Week 31 - Boston Arts Academy

Weekly Bulletin
BOSTON ARTS ACADEMY
April 13 - April 17, 2015 | Week 31
Upcoming @ BAA:
Announcements for Students:
• Monday, April 13: Term 4 Begins | Red Sox 1st Home Game
• Tuesday, April 14: Town Hall Meetings during Tutorial | Senior
Grant Finalist Proposals due at 5pm
• Tuesday, April 14; Wed., April 15; Fri., April 17: Theatre 2 Jury
• Wednesday, April 15: Red Sox Day Game, 1:30pm | Community and student voice conversation during Tutorial in Assembly
Hall | Prom Committee will meet during lunch in room 337 |
Yearbook Committee will meet during lunch in room 400
• Thursday, April 16: Family Conference Day
• Monday, April 20-Friday, April 24: NO SCHOOL; Spring Recess
• Tue., April 28-Thurs., April 30: SAT Strategies Class during lunch
• Wednesday, April 29: Term 3 Honor Roll Assemblies
• Thursday, April 30: Theatre 2 Expo | Senior Grant Finalist Night
• Friday, May 1: College Visit Day
• Saturday, May 2: SAT | MCAS Engineering Intensive
Message from Ms. Clark:
This Tuesday we are coming together in community groupings for
town meetings. The purpose will be to share information, ideas,
hopes, and visions for next year. Next year we will have a new
schedule which we believe will better support student achievement: the schedule will have more time for arts and year-long
classes in math, world language, and learning center. Next year
we will have the whole building, and instead of teachers on carts
and multiple classes, art and academic, taught in rooms, we’ll
have much more space and discipline-specific rooms.
These are all exciting, positive changes. But we also want student
ideas because BAA is the school we all make it. What should we
do in terms of design and decoration in the new spaces? What
community standards should we have for stairwells, which should
be used and how? What responsibility can all of us take on for
maintaining our building?
Thanks for your ideas in the town meetings, and have a great
week!
Announcements for Families:
• Family Conference Day is Thursday, April 16 and will be held at
BAA. There are no regular classes for students this day. You will
hear from your child’s advisor about the time of your conference. If you have not heard from your child’s advisor by April
13, please contact the school at 617-635-6470. Also be advised
that due to new city regulations, we are unable to make parking available in front of the school. Depending on availability,
the following may be options: metered parking on Boylston St.,
2-hour parking on Van Ness St., or street parking on Ipswich St.
between Lansdowne and Boylston St. (the section that runs
parallel to I-90/Mass Pike). Please plan accordingly.
• The next Family Council Meeting will be on Tuesday, April 28.
• The Boston Public Schools has created a new grading system
for schools, and it includes data from family surveys that were
mailed to you. Please complete the paper survey or submit
online at www.bostonpublicschools.org/climatesurvey.
• Green things grow! BAA has a garden plot, right next door
in the Fenway Victory Garden. Come join us to plan out a
garden, get the space ready, and plant flowers, fruits, and
veggies! You can visit all summer and harvest what we grow.
Info sessions are Monday, April 13 during lunch and Tuesday,
April 14 after school in room 312. See Mr. Bobrow if you can’t
make it, but want to grow with us!
• Junior Senior Grant Finalists: Your Senior Grant Proposals are
due Tuesday, April 14 at 5pm to Ms. Aldarondo via email.
Get support in the Mac Lab on Tuesday from 3:30-5pm.•
• Seniors, the yearbook is coming!
1. Come and work on your personal page for the yearbook.
Mac lab sessions Tuesday, April 14, 3:30-5pm
2. Fill out the Yearbook survey: memories with Ms. O’Halloran,
and “You know you go to BAA when...”, and request your
personal page login at: tinyurl.com/baa2015yearbook. Personal pages are due by Friday, April 17.
• BAA will be at the Pop-up Maker Space for Young Makers
event Saturday, April 18, 12–2pm, in the Teen Central and
Children’s section on the second floor of the Boston Public Library in Copley. This event is part of the Cambridge Science
Festival. BAA students will be assisting Dr. Gaskins who will
be showing youth how to create interactive, music-based
projects using conductive paint and sound sensors.
• ATTN SENIORS - Scholarship Award: The Nan Tierney Scholarship Award is a $2,500 scholarship that will be granted to two
seniors. All seniors who will pursue art studies in college are
encouraged to apply. Applications are in the main office.
Spring Recess is the perfect time to work on your application.
Please submit your completed application to Ms. Gomez in
the main office no later than 4pm on Friday, May 1.
• Attention JUNIORS: Remember that you are taking the SAT
on Saturday, May 2. (This is the Saturday after we get back
from April break!) If you have not yet registered for the test,
see Miss Mandell in room 304 ASAP.
• SPEAK! Monday, May 4 during Advisory in the Library. Please
come and share your raps, poems, songs and favorite writings. Full advisories are welcome. If you need a pass, please
see Ms. Froggatt.
• Hello Boston Arts Academy student body. Are you passionate about the wellness of BAA? Interested in making a difference in your school community? Then run for the 2015-16
Student Government Executive Board! Available positions, as
of now, are: President, Vice President, Secretary, Treasurer,
and Public Relations Manager. To run for a position, submit
your self-nomination to [email protected] by May
4 @ 5pm! Questions or concerns? Please feel free to contact
the current members of the BAA Executive Board:
President: Nadia Issa
Vice President: Cierra Wright
Secretary: Issel Solano
Treasurer: Paola Dominguez
PR Manager: Irene Sampson
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weekly bulletin
BOSTON ARTS ACADEMY
April 13 - April 17, 2015 | Week 31
Additional Announcements for Students:
• ALL STUDENTS: The theme for this year’s prom is “Enchanted Forest.” If you have decorative items to donate (such as fabrics, white holidays lights, mason jars, or artificial candles), please see senior dance major Andrea Juarez. We are collecting donations until Friday, May 8.
• We now have access to digital books (for free!) for any device through the Commonwealth eBook Program. Try it over
Spring Break! All you need is a username and password.
- Visit: ebooks.masslibsystem.org
- For now, select: Axis360 – Best Sellers
- Set up a FREE account: (Username) “baa” PLUS your 6 digit BPS student ID#, Ex. baa123456
(Password) Set your own
• Ms. Smith from the PIC is in the Wellness Office on Wednesdays from 9:30am–5pm. If you need help with your resume, finding a job, or you have an upcoming interview, please stop by the Wellness Office during her office hours.
• 2015 Lit Circle Summer Reading!! The list is ready. Take a look around the school (or below) to see what you might like to
read. Please consider leading a lit circle. Ask a teacher if he or she might like to co-lead with you. If you are interested, let
Ms. Froggatt know.
FICTION
The Back Door of Midnight by Elizabeth Chandler
Black Boy White School by Brian Walker
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz.
Eve by Anna Carey
Flash Point by Nancy Kress
Gabi, A Girl in Pieces by Isabel Quintero
Roundhouse by Louise Erdrich
Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson
White Cat by Holly Black
MEMOIR/BIOGRAPHY
All Souls by Michael Patrick MacDonald
NONFICTION
Radioactive Boy Scout: The True Story of a Boy and His Backyard Nuclear Reactor by Ken Silverstein
POETRY
Locomotion by Jacqueline Woodson
GRAPHIC NOVEL
Blankets: An Illustrated Novel by Craig Thompson
Congratulations to the following students on their recent college acceptances!
• Miguel Lilly, Boston Conservatory, and a $57,000 scholarship
• Berline Charles, Curry College and a $ 33,625 scholarship
• Heidi Petion, Washington & Jefferson College, and a scholarship for $44,000
• Perla Ledesma, The New School, $45,775 scholarship; School of the Museum of Fine Art
• Zariyah Davis, Curry College and a $56,000 scholarship over 4 years; Regis College, $13,000 a year scholarship for 4 years;
Plymouth State University, and a $5,000 a year scholarship for 4 years
• Christoff Glaude, Mahamma Germain, Antonio Shiell-Loomis, Joshua Sutherland received full-tuition scholarships at Berklee College of Music
• Chris Henry, University of Hartford (Hartt School) and a scholarship for $45,000
• Genesis Rodriguez, University of Hartford (Hartt School) and a $7,000 a year scholarship for 4 years
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