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Arts Academy Updates 12/01/2023 Updates from Dr. Mitchell and Mrs. Ignagni will be added to our Daily Announcements on our website. You can always find the most up-to-date news there! This update and previous information are included on the Back-to-School page. You can view a pdf of this information here: 12/01/2023 Announcements Upcoming calendar dates 12/2 – Noel...

Good afternoon, Arts Academy in the Woods has been asked to perform at “Noel Night” Produced by Midtown Detroit INC, on Saturday, December 2nd. Dance Company, Tap, Jazz Band, and ALL Choirs will be performing at The Michigan Science Center. Dance will be on a stage, choir and band will be performing in the new...

Students Sales! First Friday of every month beginning December 1st. Sellers: Students are able to sell their art, crafts, snacks/baked goods, etc. for funds to be used toward educational purposes (class trips, school supplies, art/music gear, gas money, etc.). Students keep 100% of money earned during these sales. Sellers will be dismissed from class 15...

• Today is an assembly featuring the Dance Department. Remember students to check in with your Advisory Teacher first if you are going to be with Mr. Wotherspoon. Teachers will take attendance in Advisory classes before heading to the Cafegymatorium for the assembly. • Attention students: This is a reminder that if you arrive at...

With all the talk of STEM, STEAM education seems to get swept under the rug. STEM, which stands for Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math, gets the lion’s share of the focus in conventional education. This is because we are under the illusion that young people need only these four subjects to get “good” jobs. Meanwhile,...

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• College Visits: This week The College for Creative Studies will be here on Wednesday, and Saginaw Valley State University will be here on Friday. Sign up using the QR codes around school or contact a school counselor for more information. • AAW has set Thursdays as Detroit Sports Teams Day in honor of Sammy....

• Wednesday is our Poetry Out Loud Assembly. Good Luck to everyone participating in the event. If you have any questions, for further information, please see Mrs. Francis. • November is National Homeless Youth Awareness Month. Contact Ms. Burrage for further information. • First Quarter ends this Friday, November 10th. Please check PowerSchool, and/or meet...

As any student at an arts academy high school can tell you, working with the psychology of color is an artist’s superpower.  Armed with numerous pigments, artists and designers can manipulate us, to some extent, to behave in certain ways or feel certain things. And this is nothing new. The study of color psychology has...

• November is National Homeless Youth Awareness Month. Did you know that 1 in 30 youths, ages 13-17 years old, and 1 in 10 young adults ages 18-25 years old, will experience some form of homelessness this year?! Contact Ms. Burrage for more information. rburrage@artsacad.net • First Quarter ends next Friday, November 10th. Please check...