UPDATED - MAY 2, 2025

Big news from National PTA! We're celebrating huge results — both of our advancing Reflections entries earned Awards of Excellence at the national level!

🏆 Lanny Lawrence, Spring Forest Middle School
🏆 Paulina Ausucua, Stratford High School

Each student will receive a $200 Young Artist Scholarship, a Silver Medal, a Certificate of Excellence, and have their work featured in the National PTA Virtual Exhibition. This is an incredible showing for both our district and our state — congratulations, Lanny and Paulina!

#SBISDShines #NationalPTA #PTAReflections

SBISD students recognized by Texas PTA/advancing to national competition

The National PTA Reflections competition provided a wonderful opportunity for our students to reflect, create, and grow as they developed the Core Characteristics of a T-2-4 Ready Graduate — being a critical thinker, effective communicator, compassionate citizen, and life-long learner. Congratulations to all of our participants for their creativity, hard work, and dedication!

Nearly 60,000 students participate in Reflections each year, and fewer than 3% of entries advance to the Texas PTA level. We are proud to announce that several SBISD students have earned top honors! 

Since 1969, the Reflections program has encouraged students of all ages and abilities—from pre-Kindergarten through 12th grade—to explore and be involved in the arts. Students submit original works in categories such as dance choreography, film production, literature, music composition, photography, and visual arts, all inspired by an annual theme.

This year’s theme, "Accepting Imperfection," celebrated the idea that imperfection is part of what makes us perfect — a creative play on the words "I'm perfection." Students were challenged to reflect deeply on this concept and express their unique interpretations through the arts.

Congratulations to these outstanding students:

• Adeline Eckhardt, Honorable Mention, Primary Dance Choreography, Dancing From the Heart – Frostwood Elementary
• Adison Buuck, Participation, Middle School Music Composition, Be Yourself – Cornerstone Academy
• Alice Kessler, Honorable Mention, Intermediate Dance Choreography, Perfection is an Illusion – Nottingham Elementary
• Alina Lopez, Participation, Intermediate Literature, The Imperfect Bunny – Pine Shadows Elementary
• Andreas Molina, Participation, Primary Film Production, Teakwando – Nottingham Elementary
• Angela Harper, Visual Arts, Sherwood
• Carter Goode, Visual Arts, Rummel Creek
• Clark Elder, Award of Merit, Primary Visual Arts, Accepting my T1D – Bunker Hill Elementary
• Elizabeth (Ellie) Listengart, Honorable Mention, High School Literature, Perfect Imperfections – Memorial High School
• Eli Henderson, Honorable Mention, Primary Photography, Conehead – Nottingham Elementary
• Eleanora Soto, Honorable Mention, Intermediate Photography, Jack – Cedar Brook Elementary
• Gabriella Peppard, Honorable Mention, Middle School Literature, Perfectly Imperfect – Cornerstone Academy
• Henry Nesting, Music Composition, Nottingham
• Lanny Lawrence, Overall Award of Excellence, Middle School Film Production, Glasses – Spring Forest Middle School
• Lila Rene' Vela, Award of Excellence, Middle School Photography, Curve – Memorial Middle School
• Lyla Thomas, Honorable Mention, Intermediate Visual Arts, Who Am I? – Rummel Creek Elementary
• Madison Gardner, Participation, High School Photography, Reflected Truths – Memorial High School
• Niku Zadeh, Participation, Middle School Visual Arts, The Perfect Imperfection – Memorial Middle School
• Paulina Ausucua, Overall Award of Excellence, High School Visual Arts, Embrace Within – Stratford High School
• Robert (Junior) Cunningham, Participation, Primary Music Composition, Rain Storm – Nottingham Elementary
• Sutton Bronson, Award of Merit, Primary Literature, Rosie's Best – Rummel Creek Elementary

We are #SBISDProud of these talented students for representing Spring Branch ISD with excellence. 

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