Every year, National PTA hosts our annual Reflections Theme Search Contest to select one student theme to inspire student artists as they participate in the national Reflections program. Themes are selected two years in advance. Students can participate in the Reflections Theme Search Contest according to the process and guidelines outlined by their State PTA Reflections Program.
Launch Your State's Theme Search Contest
State PTAs may
submit up to five student-created themes to National PTA for review and consideration. You may collect student entries in whatever manner best serves your PTA but all advancing submissions must include the information in National PTA's
Theme Search Entry Form. Submissions are due
Dec. 1 by 11:59 p.m. PST.
Use these resources to launch your call for student submissions:
New this year, National PTA also provides template digital surveys in Google Forms that your PTA may copy and deploy to your community. Please follow this link to find directions for accessing and copying the survey options. It is highly important you create a copy of the survey to ensure your PTA maintains ownership of the survey and survey responses.
Use these graphics to promote your state's Theme Search Contest:
Theme Search Winners
One winning student's theme is selected by a team of National PTA volunteers based on originality and creativity. The winning student is awarded $100 and national recognition. Check out the past 50+ years of winning themes – all submitted by students – here.
Special thanks and congratulations, once again, to our previous Theme Search Contest winners and all of the State PTAs who participated in the Theme Search Contest!
- Paige Opaska, from Barbara Bush Middle School PTA in Texas, submitted the winning theme, Accepting Imperfection, that will inspire students during the 2024-2025 program submission. See Paige's blog feature here.
- The most recent winner of the annual contest is Ben Morgan from Lewis and Clark Middle School PTSA in Idaho! Ben’s submission, I Belong! will be the 2025-2026 Reflections theme. Learn more about Ben and the inspiration behind the theme.