WEDNESDAY, MAY 28, 2014
LIFE
WESTERN HILLS
PRESS
20 Oak Hills students win in
‘Reflections’
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he Ohio PTA, through the National PTA, holds an annual cultural arts program, Reflections. Children in preschool through grade 12 are encouraged to create and submit works of art in six areas: literature, visual arts, photography, dance choreography, film/video production and musical composition. The Reflections program allows PTAs throughout the state to recognize children for their creativity in portraying yearly themes. Teachers, parents, children and the community can get involved in enhancing art education through the Reflections program. This year’s Reflection theme was “Believe, Dream, Inspire.” The students interpreted the theme in one of six areas which interest them such as literature, photography, dance choreography, musical composition, visual arts and video/film production. The students are given guidelines to follow such as what kind of media to use on the visual art entries, sizes, format of DVDs for film, videos, music and dance entries. The students complete their entries on their own without parent or teacher help. Some of the schools offer after-school sessions so students have the supplies available to them. This year the students in grades K through 12 submitted 118 entries for judging. Judging is based on how well the student interprets the theme via their artistic merit, and mastery of the medium. Oak Hills Local School District had 56 winners who were selected from all the entries and forwarded to Hamilton County for judging at that level. This year, Oak Hills Local School District had 29 winners at the Hamilton County. Those entries were on display at the open house at the Hamilton County Educational Office in February. Those 29 winners and other winners from various schools were forwarded to the Ohio PTA for judging. Those results should be back in April. The state winners will be notified by a special invitation and honored at the evening dessert in April. Each year all the Reflection entries are on display at the Best of Oak Hills in the front lobby. Afterwards the entries are returned to each respective school for recognition from their PTAs. The students are encouraged to enter a “Theme Search” contest each year and told what the following years theme will be, which is “The World Would Be a Better Place If....”
March 2014: Samples of the artwork produced by Oak Hills students for the "Reflections" contest. THANKS TO EMILY BUCKLEY
PEOPLE | IDEAS | RECIPES Out of 118 OHLSD Reflections entries, 56 moved to Hamilton County for judging, listed below. LITERATURE NO PRIMARY LEVEL ENTRIES RECEIVED INTERMEDIATE Katie Olson “Maria” Delshire Jack Hart “ My Instruments” Delshire Lauren Bennett “What I Dream, Believe and Inspire” Springmyer Lukas Demeter “Kids Dream” Delshire Gabrielle Byrd “A Way To Stop” Delshire Jessica Niehoff “Christmas Dream” Delshire MIDDLE/JUNIOR Hannah Cremering “Dream It, Do It” BMS Samuel Smith “But I Have To Believe” BMS Bailey Garcia “Inspiration to Be Yourself” BMS Andy Miller “Believe, Dream & Inspire” BMS Sydney Louis “Believe, Dream & Inspire” BMS Haley Hartsfield “Unconditional Love” BMS NO SENIOR LEVEL ENTRIES RECEIVED MUSICAL COMPOSITION NO PRIMARY LEVEL ENTRIES RECEIVED INTERMEDIATE Erin Kumler “Do What You Want To Do” Springmyer MIDDLE/JUNIOR Kilen Bilodeau “Magnificence” Delhi NO SENIOR LEVEL ENTRIES RECEIVED VISUAL ARTS PRIMARY Owen Hicks “Fish & Sea Life” COH Gia Hensley “I Believe In Fairies” Delshire Audrey Merriss “Starry Night Explorers” Delshire Skylar Koch “My Dreams” Springmyer Adalyn McDonald “My Big Dreams” Springmyer Elisa Alexander “Dream, Inpsire Ice Creamland” Springmyer INTERMEDIATE Katie Olson “My Dream Come True” Delshire Zoey Thorman “Face Your Fear” Delshire Jillian Yates “Flowers of Growth” Delshire Brianna Hensley “Dolphin Sunset” Delshire Makayla Campo “The DBI Flower” Springmyer Kosta Brunson “Believing in My School” Springmyer MIDDLE/JUNIOR Joel Yates “I Believe Dreams Inspire” Delhi
Sicily Calouro “Soar Beyond the Clouds” Delhi SENIOR Jackie Switzer “Composed Portrait” OHHS Emily Stalbaum “Road Map” OHHS Marianne Vukics “Inspire Others” OHHS Jackie Switzer “Modernistic Meditation” OHHS Cameron Suter “Abandoned” OHHS Taylor Helms “Keeping Your Eye in the Right Direction” OHHS Cameron Suter “Shattered Dreams” OHHS Cameron Suter “Woman at the Well of Hope” OHHS Jackie Switzer “Exposed” OHHS PHOTOGRAPHY NO PRIMARY LEVEL ENTRIES RECEIVED INTERMEDIATE Isabelle Schwoeppe “The Baby Birds Nest” Dulles Cameron Beason “Remembering Vietnam Veterans” Dulles Lily Dollries “Silhouette Of Rose w/Memorial” Dulles Isabelle Schwoeppe “Bridge To Success” Dulles Cameron Beason “God Bless Our Veterans” Dulles Cameron Beason “We Shouldn’t Forget” Dulles MIDDLE/JUNIOR Madeline Schwoeppe “Teaching Life Lessons” RRMS Madeline Schwoeppe “The Journey of Life” RRMS Madeline Schwoeppe “Twisted Dreams” RRMS Abigail Dollries “Large Bubble in Central Park” RRMS Abigail Dollries “Rose at 9/11 Memorial RRMS Abigail Dollries “Flags at Rockefeller Center” RRMS SENIOR Kelly Cline “Generations” OHHS Kelly Cline “Season’s Change” OHHS Kelly Cline “Spire of Hope” OHHS Kelly Cline “Future Past” OHHS Kelly Cline “Guiding Light” OHHS NO DANCE CHOREOGRAPHY ENTRIES RECEIVED FILM/VIDEO PRODUCTION NO PRIMARY ENTRIES RECEIVED INTERMEDIATE Grace Smith “Believe, Dream and Inspire” Springmyer MIDDLE/JUNIOR Olivia Faillace “The Beauty of Nature is Inspiring” RRMS NO SENIOR ENTRIES RECEIVED
Wm. Powell Co. helps build Sean Casey Field
The Wm. Powell Co. is teaming up with a group of eight local companies to build Sean Casey Championship Field on Cincinnati’s West Side. Powell Valves, a supplier of valves since the company’s founding in1846, is contributing financially toward the new field at 6453 Bridgetown Road, next to Dulles Elementary School in Bridgetown. The effort is a partnership with the Cincinnati
Reds Community Fund, which has helped renovate more than 350 baseball fields across Reds Country. The new field will be home to West Side Champions, a nonprofit sports organization for teams of fourth- througheighth-graders in baseball, basketball and football. Chuck Squeri of West Side Champions says there aren’t enough ball fields for youngsters on the
West Side and that the Sean Casey field will help alleviate the shortage. The new baseball diamond will include dugouts, a doublewidth batting/pitching cage and lights, which will allow night practices, games and tournaments. West Side Champions is relying on corporate contributions (both financial and in-kind resources) and volunteer labor to keep costs at a minimum.
“We are excited to be a part of this great project for youth in our community who want to pursue America’s great pastime,” Randy Cowart, president of Powell Valves, said about the sponsorship. “Baseball not only is a fun sport, but it teaches kids teamwork skills and good sportsmanship. It also encourages them to develop a strong work ethic and to be competitive, and that will help them in
school and later in life.” Powell, at 2503 Spring Grove Ave. in Camp Washington, is joining corporate sponsors such as Skyline Chili, LaRosa’s Pizzeria and others to build the baseball field. West Side Champions teams compete in the Southwest Ohio Baseball League, the Cincinnati Knothole Select Traveling League and Cincinnati Knothole Competition League.