ROUND ROCK ISD COUNCIL OF PTA’S
Reflections Award Ceremony 2022-2023 April 17th 2023 06:30 PM - 08:30 PM
OVERALL AWARD OF EXCELLENCE
Dance Choreography
Kaleb (Formally Katrina)
Isabelle Wong
Juliet Todoroff
Turner-Cedar Ridge Highschool-HS
Cedar Valley Middle School- MS
Fern Bluff Elementary-ES
Srikari Gangumalla Canyon Creek Elementary-ES
Film Production
Mina Yoo
Round Rock HS
Gavin Brown Pearson Ranch MS
Selim Uyan James Walsh MS
Ella Paum Chandler Oaks ES
Siddhant Palamarthy Canyon Creek ES
Literature
Claire Lee Westwood HS
Isabelle Wong
Cedar Valley MS
Ruby Jane Erwin Patsy Sommer ES
Vaanya Jain Cactus Ranch ES
Music Composition
Carter Smith Westwood HS
Gavin Brown Pearson Ranch MS
Kayshi Kaushal James Walsh MS
Aadya Sekhar Canyon Creek ES
Cash Cummings Deep Wood ES
Photography
Nila Arunkumar High School McNeil HS
Abhay Tippimath Pearson Ranch MS
Adeline Chartier Patsy Sommer ES
Aria Jones Brushy Creek ES
Visual Arts
Lela Thornhill Round Rock HS
Claire DeVille Cedar Valley MS
Evan Shuhan Li Grisham MS
Anna Kao Brushy Creek EM
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CONGRATULATIONS !!!
Student Spotlight
Gavin Brown
Advanced to National
Gavin Brown Overall Award of Excellence
Special Artist Film Production and Music Composition
“Show Your Voice”‐The Official Music Video & “Show Your Voice”-Original Music 2 years in a row!
Show Your Voice - The Official Music Video - PTA Reflections 2022-23
OVERALL AWARD OF EXCELLENCE
LITERATURE READINGS
Ruby Jane
Overall Award of Excellence
Patsy Sommer ES
How I Can Show My Voice
Claire Lee
Overall Award of Excellence
Westwood HS
Blooming in a Garden of Voices
Isabelle Wong
Overall Award of Excellence
Cedar Valley MS
Small Steps
Vaanya Jain
Overall Award of Excellence
Cactus Ranch ES
Dear Writing
AWARD OF EXCELLENCE
Dance Choreography
Morgan Muscato Westwood HS
Joan Amalraj Canyon Vista MS
Florentina Vargas Townsend Spicewood ES
Madison Brunet Blackland Prairie ES
Manya Naik Purple Sage ES
Film Production
Arnav Saraf Canyon Vista MS
Diya Nair Grisham MS
Adelyn Rose Hager Spicewood ES
Joshua Wong Brushy Creek ES
Pragati Vijayakumar Elsa England ES
Simon Resnick Sommer ES
Literature
Jatin Aggarwal Westwood HS
Ishani Srivastava McNeil HS
Isabel Wen Grisham MS
Shreya Nair Grisham MS
Neha Vijay Cedar Valley MS
Emily Minerd CD Fulkes MS
Neil Vemuri Pearson Ranch MS
Chasity Coburn Old Town ES
Nila Karthik Elsa England ES
Srikari Gangumalla Canyon Creek ES
Genevieve Friend Deepwood ES
Krisha Raj Sommer ES
Arnav Acharya Sommer ES
Medha Raghu Sommer ES
Anna Kao Brushy Creek EM
Aria Jones Brushy Creek ES
Anirudh Deepak Sommer ES
Valentina Higuera Wells Branch ES
Emma Gosch Brushy Creek ES
AWARD OF EXCELLENCE
Music Composition
Samarth Margasahayam
Westwood HS
Sandali Gangwar Westwood HS
Arnav Saraf Canyon Vista MS
Ruth den Harder Teravista ES
Adeline Chartier Sommer ES
Anish Iyer Sommer ES
Surya Arunkumar Pearson Ranch ES
Richard Cardillo
Great Oaks ES
Sahana Karthikeyan Great Oaks ES
Aayushi Mhatre Chandler Oaks ES
Samiron Banerjee Chandler Oaks ES
Katherine Miller Brushy Creek ES
Photography
Charlie Shanks McNeil HS
Yash Pawar Westwood HS
Akshara Acharya Cedar Valley MS
Joan Amalraj Canyon Vista MS
Pragati Vijayakumar Elsa England ES
Myra Marpu Canyon Creek ES
Grant Brunet Primary Blackland Prairie ES
Anika Shambhavi Kaul Sommer ES
Emma Gosch Brushy Creek ES
Visual Arts
Arya Ramaiah Westwood HS
Ella Kim Westwood HS
Yoonjie Westwood HS
Neha Vijay Cedar Valley MS
Marley (Kyte) Abshier CD Fulkes MS
Valentina Gomez-Vela Hopewell MS
Anahli Tegbe Hopewell MS
Michaela John Hopewell MS
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Simone Branch
Rosalie Breton
Jayhyun Kim
Lydia Tsengl
Aaron Fagins
Asher Jones Intermediate
Reina Giles Intermediate
August Zhang
Danielle Ndinya
Nishna Gandra
Lingyu Zhao
SiddarthNair
Shreya Palamarthy
Sanmita Vaddagiri
Bailey Min
Rishaan Shah
Lyla Buckingham
Robert Mosley
Miraya Joshi
Shragvi Tiwari
Maria Elena Kempel
Wesley Bassett
Hopewell MS
Pearson Ranch MS
Pearson Ranch MS
Walsh MS
Brushy Creek ES
Brushy Creek ES
Brushy Creek ES
Cactus Ranch ES
Cactus Ranch ES
Canyon Creek ES
Canyon Creek ES
Canyon Creek ES
Canyon Creek ES
Chandler Oaks ES
Elsa England ES
Elsa England ES
Fern Bluff ES
Fern Bluff ES
Great Oaks ES
Laurel Mountain ES
Old Town ES
Pond Spring ES
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AWARD OF MERIT
Dance Choreography
Diya Nair Grisham MS
Cameron Payne Cactus Ranch ES
Amaira Negi Sommer ES
Iris Gao Spicewood ES
Pragati Vijayakumar Elsa England ES
Film Production
Surya Arunkumar Pearson Ranch MS
Vera Chernetsova Canyon Creek ES
Hayes Koepke Fern Bluff ES
Paul Chun Laurel Mountain ES
Elliot Kolber Great Oaks ES
Literature
Abigail Allison Cedar Ridge HS
Seokhyun Alex Kim Westwood HS
Charlie Shanks McNeil HS
Anagha Deepak Round Rock HS
Anagha Deepak Round Rock HS
Isabel Wen ` Grisham MS
Miriam Haskins CD Fulkes MS
Esha Shanbhogue Cedar Valley MS
Eliana Chua Hopewell MS
Shireen Valasagandla Ridge View MS
Angelina Kao Brushy Creek ES
Ahan Gajjar Cactus Ranch ES
Samyukta Arvind Canyon Creek ES
Ayush Sankar Elsa England ES
Ayush Sankar Elsa England ES
Miraya Joshi Great Oaks ES
Nora Menon Spicewood ES
Anusha Garg Laurel Mountain ES
Music Composition
Andrew Betron Westwood HS
Dalton Ma Westwood HS
Mahati Geetla Grisham MS
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Landon Boecker
Blackland Prairie ES
Emma Gosch Brushy Creek ES
Aashvi Rathi Cactus Ranch ES
Krista Michael Elsa England ES
Ayush Sankar Elsa England ES
Govind Iyer Laurel Mountain ES
Photography
Ella Mikulencak
Round Rock HS
Yash Pawar Westwood HS
Ben Brunet
Blackland Prairie ES
Cameron Payne Cactus Ranch ES
Sanvi Singh Cactus Ranch ES
Chasity Coburn Old Town ES
Atharv Koka
Daksh Kuladeepak Gowda
Lise Billy
Elsa England ES
Laurel Mountain ES
Pearson Ranch ES
Surya Arunkumar Pearson Ranch ES
Avantika Nambiar Nambiar Sommer ES
Medha Raghu Sommer ES
Nicolas Curiel-Velasquez
Visual Arts
Andrew Betron
Wells Branch ES
Westwood HS
Claire Lee Westwood HS
Elizabeth Hsu Westwood HS
Samarth Margasahayam Westwood HS
Ella Jones Cedar Valley MS
Nhu Tran CD Fulkes MS
Valerie Avina CD Fulkes MS
Jonas Dillon Sauer
CD Fulkes MS
Nuvia Soto-Reyes CD Fulkes MS
Cecilia Haskins
MIriam Reynoso
Nhi Tran
Carmendiana Bautista Rodriguez
CD Fulkes MS
CD Fulkes MS
CD Fulkes MS
CD Fulkes MS
Reenum Shahid CD Fulkes MS
Eliana Chua
Adelaide Collins
Hopewell MS
Brushy Creek ES
Jayden Hoang Brushy Creek ES
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AWARD OF MERIT continued
Angelina Kao
Eden Hibbard
Mckenzie Moran
Brushy Creek ES
Brushy Creek ES
Brushy Creek ES
Arjun Arora Cactus Ranch ES
Dulhana Sooriarachchi Cactus Ranch ES
Landyn Mallonee Callison ES
Cora Chapman Callison ES
Dezera Ganaway Callison ES
Amasha Koswatta Chandler Oaks ES
Tejas Vinod Elsa England ES
Ananya Nandiraju
Elsa England ES
Gia Lee Elsa England ES
Davis Idom Forest North ES
Carolyn Sarah Mark
Gibson Idom
Thanusha Sivaraj
Ananya Rathi
Marco Merlos
Myna C Rao
Udvita Dwivedi
Novena Lazenga
Shreya Nair
Forest North ES
Forest North ES
Great Oaks ES
Great Oaks ES
Great Oaks ES
Great Oaks ES
Great Oaks ES
Great Oaks ES
Grisham MS
Parker Hay Herrington ES
Jaelen Chua
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HONORARY MENTION
Dance Choreography
Judith Amalraj Canyon Vista MS
Dara Nguyen Brushy Creek ES
Emma Gosch Brushy Creek ES
Sanvi Singh Cactus Ranch ES
Addison Mallonee Callison ES
Daksh Kuladeepak Gowda Laurel Mountain ES
Max Gu Sommer ES
Imogen Resnick Sommer ES
Paloma Jurkevicz Teravista ES
Film Production
Joshua Smith Cathy Karaway ES
Hamza Mirza Brushy Creek ES
Krista Michael Elsa England ES
Akash Cherala Pearson Ranch ES
Anirudh Deepak Sommer ES
Nicolas Flores Wells Branch ES
Literature
Saanvi Gadoo Round Rock HS
Anagha Deepak Round Rock HS
Anagha Deepak Round Rock HS
Joan Amalraj Canyon Vista MS
Judith Amalraj Canyon Vista MS
Surya Arunkumar Pearson Ranch MS
Mason Zastoupil Blackland Prairie ES
Bradley Hoffman Brushy Creek ES
Cameron Payne Cactus Ranch ES
Grace Sunyoung Park Elsa England ES
Mannan Maggo Elsa England ES
Narain Naveenprabhu Great Oaks ES
Jaelen Chua Herrington ES
Naveen Belforte Sommer ES
Maxwell Zellner Spicewood ES
Caleb Cavinder Teravista ES
Clayton Nelms Teravista ES
Alakh Gajjar Walsh MS
Renika Dharampuria Walsh MS
Music Composition
Niketh Raghu Round Rock HS
Hiroshi Giles Cedar Valley MS
Hana Chen Grisham MS
Cameron Payne Cactus Ranch ES
Clark McDaniels Forest North ES
Lilly Davis Fern Bluff ES
Nikhil Sarathy Laurel Mountain ES
Iris Gao Spicewood ES
Arthur Powers Spicewood ES
Aarna Samarasekera Walsh MS
HONORARY MENTION continued
Photography
Yash Pawar
Westwood HS
Neha Vijay Cedar Valley MS
Aria Kashani Canyon Creek ES
Rishaan Shah Elsa England ES
Ford Koepke Fern Bluff ES
Benjamin Yarbrough Great Oaks ES
Sofia Grande Herrington ES
Vihaan Prasath Sommer ES
Visual Arts
Claire Choi McNeil HS
Arjun Bhardwaj Westwood HS
Jiayi Dong Canyon Vista MS
Antara Save Canyon Vista MS
Erin Yoon Cedar Valley MS
Kaylee (Dax) Phillips
Melissa Alpizar
Sedley Acord
Jacqueline Gonzalez Hernandez
Savanna Doyal
Miriam Haskins
Dalyla Rosenbaum
CD Fulkes MS
CD Fulkes MS
CD Fulkes MS
CD Fulkes MS
CD Fulkes MS
CD Fulkes MS
CD Fulkes MS
Ana Kim Pearson Ranch MS
Rosalie Breton Pearson Ranch MS
Netra Sainath Walsh MS
Faith Ortega Blackland Prairie ES
Mauneli Marandi Blackland Prairie ES
Diya Ashwath Athrey
Brushy Creek ES
Hamza Mirza Brushy Creek ES
Amit Panchal Canyon Creek ES
Asher Imani
Priyansh Shrivastara
Cathy Karaway ES
Cathy Karaway ES
Aadya Mhatre Chandler Oaks ES
Addilyn Morrison Fern Bluff ES
Arjun Patel Great Oaks ES
Pavithra Thangarangan Laurel Mountain ES
Ana Acharya Purple Sage ES
Guilherme Furtado Purple Sage ES
Esha Desai Spicewood ES
Ellie Kim Spicewood ES
Ayan Saraf Spicewood ES
Zoe Vu Sommer ES
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SPECIAL THANKS
Community Leaders and Special Guests
Suzi Kennon, President, Texas PTA President
Heidi M. PeCoy, Texas PTA Vice President, Field Services
Dr. Hafedh Azaiez, Round Rock ISD Superintendent of Schools
Mellissa Hoskin, Round Rock ISD Council PTA President
Carrie Mays, Texas PTA Programs Manager
Amber Feller, President- Round Rock ISD Board of Trustees-Place 3
Dennis Weiner, Round Rock ISD Chief of Police
Risa Ginther, Texas PTA Director-at-Large (Statewide Arts in Education Liaison)
Tim Lowke, Round Rock ISD Director of Fine Arts - Visual
Nolan Jager Loyd Round Rock ISD Director of Fine Arts - Music
Dr. Luz Martinez, Round Rock ISD Chief Equity Officer
Dr. Natalie Nichols, Round Rock ISD Senior Chief of Schools & Innovation
Dr. Lora Darden, Round Rock ISD Interim Chief of Teaching and Learning
“We appreciate your continued support.”
Cedar Ridge High School and RRISD P.A.C.S
for hosting this year’s Award Ceremony
Jonathan Smith, Principal- Cedar Ridge H.S.
Bill Anderson, Technical Production CoordinatorRound Rock Independent School District Performing Arts Center
Betty Jo Byrne- Performing Arts Center for Round Rock ISD, The SLIDE technician who is keeping the visuals for this program moving!!!
Round Rock ISD Schools
Students, parents, Local PTA (particularly Reflections Coordinators), Principal, teachers (particularly Fine Arts Teachers), and all of our judges. For your participation, support, and collaboration.
Special Thanks -Round Rock ISD Council
Reflections Team
Constance Blaize-Shorter, Council Reflections Chair
Monica Welch, Council Clothes Closet Chair
Carrie Mays, Texas PTA Programs Manager
Melynda Hernandez, 4th VP of Hospitality
Priya Arunkumar, Local PTA Chair (Pearson Ranch MS & McNeil HS)
LeAnne Ohlenburger, PTA Volunteer
Vijayakumar Venkatasamy, PTA Volunteer
Special Thanks - Ceremony Volunteers
Charlotte Chen , Round Rock ISD Guest Educator & Brushy Creek ES PTA VP2)
Shaini Nair, Grisham MS, Reflections Chair
Valerie Dixon, Round Rock HS Reflections Chair
Terri Crauford, Fern Bluff ES Reflections Chair
Monica Welch, Council Clothes Closet Chair
National PTA Reflections Theme for 2023-2024
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“You can start on your projects now!”