Middle Gate Elementary School recently announced its local and state winners for this year’s PTA Reflections program.

The theme for the PTA art competition this year was “Look Within.” All of the entries were judged on Artistic Merit/Creativity (ten points), Mastery of the Medium (ten points), and Interpretation of the Theme (20 points).

Primary and intermediate refer to age divisions. Primary is kindergarten to second grade and Intermediate is third to fifth grade, for the art competition.

Middle Gate’s first place entries have already been sent to the state level of the competition, and five of the first place winners at the school earned placement at the state level. A list of the state winners is available online at ctpta.org/ct-pta-reflections-awards-ceremony.

Below is the list of school and state winners, by category and division, as released by Middle Gate.

Visual Arts

Primary:

1st – Juliette Britton — moved on to states

1st – Emmalynn Raslan

Intermediate:

1st – Maggie Grasso

2nd – Mason Garthwait

3rd – Sophie Oldi

4th – Oliva Rodriguez

Photography

Primary:

1st – Emmalynn Raslan

Intermediate:

1st – Riley Reppenhagen — moved on to states

2nd – Oliva Rodriguez

3rd – Sophie Oldi

3rd – Maggie Grasso

Music Composition

Primary:

1st – Emmalynn Raslan

Film Production

Primary:

1st – Evan Renak — moved on to states

Intermediate:

1st – Oliva Rodriguez

Literature

Primary:

1st – Emmalynn Raslan

2nd – Evan Renak

3rd – Fiore Oldi

Intermediate:

1st – Oliva Rodriguez — moved on to states

Dance Choreography

Primary:

1st – Emmalynn Raslan — moved on to states

Intermediate:

1st – Maggie Grasso — moved on to states

State Awards

Maggie Grasso placed 4th at state for Dance.

Emmalynn Raslan placed 4th at state for Dance.

Evan Renak placed 2nd at state for Film.

Riley Reppenhagen placed 1st at state for Photography.

Oliva Rodriguez placed 3rd at state for Literature.