Archive for Wednesday, August 3, 2011

Incoming Mill Valley student earns national photo award

By Staff Report

August 3, 2011

Kaitlyn Jackman will be a freshman at Mill Valley High School this year. Earlier this summer she earned a National PTA award for her photography.

Kaitlyn Jackman will be a freshman at Mill Valley High School this year. Earlier this summer she earned a National PTA award for her photography.

"The Huddle," by Kaitlyn Jackman captured a moment from a Monticello Trails eighth grade girls basketball team game. Kaitlyn won a National PTA award for the photograph. It's shown here on display at the National PTA convention in June.

Contributed Photo by Tena McTaggart

"The Huddle," by Kaitlyn Jackman captured a moment from a Monticello Trails eighth grade girls basketball team game. Kaitlyn won a National PTA award for the photograph. It's shown here on display at the National PTA convention in June.

Kaitlyn Jackman, soon to be a freshman at Mill Valley High School, started her summer by winning a national arts award.

When the National PTA announced its 2011 Reflections Outstanding Interpretation Award winners in May, Kaitlyn’s photograph of Monticello Trail Middle School’s eighth grade girls basketball team earned the photography category’s top spot.

Behind the theme of “Together we can...,” submissions poured in from across the country for the 41st year of the contest. Six arts categories named winners, from dance choreography to musical composition, film production, photography, literature and visual arts.

Kaitlyn received a certificate, medallion and $800 and was recognized during a June ceremony at the National PTA’s annual convention in Orlando, Fla.

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