I Belong!

Sixth District PTA Winners- Reflections News from California State PTA

Sixth District PTA has received great news from the California State PTA Reflections Committee!

In total, Sixth District PTA recipients received 9 awards, including:

Award of Excellence- 3

Award of Merit- 2

Honorable Mention- 4

Award of Excellence and Award of Merit submissions will be displayed in the Convention Reflections Gallery. Additionally, submissions that received the Award of Excellence will be forwarded to the National PTA for consideration. We wish them luck!

CONGRATULATIONS TO THE AWARD RECIPIENTS!

Reflections Chairs, please check your email for further information.

2025-26 PTA Reflections Theme: I Belong!

Get your students excited about Reflections! Encourage them to participate in any or all of the 6 categories: Dance Choreography, Film Production, Literature, Music Composition, Photography, and Visual Arts.

RECORDINGS:

KickStart Reflections Training for Units -https://vimeo.com/1113043252?share=copy

Here is the Slide presentation for KickStart -https://drive.google.com/file/d/1d5h_ZjxWx8nb2Y7fk4p8q6ijfxkEpItC/view?usp=drive_link

Virtual Form Training for Units: https://vimeo.com/1114375292?share=copy

And here are the slides: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1_7TWrtgc3FbRPk1PCBmjyjvou5uxLjAa/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=107681650220259898424&rtpof=true&sd=true

TRAINING:

Virtual Judging for Units September 18 - two sessions with the same information. Registration links:

10AM -https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_A5Er-X7dRHOO8UkQ-lt3Zw

7PM - https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_5bhdyPuMSZqf5AQWlLK82A

Current Student Packet – available in English (fillable PDF form) and Spanish (fillable PDF form).

2025-26 Participation Forms:

Unit Participation Form — available in English
Student Packet — available in English and Spanish
Student Entry Form — available in English and Spanish

More information and details: https://capta.org/resource/participant-forms/

Rules by Category:

Register on the National PTA website (Optional)

Review the Local Leader's Guide in English or in Spanish which outlines the steps needed to host a program at your school. You will also find helpful tools to recruit and train volunteers as well as to plan family celebrations.

Fall 2024 California State PTA Training

General Resources:

(Make sure you are in the right Google Profile) - Make your copy of the Virtual Form
Virtual Form Setup
https://capta.org/programs-events/reflections/
Rules by Category, Participation Forms, Post Reflections Materials, National PTA & Local Leader's Guide