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1. 1. 17th District PTA » Reflections

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   Published on: 7/29/2008   Last Visited: 8/15/2008

   Reflections was started in 1969, by then Colorado PTA President Mary Lou Anderson.

2. 2. Operations

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   Published on: 1/1/2003   Last Visited: 5/27/2008

   Colorado PTA Board Member, Mary Lou Anderson, started the program in 1969, and since that time, this program has become one of the most popular programs that the National PTA offers.

3. 3. Colorado PTA Reflections Program

   www.copta.org/Reflections.htm - [Cached]

   Published on: 1/1/2008   Last Visited: 8/12/2008

   Reflections Founder Mary Lou Anderson
   
   "Without the Arts, education is paltry indeed!"So stated Mary Lou Anderson, Colorado, a leading PTA arts education advocate and the founder of Reflections, National PTA 's long-running arts in education program.The Reflections Program, an arts recognition and achievement program, was established in 1969 by National PTA Board member and past Colorado PTA President, Mary Lou Anderson (1964-1966). Mary Lou needed to come up with a title for her proposed program.Looking out the window, she saw many reflections in the puddles on the streets and came up with "Reflections."
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   Mary Lou would take the Colorado PTA winners' entries to her home and place them all over her house and look at them for several days.She would play the musical compositions, read and reread the literature pieces, and study each visual arts and photography entry until she chose a Mary Lou Anderson winner.Mary Lou would personally contact the student and let them know that she had chosen their entry for the Mary Lou Anderson Award.At the state awards ceremony, Mary Lou would present one of her watercolor paintings to the student she thought best demonstrated the finest interpretation of the Reflections theme.