The ARTicle
11/6 through 11/10
Mrs. Wasserman, Mrs. Spalter, and Mrs. Hicks are offering a free ACT Bootcamp for interested students during the first advisory from February 5th - 16th. If an additional day is needed, February 20th will be used. 11th-grade students are encouraged to sign up. All Juniors will be taking the Universal ACT on February 27th. There is no cost for the grade 11 ACT. The Bootcamp is also open to Seniors who are continuing to boost their college application ACT scores. 10th graders are welcome to sign up and will be given any open seats. Please complete this form no later than February 1st, 2024.
Zadie Latimer
Congratulations to Zadie Latimer for being accepted to seven colleges! She received offers from the below schools. Way to go Zadie!
University of the Arts (Philadelphia, PA)
Drexel University (Philadelphia, PA)
DePaul University (Chicago, IL)
SUNY Purchase College (Purchase, NY)
Savannah College of Arts & Design (Savannah, GA)
Point Park University (Pittsburgh, PA)
University of Arkansas (Fayetteville, AR)
National Association of Museum Schools
Arkansas Arts Academy is proud to announce it has been selected as one of only six schools in the country chosen to host a national team of leaders from the National Association of Museum Schools (NAMS). On May 9, 2024, AAA will welcome the national tour, as a project to build a first-of-its-kind library of best practices for schools across the country and AAA is incredibly honored to have been selected.
As a leader in the museum-school community, Arkansas Arts Academy is a rich source for ideas, strategies and tactics that NAMS plans to share with its educators nationwide. Exploratory teams will examine each school’s teaching initiatives, partnership structures, leadership strategies and the integration of museum style learning with classroom lessons. Each school’s creative tactics, successful strategies and proven models will be compiled into a comprehensive best practices field guide for museum model learning. An innovative, hands-on, experiential approach, museum education is spreading, with more than 50 schools in 15 states now adopting the successful model. In partnering with history, art and science museums, zoos, aquariums, gardens and environmental institutes, museum schools foster intellectual exploration and discovery by giving young people the chance to dig in, dive in and step into the roles of the people, places and subjects they study.
Other schools selected as host sites for the pioneer NAMS project include CREC Museum Academy in Bloomfield, Conn.; Dos Pueblos Engineering Academy in Goleta, Calif.; Grand Rapids Public Museum School in Grand Rapids, Mich.; Miami Children’s Museum Charter School in Miami, Fla.; and Normal Park Museum Magnet School, in Chattanooga, Tenn.
About NAMS, Founded in 2014, the National Association of Museum Schools (link to
https://www.museumschools.org) is the anchor that connects educators and museum professionals around the country. NAMS is dedicated to expanding the successful museum model to more classrooms and schools. Our schools partner with countless museums and organizations to bring learning to life for a diverse group of P-12 students.
Arkansas Department of Education
Arkansas Public School Resource Center
Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art
