FREE BREAKFAST FOR ALL STUDENTS STARTING 2025-2026
Every public or charter school student in Arkansas can now receive ONE FREE BREAKFAST each school day upon request. This benefit is regardless of income or eligibility for other meal programs.
A healthy breakfast helps students stay focused, energized, and ready to learn.
This statewide initiative is part of a broader effort to address food insecurity and improve student readiness across Arkansas. We encourage families to take advantage of this opportunity.
Start the day strong, eat school breakfast!
Every public or charter school student in Arkansas can now receive ONE FREE BREAKFAST each school day upon request. This benefit is regardless of income or eligibility for other meal programs.
A healthy breakfast helps students stay focused, energized, and ready to learn.
This statewide initiative is part of a broader effort to address food insecurity and improve student readiness across Arkansas. We encourage families to take advantage of this opportunity.
Start the day strong, eat school breakfast!
Now accepting Free & Reduced-Price Meal Applications for the upcoming school year! It only takes a few minutes to apply.
✅ Apply online today: https://family.schoolcafe.com/AAA
📄 Prefer paper? You can also print a copy from our district website or pick one up from our administration office.
Submitting your application early helps prevent meal charges and supports our schools in receiving important funding. Apply now!
✅ Apply online today: https://family.schoolcafe.com/AAA
📄 Prefer paper? You can also print a copy from our district website or pick one up from our administration office.
Submitting your application early helps prevent meal charges and supports our schools in receiving important funding. Apply now!
Arkansas Arts Academy continues to expand Arts Pathways for our high school students- with the goal of each Arts Pathway including opportunities for an arts industry internship in collaboration with our NWA community arts organizations.
AAA has officially started its first visual arts student internship this year for high school students in grades 10-12. For the Fall semester, the Visual Art internship Program has 8 high school students enrolled as interns for the A3 Gallery. During the internship, students will learn about best practices in galleries and museums, assist with installation and deinstallation of exhibitions, and visit professional local and regional galleries and museums, including Crystal Bridges Museum, the Museum of Native American History, and 21C.
Gallery Interns are currently working with Mr. Aaron Jones and Mrs. Katie Bouwhuis on the upcoming exhibition for the National Association of Museum Schools, which will be held at the Arkansas Arts Academy from September 25-27. The exhibition will showcase our school's arts-integrated approach to teaching, as well as our connections with museum and community partners.
If you would like more information about the AAA Arts Pathway Internship Program, contact Jerrie Price, High School Principal at jeprice@artsk12.org. Arkansas Arts Academy welcomes our NWA arts organizations help to establish internship experiences in Theatre, Music, Dance, Culinary
To learn more about the National Association of Museum Schools, visit https://www.museumschools.org/
AAA has officially started its first visual arts student internship this year for high school students in grades 10-12. For the Fall semester, the Visual Art internship Program has 8 high school students enrolled as interns for the A3 Gallery. During the internship, students will learn about best practices in galleries and museums, assist with installation and deinstallation of exhibitions, and visit professional local and regional galleries and museums, including Crystal Bridges Museum, the Museum of Native American History, and 21C.
Gallery Interns are currently working with Mr. Aaron Jones and Mrs. Katie Bouwhuis on the upcoming exhibition for the National Association of Museum Schools, which will be held at the Arkansas Arts Academy from September 25-27. The exhibition will showcase our school's arts-integrated approach to teaching, as well as our connections with museum and community partners.
If you would like more information about the AAA Arts Pathway Internship Program, contact Jerrie Price, High School Principal at jeprice@artsk12.org. Arkansas Arts Academy welcomes our NWA arts organizations help to establish internship experiences in Theatre, Music, Dance, Culinary
To learn more about the National Association of Museum Schools, visit https://www.museumschools.org/
Arkansas Arts Academy has initiated a student internship program this year for high school students in grades 10-12. For the Fall semester, the Internship Program has 8 high school students enrolled as interns for the A3 Gallery. During the internship, students will learn about best practices in galleries and museums, assist with installation and deinstallation of exhibitions, and visit professional local and regional galleries and museums, including Crystal Bridges Museum, the Museum of Native American History, and 21C.
Gallery Interns are currently working with Mr. Aaron Jones and Mrs. Katie Bouwhuis on the upcoming exhibition for the National Association of Museum Schools, which will be held at the Arkansas Arts Academy from September 25-27. The exhibition will showcase our school's arts-integrated approach to teaching, as well as our connections with museum and community partners.
If you would like more information about the AAA Internship Program, contact Aaron Jones at ajones@artsk12.org
To learn more about the National Association of Museum Schools, visit https://www.museumschools.org/
Gallery Interns are currently working with Mr. Aaron Jones and Mrs. Katie Bouwhuis on the upcoming exhibition for the National Association of Museum Schools, which will be held at the Arkansas Arts Academy from September 25-27. The exhibition will showcase our school's arts-integrated approach to teaching, as well as our connections with museum and community partners.
If you would like more information about the AAA Internship Program, contact Aaron Jones at ajones@artsk12.org
To learn more about the National Association of Museum Schools, visit https://www.museumschools.org/
Announcing... Arkansas Arts Academy school board meetings now are beginning at 5:00 p.m.
To locate the board agenda, past board minutes and a link to subscribe.
Go to: https://artsk12.diligent.community/portal/default.aspx
We hope the new time will increase attendance from our staff, families and community members.
As always, you can watch live or preview the recordings.
Thank you! Hope to see you at our meetings this year!
To locate the board agenda, past board minutes and a link to subscribe.
Go to: https://artsk12.diligent.community/portal/default.aspx
We hope the new time will increase attendance from our staff, families and community members.
As always, you can watch live or preview the recordings.
Thank you! Hope to see you at our meetings this year!
Bring your grandparents or other important adults in your life to start the day with donuts and OJ for Goodies with Grandparents at the elementary! See the flyer for more information.
💃🏻🎉 🪩Back to School Bash is TONIGHT in the K-6 gym! Fun, pizza, music, dancing & friends! Join us to kick off the new school year! $5 student entry! Don’t miss it!🪩🎉🕺🏻
Kindergarten artists explored the word arrange today! Using a variety of stones collected from the shores of Lake Superior—different shapes, sizes, textures, and colors—they created their own unique arrangements. Along the way, they noticed details, tapped into their natural sense of design, and discovered that arranging is an artistic behavior! They also began practicing the artistic process—working respectfully together, valuing ideas, and creating as a community of artists.
Thank you for a great first day! 🎉
We loved seeing students learning, meeting new friends, and getting back into routine.
Reminders for tomorrow:
Arrival (doors open 7:30): No parent walk-ins.
K–3 → Gym before 7:50
4–6 → 4–5 hallway before 7:50
Dismissal: Enter from 13th St. → Subbert Ln. (no 12th St.).
Have School Dismissal App open & click blue button to scan QR code.
Need help? Email rcarethers@artsk12.org or use hazard lights in car line.
Thanks for keeping things safe & smooth! 🚗💨
We loved seeing students learning, meeting new friends, and getting back into routine.
Reminders for tomorrow:
Arrival (doors open 7:30): No parent walk-ins.
K–3 → Gym before 7:50
4–6 → 4–5 hallway before 7:50
Dismissal: Enter from 13th St. → Subbert Ln. (no 12th St.).
Have School Dismissal App open & click blue button to scan QR code.
Need help? Email rcarethers@artsk12.org or use hazard lights in car line.
Thanks for keeping things safe & smooth! 🚗💨
Parents/Guardians:
Please complete your Free & Reduced-Price Meal Application BEFORE Open House and you will be entered into drawing for $100 Gift Card! Winner will be announced on Tuesday, August 12th.
It only takes a few minutes.
Apply online: https://family.schoolcafe.com/AAA
Prefer paper? Please return original signed application*
Print here:
https://core-docs.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/documents/asset/uploaded_file/525/District/5832361/Free_and_Reduced_Meal_Application_25-26.pdf
Submitting early helps prevent meal charges and will save you time at Open House. Apply today!
For questions contact Emily Karnes, CND, ekarnes@artsk12.org
Please complete your Free & Reduced-Price Meal Application BEFORE Open House and you will be entered into drawing for $100 Gift Card! Winner will be announced on Tuesday, August 12th.
It only takes a few minutes.
Apply online: https://family.schoolcafe.com/AAA
Prefer paper? Please return original signed application*
Print here:
https://core-docs.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/documents/asset/uploaded_file/525/District/5832361/Free_and_Reduced_Meal_Application_25-26.pdf
Submitting early helps prevent meal charges and will save you time at Open House. Apply today!
For questions contact Emily Karnes, CND, ekarnes@artsk12.org
Click here to apply: https://bentoncounty.tedk12.com/hire/ViewJob.aspx?JobID=369
Email ekarnes@artsk12.org or call 479-877-1792
#ArkansasArtsAcademy #JoinOurTeam #ChildNutrition
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
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.
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!
