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Student safety is AAA's top priority. Due to the forecasted weather for today, Monday May 19, 2025, we are releasing students early. The elementary school will begin dismissal at 1:30 and the high school will begin dismissal at 2:00. Attached are the early dismissal bus times.

Parents, For the 2025-2026 school year, all students will be able to get breakfast at no charge! Please remember the cost for lunch will be $4.00, unless your family qualifies for free or reduced-price meals. To determine eligibility, we encourage all families to complete a free and reduced-price meal application. These applications will be available starting July 1st. #SchoolMeals #ChildNutrition #BackToSchool2025 #FreeBreakfastForAll

Summer EBT information. The deadline to apply is August 25, 2025. For more information follow link: https://humanservices.arkansas.gov/wp-content/uploads/DCO-PUB-600-Summer-EBT.pdf

AAA Families! Have you considered hosting an international exchange student? We are proud to partner with the STS Foundation, a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization dedicated to providing memorable cultural exchanges between American families and young people from other parts of the world. 🌎 STS Foundation Student Exchange gives American families the opportunity to share their lives and culture with exchange students from around the world by welcoming them into their homes for 5 or 10 months. If you are interested in hosting an exchange student, contact Alisha Plummer, STS Coordinator alishap.stsfoundation@gmail.com. To learn more, visit the STS Foundation website https://stsfoundation.org/

Check out this cool summer camp offered by Mr. Kyle Cornelison! For students in Kindergarten through 6th grade!

Check out this weeks edition of The ARTicle! 5/19/25 https://aaa.edurooms.com/engage/arkansas-arts-academy/newsletters/the-article-5-19-25

This morning's final Herd Hero Celebration was extra special with a visit from Al-Picasso and an amazing collaboration between Mr. Walter's and Ms. Jules' students. We also owe a huge thank you to our wonderful announcers, Kaiden and Sophia, who will be going to the high school next year.

For all that attended and participated in the AAA Night @ the Museum event last night, THANK YOU! It was a SPECTACULAR evening!✨ We could not have had better weather for outdoor performances, and our students were FANTASTIC! If you were unable to attend, here are some incredible images taken by our digital arts teacher Taylor Lenon, and his students, Scott Hansen and Corrisa Arnold! Special THANK YOU'S to: Dr. Allison Roberts and Rob Plant for greeting museum guests and ensuring all students and parents found their stations to perform. Mark Shields and his talented ukulele students!🪕 Amy Kessler & Rebecca Cannan, and their amazing dancers who masterfully choreographed connections with works from the Museum's collection of Impressionism and Modernism. 💃🏽Joy Schultz and her artistic students who offered an art-making station for museum guests.🎨 Garrett Jones and his amazing orchestra. Opening with the theme to Star Wars was EPIC! 🎻Leo Walter and the beautiful performances from his piano students. 🎹Justin Mackey and his talented troupe of actors.🎭 Max and Dr. Patrick Sallings for their incredible guitar and jazz band performances on Walker Landing.🎸 Katie Bouwhuis for her collaborative and organizational support. ❤Trevor Dane with Hugs From Friends and Tyler Parker for assisting with the HFF station.🏅 Our news friends Stacy Moore and Lindsay Semph with BrightBeam who are assisting AAA share our story. 📢 And the incredible Crystal Bridges Team! 🖼Thank you, Matthew, Mallory, Megan, Macy, Michelle, Marissa, Emma, and Amanda, for working with AAA teachers and students and making this partnership and event a success!

AAA Night @ the Museum is this Thursday Evening, May 15th, from 6-8 pm at Crystal Bridges Museum of Art in Bentonville. 🎇This event is a celebration of our partnership with the Museum. Join us for a spectacular evening as AAA K-12 students activate the Museum galleries and grounds with performances that have connections to the Museum collections. Performances include: • Elementary and High School Dance💃 • Elementary & High School Guitar🎸 , Jazz Band & Orchestra 🎻 • Theatre🎭 , Piano 🎹, Visual Art🎨 and a collaborative station with Hugs From Friends . Everyone is welcome and the event is FREE!

Hello Parents, National Teacher Appreciation Week was May 5-9, and we appreciate everything our PTA and parent volunteers did to make the week extra special for our teachers. Last year during Teacher Appreciation Week we played a week-long Survivor game with our staff that was a huge hit! Our school leadership team wants to do that again but with a Wicked theme this year. We are making a special effort to express heartfelt appreciation for our teachers and staff. So this week, May 12-16, our school is doing an amazing Teacher Appreciation Themed Week with lots of contests and treats each day. We're sure it will be fun and exciting for the students as well. We have creative ideas and special privileges for many of the prizes and treats, but we could use support with these two areas: 1. We need to obtain a good pool of $5-10 gift cards for the contest prizes. These could be to any place you think teachers and staff might like, and having a variety is part of the fun. If you would like to donate one or more, please drop them off at the office this week. 2. Small prize donations: These could be anything, like candles, candy, school supplies, etc. Last year, we had some fantastic handmade items donated too. Again, please drop off to the office this week. 3. If you are willing to donate money, our leadership team will use the funds to purchase larger prizes for the end of the contest. If you have any questions, please email Dr. Erin McGarrah at emcgarrah@artsk12.org Thank you, everyone, for stepping up and helping us make this an extra special Teacher Appreciation Week!

Join us for AAA Night @ the Museum! Next Thursday Evening, May 15th, from 6-8 pm at Crystal Bridges Museum of Art in Bentonville. This event is a celebration of our partnership with the Museum. Join us for a spectacular evening as AAA K-12 students activate the Museum galleries and grounds with performances that have connections to the Museum collections. Performances include: • Elementary and High School Dance performances • Elementary & High School Guitar, Jazz Band & Orchestra • Theatre & Piano performances. Everyone is welcome and the event is FREE!

Thank you so much to the Children & Family Advocacy Center for visiting the elementary campus to discuss body safety with our 6th graders today!

Arkansas Arts Academy welcomes everyone to our A3 Gallery on Thursday, May 8, 2025 during the Rogers Lowell Chambers Art on the Bricks to see our Elementary Students perform Slow Dance Social: Swaying through the Digital Current. 4:30-7:30 p.m.

Join us in congratulating Juliet Vega as the inaugural recipient of the Ann & Paul Padzuikas Endowment Memorial Scholarship!🧾 Juliet was awarded the scholarship at the Celebrate the Arts event this past weekend. The scholarship is awarded to graduating seniors with exceptional abilities in academics and the visual arts, a GPA of 3.25 or higher, and plans to Major in Art Education, Visual Art🎨, or Design at a 2-year, 4-year College, University, or Art School. Congratulations Juliet! We are so PROUD of you! ✨

🚨Needing a fun and FREE family night?!🚨 ♦️Join us at the Elementary May 8th for a night of bingo and prizes! 🖼️Come in early and check out the amazing art work that 5th & 6th grade has been working on at their mini art showcase! 🫵🏼Can’t make it but want to help?! We are looking for donations to go towards prize baskets (basket ideas listed below on the graphic)!

This Thursday evening (May 8th) is Art on the Bricks on Thursday in downtown Rogers. Please join us at the A3 Gallery 228 S. 1st Street from 4:30-7:30 as we celebrate this month's exhibition! Slow Dance Social: Swaying Through the Digital Current, is an immersive performance and visual art experience created by students under the guidance of Arkansas Arts Academy elementary dance teacher Kevin Guy and in collaboration with Taylor Lenon, AAA high school digital arts teacher. Inspired by David Michalek’s Slow Dancing/NYCB installation, students explored how social media influences how we view and interact with dance. The result is a compelling commentary on rhythm, identity, and digital culture brought to life through choreographed performances and curated digital art. Additionally, the gallery will highlight artwork produced by high school visual artists as well as elementary students using the Artful Learning framework.

The ARTicle 5/5/25 https://aaa.edurooms.com/engage/arkansas-arts-academy/newsletters/the-article-5-5-25

🎨✨ Celebrate the Arts is TODAY! 🎶🎸 Join us at Arkansas Arts Academy for a vibrant showcase of creativity, talent, and community spirit! From stunning visual artwork to powerful musical performances, our students are ready to shine — and we can’t wait to share it with you! 📍 Arkansas Arts Academy High School Campus 🕐 Events begin at 1:00 PM with the Spring Visual Arts Showcase 🎶 The Music Festival kicks off at 3:00 PM! 🎵 Music Festival Schedule: 3:00 – Welcome Announcement 3:05–3:20 – EMS Choir 3:20–3:45 – High School Choir 3:45–4:15 – Piano Performances 4:15–4:35 – Intermission 4:40–5:00 – Orchestra 5:00–5:25 – Guitar II 5:30–7:00 – Modern Music (Bass II–IV + select Bass I students) 🚧 IMPORTANT PARKING NOTICE: Due to ongoing construction, please do not park on Poplar Street. We must keep traffic flowing and emergency routes clear. ✅ Use district parking lots and nearby public parking areas instead. Thank you for supporting our artists and helping keep the event safe and smooth! 💚 #CelebrateTheArts #ArkansasArtsAcademy