Awards of Excellence and Merit.
“We applaud all of the students who participated in the Reflections program this school year, and we are thrilled to recognize the recipients of the Outstanding Interpretation Award as well as the Awards of Excellence and Merit,” said Leslie Boggs, president of National PTA. “Participating in the arts helps students express their thoughts, feelings, ideas and emotions, which is especially important to support children’s well-being during this time in our country."
The Outstanding Interpretation Award recipients will each receive an $800 scholarship and their local PTA will be awarded $200. All national award recipients also receive a medallion and certificate and will be honored during the 2021 National PTA Virtual Convention & Expo.