Good Day NWA! Arkansas Arts Academy students highlight El Dia de los Muertos Event! Make plans to join our community celebration as AAA partners with the City of Rogers for an El Dia de los Muertos event, Thursday Nov. 2 from 5-8:30 pm. The event will begin in the HS Commons where students will offer dance and theatrical performances, display works of art, host a Latin cuisine fundraiser as well as offer art making and arts integration stations with connections to the celebration of El Dia de los Muertos.
At 6:30 pm a procession will depart from the high school campus to Downtown Rogers. Dancers, marionettes, choir, and a percussion band will lead the audience to the Rogers Historical Museum where the public can pay respects at the oferenda, designed and built by students in Spanish classes. The procession continues to the Frisco Plaza where performances by AAA choir, Equilibrium and dance ensemble, chamber orchestra, percussion, and the Rockhoppers will perform. The event is free and open to the public.
To see the news highlight visit https://www.nwahomepage.com/video/ar-arts-academy-to-celebrate-dia-de-los-muertos/9127045/
The elementary PTA movie night at 7:00 tonight is now in the gym at AAA Elementary! Come watch Hocus Pocus 2 with us!
@artsk12 high school is honored to be selected to be chosen by the ADE/DESE to participate in BX3. A coaching program designed to help school behavior teams develop tiered systems of schoolwide positive behavior supports. Creating action plans for student behavior interventions
Join us on Monday, October 30th for "Scholarship Search 101" in the High School library from 6 - 7 pm. The University of Arkansas will present! Parents and students are welcome.
REMINDER: Savannah College of Art and Design is coming to AAA on October 31st! They will offer a presentation providing information on their college and the admissions process, as well as portfolio reviews. Students, to sign up for the presentation, which will take place during 10th-12th grade advisory (11:30-12:20), please use the following link: https://tinyurl.com/SCADpresentation. To sign up for a portfolio review, which will take place from 1 - 4 pm, please use the following link: https://tinyurl.com/SCADportfolioreview. Students are encouraged to sign up quickly, as there are a limited number of spots available. SCAD has also asked that students prepare a fully completed portfolio for the review. Both the presentation and portfolio reviews are available to seniors and juniors, although preference will be given to seniors for portfolio reviews if spots fill up. If you have any questions, please reach out to Ms. McDowell at mmcdowell@artsk12.org.
Make plans to attend El Dia de los Muertos Community Celebration next Thursday, November 2nd at the High School Campus from 5-8:30 pm! This is a collaborative event hosted by Arkansas Arts Academy and City of Rogers.
5-6:30 pm Join us in the HS Commons where students will offer dance and theatrical performances, display works of art, Latin cuisine fundraiser as well as offer art making and arts integration stations with connections to the celebration of El Dia de los Muertos.
6:30 pm a procession will depart from the high school campus to Downtown Rogers. Dancers, marionettes, choir, and a percussion band will lead the audience to the Rogers Historical Museum where the public can pay respects to ancestors at the oferenda, designed and built by students in Spanish classes. The procession continues to the Frisco Plaza where performances by AAA choir, Equilibrium and dance ensemble, chamber orchestra, percussion, and the Rockhoppers will perform.
The event is free and open to the public.
FINAL CALL! AMDA (American Musical and Dramatic Academy) is coming to Arkansas Arts Academy on October 30th to host admission auditions for juniors and seniors. To sign up for an admissions audition, please use the following link: https://tinyurl.com/AMDAauditions. Juniors and seniors are encouraged to audition! For questions, please reach out to Ms. McDowell at mmcdowell@artsk12.org
Elementary students and staff ended a fantastic Red Ribbon Week celebration with a fun day of costume dress up and saying Boo to Drugs and Bullying.
For bonus points, can you find Waldo?
El Día de los Muertos preparations are underway. Equilibrium dancers work together to prepare their flower crowns.
AAA cross country runners ran the Gravette Invitational with Kol Doughty placing 12th in the high school boys division with a personal record. Lilly James placed 4th and Emma Kennedy placed 8th in the junior high division.
On Saturday the 10th at Springdale, Lilly James placed 17th and Karleigh Watson placed 20th in the junior high division, both with personal records. Kol Doughty, Anthony Kedrowski, and Emma Kennedy also finished with personal records!
Way to go AAA Cross Country Team!
THANK YOU to all who participated and supported the 9th annual AAA Night @ the Museum at Crystal Bridges Museum last night! The event was a huge success and the students were absolutely FANTASTIC! A big THANK YOU to all the teachers (K-12) that worked with the Arts Integration team to incorporate works from the collection of the Museum into the class curriculum.
Thank you to CRYSTAL BRIDGES MUSEUM OF ART and the incredible team of Museum Educators who have worked with our school and assisted in hosting this event at the Museum. Enjoy highlights of the evening (Thank you Taylor Lenon for taking some incredible images!)
To see more highlights of the evening visit https://sites.google.com/artsk12.org/aaa-arts-integration/museum-partners/aaa-night-the-museum
AAA students are talking about different works of art at Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art! Join us! We are here until 8:00 tonight.
Today's elementary Red Ribbon Week spirit day was "It's Crazy to Do Drugs or Bully."
CLÍNICA DE VACUNACIÓN CONTRA LA INFLUENZA:
Flu vaccine clinic Nov. 9th
Reminder! AMDA (The American Musical and Dramatic Academy) is coming to Arkansas Arts Academy on October 30th to host admission auditions for juniors and seniors! They will also be teaching masterclasses in Musical Theater and Acting 1 and hosting a table for questions during 10th-12th lunch on October 30th. To sign up for an admissions audition, please use the following link: https://tinyurl.com/AMDAauditions. Juniors and seniors are encouraged to audition! For questions, please reach out to Ms. McDowell at mmcdowell@artsk12.org
Elementary staff and students enjoyed Pairing Up Against Drugs and Bullying for some Red Ribbon Week spirit fun.
Reality Check Event for AAA High School!
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This Thursday evening is a AAA NIGHT @ THE MUSEUM! Come to Crystal Bridges Museum between 6-8 pm and see AAA students (K-12) activate the Museum galleries and share connections they have made in class using works of art from the permanent collection. The event is free and open to the public.
Download a map of the stations that will be offered at the event. https://sites.google.com/artsk12.org/aaa-arts-integration/museum-partners/aaa-night-the-museum/map-aaa-night-the-musuem
