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High School Parents and Guardians: Thank you for choosing Arkansas Arts Academy School District to provide educational services to your child. We are proud to be able to serve you and your children and we will continually strive to provide a safe learning environment for them. The safety of your child and all children in our schools as well as the safety of the school staff and support personnel is very important to us. In order to maintain a safe environment for our children to study and learn, it is necessary that we practice our emergency and crisis response plans by having drills designed to exercise our procedures. Due to the current national climate that we live in, we will be conducting a state mandated “LOCKDOWN” drill on September 26, 2024 at 10:05am. This letter is to help you understand the importance of this as well as to understand details of the drill. LOCKDOWN DRILLS The school will conduct one “Lockdown Drill” periodically throughout each school year. This type of drill will secure the school building and safely shelter all students, staff and visitors inside the building. The purpose of this drill is to keep the students safe from any danger outside or inside the building. During a “lockdown drill” all of the perimeter doors to the school building will be locked and will remain locked until the danger or issue outside or inside the building is removed. To enable everyone to remain safe, no one will be allowed to enter the building or leave the building until the drill is completed. All students and staff will practice safety procedures such as covering all windows, staying quiet, and being hidden from sight. For the safety of everyone involved and to maintain order, we respectfully ask that you would abide by the following during these drills and actual emergencies: • Do not come to the school campus • Do not call the school offices (as they will be busy with the drill or actual emergency • Do not contact students or staff members via cell phone or social media (as they will be busy with the drill or actual emergency) • Avoid social media posts. Correct information will be disseminated through our automated system as soon as possible. • Please make sure that your contact information is current at all times so that you can be reached without delay in the event of an emergency. • In the event of an actual emergency evacuation, you will receive notification of where to pick up your child as a part of our reunification procedures. Please remember that these safety practice drills are done to help maintain our schools as a safe place to learn and work. If you have any questions regarding any of these safety drills or other safety concerns, please contact your school office.

Check out this week's edition of The ARTicle! https://aaa.edurooms.com/engage/arkansas-arts-academy/newsletters/the-article-9-22-24

HIGH SCHOOL! Don't forget tomorrow is Picture Day! This includes cap/gown photos for seniors! Retakes will be Oct. 10!

A special THANK YOU to Karl Schmidt and his daugthers Jaidyn Schmidt and Samantha McDonald for their generous donation of canvas, markers and acrylic paint. These supplies will be used for all grades at the high school through Arts Integration projects. If you would like to make a donation for arts integration purposes please contact Aaron Jones, Director of Arts Integration ajones@artsk12.org. We currently have needs for visual arts materials, instruments that are in good codition, fabric and felt.

Tinkerfest 2024 is TOMORROW from 10am - 5pm! This year’s event will feature a variety of exciting activity stations, including dissecting real cars, creating custom metal engravings, learning the art of bookbinding, and experimenting with robotics, building forts, and be sure to visit Mrs. Joy Price and Mrs. Vivienne Pitts at the Gelli Print station! With over 30 activities - there will be something fun for everyone, no matter their age! To purchase tickets or learn more about TINKERFEST visit https://www.amazeum.org/events/tinkerfest/

Make plans to attend TINKERFEST this Saturday, Sept. 21 from 10 am to 5 pm at the Scott Family Amazeum. Tinkerfest is a one day event that brings tinkerers, makers, DIYers and creatives together for activities that celebrate curosity, imagination and innovation. AAA has been a partner and hosted a maker station at this event since the first year. For 2024 AAA will host a Gelli Print station organized by our amazing elementary art teacher, Mrs. Joy Price! To learn more about Tinkerfest and to purchase tickets for the event visit https://www.amazeum.org/events/tinkerfest/

Please review the attached flyer for senior information and upcoming events! "Need To Know"

High School Parent Teachers Conferences are just around the corner! Next Tuesday, September 24th teachers will be in the Commons/PAC for easy access from 11:00-7:00 (except for a dinner break from 3-4pm). You will be able to pick up your student’s progress report at this time. It is a drop in event. No appointment necessary.

Check out this week's edition of The ARTicle https://aaa.edurooms.com/engage/arkansas-arts-academy/newsletters/9-16-24-the-article

School Days at the Peel House Museum takes place this week in Bentonville. This annual event invites 4th grade classes from all over Northwest Arkansas to visit the Peel House Museum and Heritage Gardens for a free day of educational program that connects 4th grade standards with a visit to a historical home and collaboration with other museum and educational institutions. The theme for School Days is daily life and historical events that took place in Northwest Arkansas during the mid-1800’s. AAA’s 4th grade class participated in the event today visiting various educational stations located throughout the grounds of the Peel Museum. Students learned about the historic Peel house and the family that lived there during the 1870’s. Other stations included dances from the 19th century with the Shiloh Museum station, experiencing Native American artifacts from the Museum of Native American History, demonstrations of blacksmithing and much more. 2024 marks the 20th year for the School Day’s event! Over 1300 students will visit the Peel House Museum this week for School Days. Thank you to the Peel House Museum and the wonderful staff with the Peel Compton Foundation for their continued service to education programing for students in Northwest Arkansas! To learn more about the Peel House Museum and School Days visit https://www.peelcompton.org/visit-peel/ https://www.peelcompton.org/school-days/

A3 Gallery Opening is tomorrow night from 5-8 pm in downtown Rogers during the Art on the Bricks celebration! Come and celebrate the grand opening of our student gallery. The A3 Gallery is located at 228 South 1st street . The inaugural exhibition features visual artworks produced by AAA students K-12th grade. There is also merchandise available. For a $30 donation you will recieve an A3 Gallery T-shirt! Receive an A3 coffee mug for an $18 dollar donation. All donations will fund supplies to support the A3 Gallery, arts and arts integration supplies. We look forward to seeing you at the A3 Gallery opening! To learn more about the events for Art on the Bricks visit https://artonthebricks.com/ To learn more about the A3 Gallery visit https://www.artsk12.org/page/the-a3-gallery

Have you ever heard of The Anxious Generation book written by Johnathan Haidt? The following presentation is filled with data collected from that book along with some of our own AAA mental health data. Please reach out to Amber Foster at afoster@artsk12.org or Kimberly Miller at kmiller@artsk12.org or 479-631-2787, with any questions. Check out what the research says about smartphones and our adolescents. https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1VMHsqlfQ4or_h6FmzMk4r52C8upgpgIW02dTBa7hYC4/edit?usp=sharing

Thursday, August 29th, Mrs. Cannan's dance students traveled to Cyrstal Bridges Museum and The Momentary for a "Dance Chance" Field Trip. The students toured the museum, observing specific artwork and reflecting on the artwork's mood, style, and color. Then, students discussed and demonstrated what sounds and/or dance movements the artwork inspired us to create. Crystal Bridges Museum treated us to lunch, and then we were off to The Momentary to observe a technical rehearsal, participate in a movement workshop, and speak with the choreographers who were presented work in the "Dance Chance" performance. It was a wonderful day of exploring and creating!

Check out this week's edition of The ARTicle! https://aaa.edurooms.com/engage/arkansas-arts-academy/newsletters/the-article-9-8-24

Join us on Thursday, Sept. 12th from 5-8 pm in downtown Rogers for the Art on the Bricks celebration! The highlight of the evening will be the official opening of the Academy's A3 Gallery! Yes! AAA has a student gallery located at 228 South 1st street in downtown Rogers. The A3 Gallery will serve as premier gallery space to showcase k-12 creative achievments in visual arts, performances, and collaboration hub for community events. In addition, the space will serve as an extension of the classroom for students to learn gallery skills, apprenticeship opportunities with local artists, attend workshops and coordinate gallery events. We look forward to your attendance to celebrate our new creative and innovative venue - The A3 Gallery! To learn more about the events for Art on the Bricks visit https://artonthebricks.com/ To learn more about the A3 Gallery visit https://www.artsk12.org/page/the-a3-gallery

High School Lost and Found Items Please come by the front office to see Ms. Darla to claim your items.

This morning during PE, our kindergarteners participated in a GloGerm lab with me. We used a black light to look at the "germs" on our hands. Then we washed our hands to check our handwashing skills. If any glowing "germs" remained on our hands, we washed again. They were so attentive and they worked hard getting their hands clean. Good job, Kindergarten! -Nurse Katie

Dear High School Parents and Students, We will be kicking off our first club meetings next Friday. We are excited to bring some fun activities to school each week. One of our clubs is our Lego Design Club. Lego offers several competitions each year where designers can compete to have their creations become actual Lego sets for sale. Ultimately our student designs will be digital for these competitions, however, we still need Legos for the design process. Do you have Legos you would be willing to donate to the school for this club? They don't need to be sets. Random Legos will work. If you would like to donate, please drop them off at the high school office. Thank you! Picture: Self Portrait of Dr. Langley done in Lego

High School Lost and Found Please pick up items from the front office.