- Spring Brook Elementary
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Spring Brook Elementary PTA
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Welcome to the Spring Brook Parent Teacher Association. With the help of every member and volunteer, the PTA will continue to provide opportunities and resources for our students and teachers at Spring Brook.
We invite you to join us and become a PTA member this year! To those who have already joined, thank you! When you join the Spring Brook PTA, you are also a member of the Illinois PTA and National PTA. Today’s PTA is a dedicated, powerful, and connected network of over 4 million parents, teachers, students, and leaders making a difference in the education, health, and safety of America’s children. Locally, your membership provides support to our school in many ways including educational enrichment, supplies, and fun family events at Spring Brook. The Spring Brook PTA invests more than $55,000 annually to enrich our school community. Joining does not commit you to any volunteer role or require your time in any way. But it does provide the opportunity for those who wish to become more involved to join us as event volunteers, room parents, art awareness volunteers, committee members, or committee chairs.
PTA Meetings are not required of members, but are a great way to become more informed about what goes on at Spring Brook. Meetings will be held in the Spring Brook Multipurpose room at 2:00 pm on the Thursday afternoons listed in our calendar. Picture ID is required. Sign in at the front office.
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Spring Brook PTA Officers
President
Marissa Kopp
Vice President
Tiffany Malik
Treasurer
Neha Varma
Secretary
Meredith Schaffer
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What is Reflections?
Reflections program is run by the National PTA. It is set up for students to express their creativity through Dance Choreography, Music Composition, Literature, Art, Photography and Film Production. Each year, the PTA Reflections Program challenges students to create art inspired by a specific theme.
The PTA Reflections Program is designed to enhance a quality arts education by providing an opportunity for students to explore their artistic talents and receive positive recognition for their efforts. In its over 40 year history, the Reflections Program has encouraged millions of students across the nation and in American schools overseas to explore their artistic talents. It provides an opportunity for students to express themselves creatively and receive positive recognition for their artistic efforts. Supporting the Reflections Program is one way you can promote the arts in your home, your school, and your community.
Participation Process:
Students participate in the Reflections Program by submitting entries at school. One or more entries can be submitted by each child in one or more of the six categories which include: Visual arts, Photography, Literature, Music Composition, Dance Choreography, and Film Production. The entries are judged on Originality, Creativity, Artistic Merit and Expression of the theme. About 5 entries in each category will be chosen from all entries in the two Grade Divisions.
The Divisions for are as follows:
- Primary: K to Grade 2
- Intermediate: Grades 3 to 5
- Special Artists: Ungraded
Our Reflections program is structured to recognize students at the local, Council, District, State, and National Levels. Even if a student’s entry doesn’t advance beyond the school level, each child will be awarded a certificate and will have an opportunity for “Breakfast with the Principal, as an appreciation for their effort.
“An idea always starts with a rough sketch. Start somewhere and more ideas will follow.”
