The ARTicle

10/2 through 10/6

UPCOMING EVENTS

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All Region Choir Tryouts

Arkansas Arts Academy students will be auditioning for All-Region choir this upcoming weekend! Wish them luck!

SHOUTOUTS

E-Sports

On Wednesday our Smash Brothers teams played. The "Ascendants" team won 3-0 against Marion High School. The "Astrals", "Anomalies" and "Ascendants" teams lost their games.

On Thursday our Mario Kart team "Accelerators" won 2-0 against County Line High School and team "Amped" won 2-0 against Springdale High School. Our Rocket League team the "Astros" also won 3-0 against County Line High School and "Avengers" game against Mena High School was rescheduled for this week.

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Megan Beard- School Based Therapist

The AAA high school is happy to welcome new school based therapist, Megan Beard! To set up sessions for your student on the AAA high school campus, please call Water's Edge at 479-621-0301 and ask to set up an intake with Megan Beard.

Megan Beard is an Arkansas native who graduated from Springdale High School and

later received two degrees from the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, a Bachelor's

degree in Psychology and a Master’s degree in Counseling. She is married to Robert

Beard who teaches at AAA High School. They live in Springdale and have two

daughters, Mirabel and Bricelyn, who attend AAA Elementary/Middle School.

Megan has been a licensed counselor for over 12 years, and provides therapeutic

services to children, adolescents, and their families. She loves helping her clients create goals and plans that best fit their needs in order to help them become successful in all areas of life: school, home, and community. Megan is also a certified Clinical Supervisor for newly licensed counselors.

Megan has worked in a variety of settings in the Northwest Arkansas community,

including outpatient clinic, school-based services, in-home services, and private

practice. She has extensive professional experience treating a wide range of mental

health issues, from anxiety and depression, to attachment and trauma-related issues.

Megan is trained in TF-CBT, and she incorporates Trauma-Focused Cognitive

Behavioral Therapy based techniques to treat children exposed to trauma and their

families when appropriate. She also has training in play interventions such as client-

centered play therapy, and sand tray. She loves to have fun with her clients and tries tomake therapy a positive experience, often incorporating many different types of play and art-based activities into her practice.

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Todd Belin dances in New York Fashion Week

Solo Performance opening the KMSS24 Fashion Preview Ink and Ivory: "A Tale of Joy and Pain" during NYFW for International Celebrity Designer; Reality TV Star; Project Runway All-Star, Korto Momolu September 9, 2023. The collection paid homage to her late father and her African roots!

IMPORTANT INFORMATOIN

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ROOMS

Watch this short video to learn more about Rooms, our new communication platform. Remember: download the Arkansas Arts Academy App from the app store or Google Play store to access Rooms from your phone.

Watch the video here: http://bit.ly/RoomsAAA

PBIS

A Parent’s Guide to

Positive Behavioral Interventions & Support

(P.B.I.S.)

What is PBIS?

School-wide Positive Behavioral Interventions & Supports (PBIS) is a school-wide system of procedures and processes that are consistent throughout the school. The system is focused on teaching students what is expected of them and acknowledging consistent positive behavior.

PBIS at AAA High School

Our primary goals are to be proactive to discipline problems and to reward students for following school-wide and classroom rules and expectations. To do this, teachers and staff teach, model, and expect students to follow our Behavior Guide in all areas of the school. We have established four school-wide behavior expectations.

We take care of each other by being

Accountable, Respectful, Tenacious, and Safe.

You will see these expectations posted throughout the building. In the upcoming weeks of school, all students will be introduced to the behavior guide and advisory teachers will review each environment. .

Coming soon!

Our teacher-comprised PBIS team will continue to work throughout the year on developing our school-wide incentive program that will accompany our behavior guide. To reinforce our rules and expectations, students will receive points, and then these points can be used for rewards throughout the school year. Our team is still working on this, but we will let our students and families know when we are ready to roll!

How Our Families Can Help

Please review the information in this letter with your child.
Ask your child, “How did you represent A.R.T.S today?”
Discuss examples of ways these rules may be used to help them learn and participate at school
Talk about ways these rules may be used at home and in the community

Thank you for your support!

PBIS Team