‘Accepting Imperfection’ awards

By Mary-Justine Lanyon

 

The students who were awarded first, second and third place in the Reflections contest were presented with their trophies and medals at the May 6 meeting of the PTA at Rim of the World High School.

Reflections is an arts program sponsored by the national PTA. Students are invited to submit their work that reflects that year’s theme. The 2025 theme is “Accepting Imperfection.”

At Rim High, 13 students had submitted entries in the Visual Arts category, 12 in Photography and one in Film.

George Whitty, who has chaired the local Reflections program for eight years, explained the program to the parents and PTA members present. “Everyone did a great job,” he said. The first-place work is sent on to the district-level contest. Whitty noted that three times a work has been submitted to the state-level contest. This year was one of those years.

Victor Bahena’s work titled “Perfect in Every Aspect” was that work. His sister, Jazmin Bahena, took first place in Photography for her photo titled “Celebrating Generational Features.”

“I think this is the first time we have had a brother and sister place first,” Whitty said.

Victor’s work is currently on display in Sacramento.

In Visual Arts, Kaitlynne Bailey’s “Accepting Imperfections” took second place and Shelby Gross’ “My Beautiful Broken Vase” took third.

In her statement about her painting, Shelby noted that “even though something is broken and not in its original form, it still has the same purpose. Imperfections do not make anyone or anything have any less purpose or meaning.”

Amelia Garcia’s photo titled “Imperfect Perfections” took second place in Photography with Mylee Perrault’s photo “Through Time Frames” taking third.

All students were present to receive their trophies and medals.

Nadia Sherrill, whose film “Pobody’s Nerfect” took first place in Film, was unable to attend the awards ceremony.