7-12 Campus

Let’s guac and roll! Tonight is Spirit Night at Chipotle! Leave the cooking to Chipotle and come help raise funds for your school and teachers! Chipotle is located at 2400 SE Walton Blvd in Bentonville. If you prefer to use online ordering and pick up, please be sure to put in code JYEDLX2 to ensure our school receives the credit. Bring your family and bring your friends and we will see you there.

Reminder! Early release day on Friday for K-12. K6 will dismiss at 12:30pm and HS will dismiss at 12:45pm. Click the link for details on the revised HS bell schedule and the revised K-12 bus schedule. https://5il.co/10ao0

Don't forget Coffee House is coming soon! You may pre-purchase tickets through My Payments Plus. $3 for individuals or there are a limited number of tables seating 8 available for $20. First come-first serve.

Congratulations to our Arkansas Arts Academy Teachers of the month, awarded at the November 9th, 2021 School Board meeting; Elementary School: November - Lily Welch High School: November - Sabrina Garcia October - Patricia Moreira September - Kerrey Klatt

Mark your Calendars! Coffee House will be Friday, November 19th from 6:30pm to 8:30pm. Enjoy warm beverages, sweet snacks, and wonderful entertainment from the talented 7-12 artists at AAA. More details will be available soon.

Parents, You may have received an attendance letter in the mail over the past few days, and I wanted to discuss that process with you. Our goal at Arkansas Arts Academy is to ensure students reach high levels of success and provide opportunities to participate in multiple arts programs and activities. Over the past 18 months, one thing reinforced through absences due to COVID is how critical school attendance is to student success. For this reason, we have once again started sending attendance letters when students have accrued unexcused absences. Attendance letters are mailed when a student accrues four, eight, or ten individual course absences. We want to keep you informed of your student's attendance information to ensure they receive credit for their hard work and remain on track for graduation. If a student accrues ten or more unexcused absences in an individual class, they risk not receiving course credit regardless of their grade. If you find an error in the reported attendance data within the letter, please reach out to me by phone or email using the contact information below and we can work to correct the errors. Sincerely, Dr. Bryan Appleton High School Principal bappleton@artsk12.org 479.631.2787

Mr. Leffingwell's 3D Design class has decorated the campus with their geometric sculptures.

Today 34 of our future female leaders had the opportunity to attend the NWA Women’s Conference at NWACC. The speakers shared their stories on how they have found their way in their education and careers. These women gave practical advice and asked our students to be open to opportunities that arise as they make decisions about their futures. It was a great day empowering girls to reach for the stars!

AAA Family, The high school will be releasing at 2:00 on 10/1 and 10/8 due to road closures that involve the homecoming parades for Rogers HS and Heritage HS. These closures will not affect the elementary school. The link below will take you to the schedule that we will use for both Fridays. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Dbn5F3PtJNj_3L6PXq7Lq1gMk3aJ8pAb/view Thank you! Bryan Appleton, EdD High School Principal View Analytics

Happy Friday AAA! Please click the link below for a letter from the high school. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ceAkpvi7EUR_VpmLzuUwYi_VZi2dqgwt/view

ACT Aspire Scoresheets are on their way home! Students in grades 7-11 received their scoresheets today in advisory and students in grades 4-6 will receive theirs in Tuesday folders next week. Virtual student scoresheets can be picked up at the administration office next Wednesday or will be mailed home. In order to help you interpret these results, we've created a video guide to the scoresheet that can be accessed here: https://youtu.be/RbMUkMP-YP8 Students will take the ACT Aspire for the 2022 school year April 18th-21st for 7th-10th grade and May 9th - 13th for 3rd-6th grade. Thank you for partnering with us in your child's education. If you have any questions or concerns, please contact Heather Davis at hdavis@artsk12.org or (479)877-1723.

AP Psychology students using their neurons and eating them too!

Attention HS PM Car Line Pick-Up Drivers: While car line is becoming increasingly shorter, the dangerous pickups on Poplar Street and 6th Street are becoming worse. Students are not allowed to be picked up in either of those locations for safety reasons and to prevent blocking traffic. Please pick up your student in front of the main office using the car line. I assure you both staff and parents share the same goal of the safest and quickest pickup possible. Thank you.

AAA Virtual Students Meal Pickup - to sign up, use the form this link: https://www.artsk12.org/article/525177?org=district - Please apply by Friday of each week to pickup on the following week.

Bus Families: the busses are running late. Thank you for your patience.

Happy First Day of School! Remember that masks are strongly recommended to protect each other. See you soon!

Attention HS Families! Open House is Tuesday, Aug 3rd from 4pm-7pm! HS students can: -meet their teachers -get supplies lists/syllabi -pick up their schedule -pick up back-to-school forms packets -meet with community partners & learn about available community resources Please visit https://www.artsk12.org/o/high-school/browse/237148 for copies of info slides and link to the Family Voice Townhall video. Contact Mrs. Carpenter if you have open house questions. rcarpenter@artsk12.org

Arkansas Arts Academy is looking for a part time technical coordinator for our elementary school. If you are interested or know someone who may be, visit or share this link for more information and to apply: https://bentoncounty.tedk12.com/hire/ViewJob.aspx?JobID=211

Hello 7th grade families! We are so excited to see our incoming 7th graders for their orientation tomorrow from 10 am - 2 pm. If you have questions as parents, you are welcome to stay after drop off or come an hour early before pick up time and we will be happy to answer any questions. Students may need a light jacket and their own lunch if they don't want to eat in the cafeteria. See you in the morning!!

School Supplies Update! Parents and students will be able to pick up exact supply lists for courses at Open House on August 3rd. Students will only need something to write on and something to write with the first three days of school in order to allow our families to take full advantage of Arkansas's tax free weekend August 7th-8th. In addition to supplies needed for courses, each student should bring one box of facial tissue, one roll of paper towels, and one canister of sanitizing wipes. These items can be dropped off in the main office. It is also recommended that each student purchase a planner to use for organization. Thank you for choosing Arkansas Arts Academy, see you soon!