On March 19, the H. Frank Carey PTA hosted a PTA ceremony celebrating the winners of the PTA Reflection art contest. In attendance was the New York State PTA President Helen Hoffman, who announced that Dylan Zitti’s photograph has advanced to the national level. Congratulations to all our PTA winners! We wish Dylan luck! All PTA Reflection winners will have their artwork displayed at the Franklin Square Library in April.
The following are the 2023-24 Reflections Winners:
Junior High
Literature
1st Place: Katie Wang
2nd Place: Alessia Libardi
3rd Place Rachel Schriefer
Honorable Mentions: Sophia Phan and Aiden Jacob
Visual Arts
1st Place: Maya Karas
2nd Place: Sofia Campoli
3rd Place: Samantha Brunhuber
Honorable Mentions: Jonathan DeCastro and Emma Kirrane
High School
Literature
1st Place: Paolo Maniaci
2nd Place: Sofia Maksuta*
3rd Place: Natalie Campisi
Honorable Mention: Christopher Dizon and Meerab Chaudhry
Honorable Mention for Creativity at the request of the Reflections Judge: Randy Serrano and Valentina Falanga
Photography
1st Place: Mia Montana and Dylan Zitti
2nd Place: Meerab Chaudhry
Honorable Mention: Jin Peng Wu
Visual Arts
1st Place: Shania McCombs
2nd Place: Ava Maia
3rd Place: Kate Ras
Honorable Mentions: Lili Duggan and Emily Huang