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SCHOOL TRIP: As you many know, AAW is going to Japan this coming summer! We want to inform you that the price is going up TODAY, October 1st. If you want to go you, should sign up soon! Please see Mr. Moss (room 208) or Mr. Campbell (room 212) for more details. CREATIVE WRITING: Calling...

Monday, September 30, 2019 STUDENT COUNCIL: Thank you everyone for voting for your Student Council Representatives. Here are your winners: Middle School Co-Presidents are Mitchell Stanley and Andre’a Lynch Freshmen Class President is Kimora Daniel Sophomore Class President is Holden Hlavaty Sophomore Class Vice President is Unique Hurston Sophomore Class Secretary is Kerrington Latham Junior...

VISUAL ARTS: Attention all National Art Honors Society students. If you are in NAHS our first meeting is today (Thursday the 26th) during lunch A and B. STUDENT COUNCIL: There is a meeting TODAY for those who have applied for student council to discuss the election process. Please be in attendance for this meeting. The...

COLLEGE VISITS: College visits are starting here at AAW. Please see the counseling tab on the AAW website for more information and to sign up. Students must register to attend. VISUAL ARTS: If anyone is interested in joining the NAHS (national art honor society) please see Ms. Hemmingsen in the Art Room. Also, See Ms....

Every year, Randy Cohen compiles a list of the top ten reasons to support the arts for that given year. 2019 has been no different. So who is Randy Cohen? Only the Vice President of Research and Policy at Americans for the Arts since 1991. That’s who. So yeah, Cohen knows his stuff. He’s considered...

Monday, September 23, 2019 COLLEGE VISITS: College visits are starting here at AAW. Please see the counseling tab on the AAW website for more information and to sign up. Students must register to attend. VISUAL ARTS: If anyone is interested in joining the NAHS (national art honor society) please see Ms. Hemmingsen in the Art...

SCHOOL SUPPLIES/ANNUAL MATERIALS FEE AAW has an annual (non-refundable) Materials Fee of $50 that we charge every student for general supplies related to attending our school. Examples of costs this fee covers are choir gown/costume cleaning fees, instrument repairs, specialized art supplies, USB drives, printing fees, art framing expenses, science lab fees, just to name...

Any educator worth his or her salt wants their students to be successful in life. So they work hard imparting to their students the knowledge and skills necessary to ensure this success. Or, at least, success in college and the career world. And that’s the tricky part. Because that success is still largely determined by...

Arts education teachers – and arts integration teachers in particular – are often asked, “how can you tell if the students are actually learning anything? In other words, how does one go about assessing arts education? It’s not as clearcut as a scientific formula or a math equation. But there are actually plenty of ways....

If you regularly read our blog, then you must be some sort of wizard. And if you’re an avid follower, then you have surely gotten wind of the cognitive and social benefits of arts education. Dr. Mike Mitchell, principal of Arts Academy in the Woods in Fraser, Michigan, is back this week to dazzle us...