LAPTA Contests

LAPTA has wonderful and fun contests for Local PTA Units. The Fire Safety Poster Contest emphasizes fire safety with students up to grade 6. The Reflections Theme Search for 2025-26 needs students to submit original theme ideas. The Reflections Program has all details at LouisianaPTA.org/reflections.

The LAPTA Contests Committee Chair is Misty Richmond. Email her at Contests@LouisianaPTA.org.

National Fire Prevention Week is October 6-12, 2024. LAPTA is doing a Safety Poster Contest where students can draw and color a Fire Safety Poster on regular 8½ X 11 white paper. The contest is open to Pre-K through Grade 6, plus Accessible Arts Category (Students of all ages with an ADA Section 504.) The 2024 theme is Smoke Alarms: Make them work for you! Louisiana PTA will award three Awards of Merit winners and three Awards of Excellence winners per Grade Category.

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Fire Safety Poster Contest

Deadline: October 18, 2024
Announced: October 25, 2024
Quantity Offered: 6/Grade Category

Help pick the 2026-27 theme that will spark fun and creativity for a future National PTA Reflections program. The theme will inspire students to create works of art in six categories: Dance Choreography, Film Production, Literature, Music Composition, Photography, and Visual Arts. Past themes and duplicate submissions will not be considered. The past list of themes can be found at the bottom of the submission form page linked below.

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Reflections Theme Search Contest

Deadline: November 18, 2024
Announced: December 2, 2024
Quantity Offered: 5

National PTA has a long-standing commitment to arts education. The Reflections program provides opportunities for recognition and access to the arts, which boosts student confidence and success in the arts and in life. Each year, over 300,000 students in Pre-K through Grade 12 create original works of art. This 50+ year old program helps them explore their own thoughts, feelings, and ideas, develop artistic literacy, increase confidence, and find a love for learning that will help them become more successful.

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Reflections Program Contest

Deadline: January 17, 2025
Announced: March 3, 2025
Quantity Offered: MANY!

Fire Safety Poster Contest Winners

LAPTA has the annual Safety Poster Contest that alternates every other year between Fire Safety and Red Ribbon Week. This year was the Fire Safety Poster Contest which was judged by Chief Bryan J. Adams, Louisiana State Fire Marshal! Thank you, Chief, for picking the winners and for keeping children and families safe across Louisiana!