Student Contests
(Reflections, Safety, & Citizenship)
- All entries for countywide competition are due to the Knox County Council PTA by the KCC PTA deadline.
- The Local Unit PTA submitting the entry must be a unit in good standing in accordance with Tennessee PTA Bylaws. To be in good standing a Local Unit PTA must, in summary: adhere to the purposes and policies of PTA, submit a membership report and appropriate dues to Tennessee PTA by December 1 (maintaining a minimum membership of 20), have up-to-date bylaws, submit an Audit Report Form to Tennessee PTA by September 1, and file the appropriate Form 990 with the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) by November 15 and submit a copy of its receipt to Tennessee PTA by November 20.
- County winners will be forwarded to the Tennessee PTA for statewide competition by the TN PTA deadline.
- County winners will be honored locally at the “Celebrating Our Students & Honoring Our Founders” Awards Ceremony on February 25, 2020.
- State winners will be honored at an event at the Tennessee PTA Convention.
- Local Unit PTAs must enroll in the National Arts Program. Click here to enroll.
Reflections is a National PTA Program. The program encourages students to participate in the arts through competition in dance choreography, film production, literature, musical composition, photography and visual arts. Click here for Reflections rules and here for Reflections forms .
All entries MUST have a Student Entry form attached. Please use inventory forms respective to the county (KCC PTA) and state (TN PTA) when submitting enteries at those levels. Be sure that the entries you send to the Council follow the rules on size and format.
Next Year's Theme Search Entry Form
KCC PTA Reflections Resource Handbook
Reflections Student Entry Form - These forms must be attached to every student entry. Fill in your local PTA information in the box at the top of the page before copying forms for distribution to students or be sure to fill it in when the students submit their artwork, i.e., before submitting to Knox County Council PTA or Tennessee PTA for judging. Students and parents (for all children under 18) need to sign the form and all information requested is required. Incomplete forms may disqualify entry.
KCC PTA Reflections Inventory Form – This form is to be sent with your entries for the Knox County Council PTA Reflections Contest. Each local unit may submit three entries for each division from each of the six categories and the special artist division.
Instructions on Filling Out Student Entry Forms
TN PTA Local Unit Inventory Form – This form is your school entry inventory you use to submit your winners to State competition. Because not all units in Tennessee belong to a council, Tennessee PTA accepts entries directly from local units. When submitting to the state, any entries being submitted by Knox County Council do not count against your total entries being submitted. However, you may not submit an entry from an artist in any category in which the artist is being entered by KCC PTA (only one entry per student per category may go to Tennessee PTA). You may submit five (5) entries per category to Tennessee PTA.
Continuing this year is a special artist division for students with disabilities as defined under the Americans with Disabilities Act.
To enhance your Reflections program resources, you may apply for a grant through TNPTA Arts Enhancement Grant Application Grant applications are accepted anytime of the year.
To learn general information on Reflections, please take National PTA’s online eLearning training through: Reflections Leader Training Walk through a step-by-step process, gather tools and resources, and learn best practices for encouraging creativity in your school with the National PTA Reflections student arts recognition program. This is approx. 30 min.
Local Leaders Guide to Reflections: Reflections 101
The 2018-19 PTA Local Leaders Guide will give you all the information you need to get started. You will need to be sure that your Reflections Chair, under the direction of your Board of Managers, has made arrangements for impartial judging.
National PTA E-Learning Library (Reflections Leadership Training is located under Leadership Enhancement)
Knox County Council Reflections winners will be recognized by the “Honoring Our Founders & Celebrating Our Students” (Student Awards Recognition) on February 25, 2020. Council award winners and their local PTA units will receive notification and an invitation to the awards recognition by the end of January if they are a county winner. Tennessee PTA award recipients are announced in March. All TN PTA Reflections Winners will be honored at a special ceremony at the annual TN PTA Convention in Knoxville in April 2020.
For further reference or information, please contact the reflections chair at anita@patelimmigration.com or review the Tennessee PTA Contest guidelines at http://tnpta.org/reflections.html
All entries MUST have a Student Entry form attached. Please use inventory forms respective to the county (KCC PTA) and state (TN PTA) when submitting enteries at those levels. Be sure that the entries you send to the Council follow the rules on size and format.
Next Year's Theme Search Entry Form
KCC PTA Reflections Resource Handbook
Reflections Student Entry Form - These forms must be attached to every student entry. Fill in your local PTA information in the box at the top of the page before copying forms for distribution to students or be sure to fill it in when the students submit their artwork, i.e., before submitting to Knox County Council PTA or Tennessee PTA for judging. Students and parents (for all children under 18) need to sign the form and all information requested is required. Incomplete forms may disqualify entry.
KCC PTA Reflections Inventory Form – This form is to be sent with your entries for the Knox County Council PTA Reflections Contest. Each local unit may submit three entries for each division from each of the six categories and the special artist division.
Instructions on Filling Out Student Entry Forms
TN PTA Local Unit Inventory Form – This form is your school entry inventory you use to submit your winners to State competition. Because not all units in Tennessee belong to a council, Tennessee PTA accepts entries directly from local units. When submitting to the state, any entries being submitted by Knox County Council do not count against your total entries being submitted. However, you may not submit an entry from an artist in any category in which the artist is being entered by KCC PTA (only one entry per student per category may go to Tennessee PTA). You may submit five (5) entries per category to Tennessee PTA.
Continuing this year is a special artist division for students with disabilities as defined under the Americans with Disabilities Act.
To enhance your Reflections program resources, you may apply for a grant through TNPTA Arts Enhancement Grant Application Grant applications are accepted anytime of the year.
To learn general information on Reflections, please take National PTA’s online eLearning training through: Reflections Leader Training Walk through a step-by-step process, gather tools and resources, and learn best practices for encouraging creativity in your school with the National PTA Reflections student arts recognition program. This is approx. 30 min.
Local Leaders Guide to Reflections: Reflections 101
The 2018-19 PTA Local Leaders Guide will give you all the information you need to get started. You will need to be sure that your Reflections Chair, under the direction of your Board of Managers, has made arrangements for impartial judging.
National PTA E-Learning Library (Reflections Leadership Training is located under Leadership Enhancement)
Knox County Council Reflections winners will be recognized by the “Honoring Our Founders & Celebrating Our Students” (Student Awards Recognition) on February 25, 2020. Council award winners and their local PTA units will receive notification and an invitation to the awards recognition by the end of January if they are a county winner. Tennessee PTA award recipients are announced in March. All TN PTA Reflections Winners will be honored at a special ceremony at the annual TN PTA Convention in Knoxville in April 2020.
For further reference or information, please contact the reflections chair at anita@patelimmigration.com or review the Tennessee PTA Contest guidelines at http://tnpta.org/reflections.html
Safety Poster & Multi-Media Contests
KCC Health/Safety/Welfare Chair: Tara Mallison
2019-2020 Theme: "Put down your phone"
Forms:
KCC PTA Safety Student Entry Form
KCC PTA Safety Local Unit Inventory Form
Guidebooks:
TN PTA Safety Poster Arts In Education Overview
TN PTA Safety Poster Arts In Education 2019-20 Handbook
2018-2019 KCC PTA Citizenship, Safety Poster and Safety Multi-Media Contests Handbook
2019-2020 Theme: "Put down your phone"
Forms:
KCC PTA Safety Student Entry Form
KCC PTA Safety Local Unit Inventory Form
Guidebooks:
TN PTA Safety Poster Arts In Education Overview
TN PTA Safety Poster Arts In Education 2019-20 Handbook
2018-2019 KCC PTA Citizenship, Safety Poster and Safety Multi-Media Contests Handbook
Citizenship Essay Contests
KCC Citizenship Chair: VACANT
2019-2020 Theme: "We are all dreamers"
Forms:
KCC PTA Citizenship Student Entry Form
KCC PTA Citizenship Local Unit Inventory Form
Guidebooks:
TN PTA Citizenship Arts In Education Overview
TN PTA Citizenship Arts In Education 2019-20 Handbook
2018-2019 KCC PTA Citizenship, Safety Poster and Safety Multi-Media Contests Handbook