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Mount Students Advance in PTA Reflections Competition

A fifth grader and a second grader are among 30 Suffolk County students whose creations may advance to the national level of competition.

Fifth-grader Arielle Rohan and second-grader Sammi Feil are state winners of the 2013 PTA Reflections competition, with a theme this year of "The Magic of a Moment." Their winning entries are eligible to move up to the national level of the competition.

Arielle's entry is a video she created using the Video Star app on her iPad, and she said: “It is about a young person needing to understand that they are special even if the world around them doesn’t notice that, and like the theme says, understanding the magic of a moment.”

Sammi's winning project is a photograph of a gathering of monarch butterflies. "That was the most I had ever seen. There were babies and adult butterflies – it was really pretty cool,” she said.

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A total of 500 students from Suffolk entered the competition, with 160 advancing to the state level of the competition; only 30 will advance to the national level.

Editor's Note: This story has been updated with a correction. The two Mount students are state winners whose work may be selected for the national level of the competition.

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