2023-24 Reflections Virtual Gallery
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Music Composition

Elijah Epperson, Song of Hope
Intermediate Music Composition

Ada Baltacigil, The Love Queen
Intermediate Music Composition

Ari Shimada, Forgive
Middle School Music Composition

Josiah Hoy-Tisdale, Untitled
High School Music Composition

Ben Jaynes, Over the Horizon
High School Music Composition

Joy Connoly, Flower Bridge
Special Artist Middle School Music Composition

 

Max Germann, Better Future from Past Mistakes
High School Music Composition

 

Dance Choreography

Andrew Winter, The Zango 1
Primary Dance
Happier by Marshmello

Sylvie Gitenstein, Everyone is Beautiful
Middle School

Cora Samnick, Stay Standing
Middle School

Ruby James Madden, Chosen Family
High School

Film Production

James Williams, What I am Hopeful For
Intermediate Film Production

Lauren Reber, The Scales of Hope
Middle School Film Production

Vivienne Robertson, Bob and the Awards
Intermediate Film Production

Louise Plummer, Hello
Intermediate Film Production

Literature

Rena Derse, The Impact of the Little Birds
Middle School Literature

June Terry, Not a Long Time Ago
Primary Literature

Eleanor Evans, Hope for a World
Intermediate Literature

Abby Huang, What is the Hope we are Looking For
Middle School Literature

Alex Oh, Nature's Return
Middle School Literature

Theo Parker, I am Hopeful
Intermediate Literature

Hope in Destruction

Adeline Johnson

I am hopeful because the Earth has seen this before,
Seen this before and moved on.
Extremes cannot last, and will fade to life.
The Earth has seen it,
Seen that fires will burn, yet are sure to die,
Ice will melt, yet is sure to freeze again,
And if the land is swallowed,
Then oceans form and life returns.
And if our attempts at survival fail us,
And the fires burn us,
And the ice freezes us,
And the oceans drown us.
Then we, the parasites of our planet will be gone.
And the Earth will move on.

Adeline Jonson, Hope in Destruction
Middle School Literature

Hope is a Banyan Tree

My hope is huge
My hope is strong
My hope is free
Like a banyan tree
Engraving its broad arms into the soil
Swaying in the warm breeze
Kids laughing, swinging on the wide branches
All in Hawaii

You can feel it’s hope
The banyan trees
But there’s a twist
I am paying my respects
For it’s still there,
No care
Cackling
Crackling
Red
Flames gulp Lahaina
In one pieces
For it’s standing above the sparks
Glimmering in the dark
Just like my hope
No one can stop it

They may throw their words like I throw a baseball
They may hate me
They may break me
But my hope will still rise and be free
Just like that banyan tree

It stands above the rubble
Above the hate
All to protect hope
Hope that people in Maui will be alright
Hope that Lahaina will become the joyful and vibrant place it once was
Hope that the community will grow even stronger because of this misfortune
Like the banyan tree

For the place around it may be dead
It’s still standing
Green leaves emerging through the burnt branches
Pieces coming together
Like a puzzle
Each piece
Free
Tall
Strong
Huge
Thriving
Like a banyan tree

Greta Peterson, Hope is a Banyan Tree
Middle School Literature

Kelly Macy, Hope is the Thing With Feathers
Middle School Literature

Nature’s Hope

Dirty waves wash plastic ashore,
Littered with speckled foam,
Then I see you, cleaning the ocean with a heart that is
true, You, are my hope.

A flower garden crushed with shards of glass,
Uncared for, and overgrown,
Then I see you, clean it up on cue,
You, are my hope.
A tree, bleeding sappy blood,

Marina Teeters, Nature's Hope
Middle School Literature