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Watch the 2024 Arkansas Arts Academy Graduation Ceremony at the link below! https://youtube.com/live/jt0MCXa91Js?feature=share

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, our high school campus will be conducting a state mandated “LOCKDOWN” drill on May 24, 2024. 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.

William Beveridge, a senior at Arkansas Arts Academy in Rogers, received the Governor's Award for Musical Excellence. Beveridge has performed many concerts at Arkansas Arts Academy and around Northwest Arkansas in the community. He has performed in jazz, rock, classical, fusion, and other styles. Additionally, he is among the first students to complete the music pathway program at Arkansas Arts Academy, which requires completion of a minimum of nine credits of music courses. Beveridge, the 2024 valedictorian, has been accepted by prestigious collegiate music programs such as Berklee and Belmont and will attend Belmont as an undergraduate student, starting in the Fall semester 2024.

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Check out the fantastic list of summer programming at AAA this summer! Follow the link to learn more. https://www.artsk12.org/o/district/article/1587865

This weekend, AAA Improv Troupe will perform in the Black Box at 5 p.m., and Encore, the musical theatre performance, will be in the Performing Arts Center.

NWA Maker Days is being celebrated at the Arkansas Arts Academy High School Colors of Connection event bringing awareness to Mental Health Awareness month. The East Initiative instructors Rob Plant (K-6 campus) and Robert Beard (7-12 campus) have their students facilitate opportunities for the public to create Mental Health Awareness ribbons using 3D printing pens and enjoy a meditation experience using VR. This opportunity was made possible through the Scott Family Amazeum! #NWAMakerDays

Open to all Northwest Arkansas Students!

Check out this summer opportunity at AAA!

Please join us for this very special event tonight. It is free and open to the public. Doors open at 5 p.m. for pre-show events.

SENIOR MEETING THURSDAY 5/9/24

EMS Arts Cafe is happening tomorrow night! On Tuesday, May 7th!

This Thursday evening is AAA Night @ the Museum! Come to Crystal Bridges Museum and support our K-12 students as they perform in the Great Hall and throughout the Museum grounds. Special guests from the National Association of Museum Schools (NAMS) will attend the event. AAA has been selected to be part of the NAMS Road Trip, a national tour of best practices of Museum School models. AAA is honored to be part of this tour and is one of six stops across the Nation! We look forward to your participation! To learn more about the event visit https://sites.google.com/artsk12.org/aaa-arts-integration/museum-partners/aaa-night-the-museum For a digital copy of the map of the stations and schedule visit https://sites.google.com/artsk12.org/aaa-arts-integration/museum-partners/aaa-night-the-museum/map-aaa-night-the-musuem

THANK YOU! To all of the students, parents, teachers and friends that helped with volunteering for the 4th annual Rogers Short Film Festival in downtown Rogers this past weekend! The event was a tremendous success and one of the highest attended. Congratulations to all filmmakers whose work was accepted for screeaning and thank you to all of the Rogers businesses who helped support the event. To see images from the festival visit https://www.facebook.com/p/Rogers-Short-Film-Festival-100075994374929/

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Elementary class pictures are on Monday, May 6th! Come dressed in your best!

AAA's Dr. Patrick Sallings offers students across NWA a wonderful opportunity to participate in music camps and perform in the AAA summer concert series with local bands and artists. Check out the poster below!

What an amazing and unique summer offering from Mr. Harris! It is open to all NWA students. Please address inquiries to aharris@artsk12.org.

Hurry and register for the AAA Archery camp. Reach out to Coach Green for more information. jgreen@artsk12.org