From the President Terri McGraw

Hello SCAPA friends!

Terri McGraw
tmcgraw@milestoneky.com

From Beth Randolph, Bluegrass Principal

Dear SCAPA Family,

• Feb 7 Edition
• Feb 21 Edition
• Feb 28 Edition
  

From Vicki Ritchie, LHS Principal

Dear Parents and Families,

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Art is Not an Elective

Prior to her role as SCAPA Arts Facilitator, Carolyn Waterbury-Tieman was a Parent/Family Life Educator and licensed Marriage and Family Therapist. She was the author of The Parents’ Toolbox for The Lexington Family Magazine as well as Pastoral Parenting for the Church of the Resurrection newsletter.

Calendar of Upcoming Events

(Please check the SCAPA Calendar regularly for updates)

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Announcements and Reminders

LexKAGE Presents Super Saturday

LexKAGE (Lexington chapter of Ky Association for Gifted Education) is a group of volunteer parents and teachers committed to supporting gifted and talented students and their families. LexKAGE is excited to offer a new opportunity for gifted and talented K-8th grade students! They call the program Super Saturday and offer classes for students and a presentation for parents. The event will be held on Saturday, March 26th from 9-11AM at Stonewall Elementary. Please check out The Super Saturday program flyer and student class descriptions using the link below. If interested send in your application form for class sign ups, which may also be found on the LexKAGE website.

Reading To Do Battle

The Battle of the Books training sessions are going well with an excellent cadre of 4th and 5th grade readers. Everyone, including their leader Mr. Lindsey, is striving to closely read all fifteen books. We are also becoming a lean, mean fighting machine of a team in quickly answering content questions answered with the name of the book and its author. We look forward to our first competition starting soon.

SCAPA Participates in OPERATION S.E.N.D. EASTER

There will be a donation box in the front lobby of Bluegrass SCAPA soon to collect items for our military overseas. If you would like suggestions for what items are needed, you can visit the Military Missions website at www.military-missions.org or contact them at 859-221-9477 or info@military-missions.org.

Students are also encouraged to write letters. According to the leadership at Military Missions, the letters are the most important part of the package as they express the sentiment, the gratitude, and the encouragement that our troops need to hear. Letters can begin "Dear Soldier" or "Dear Friend." You may put letters in the donation box or leave them with Carolyn Waterbury-Tieman in Room 108. All donations will be picked up during the last week of March right before Spring Break. Your participation in this community service is deeply appreciated.

Look What Using Your Kroger Card Has Done!

Great job using the Kroger cards this month SCAPA!!! You earned $360.22 for your children just by using your card to purchase groceries, gas, and other items at Kroger and Shell! If you would like to know more about how the cards work or if you would like to purchase one, please contact Miranda Hines, mhines@email.uky.edu.

The Fayette County World Language Festival

The Fayette County World Language Festival is scheduled for Saturday, March 26, 2011 at Bryan Station High School, from 8:30-3:30.

The World Language Festival has grown tremendously in the past few years. More than 900 students in grades 6-12 participated in last year’s festival.

All middle and high school students are invited to participate in “passport events.” These are mini language lessons and cultural experiences that start on the half hour from 11:00-3:30. A student will receive a stamp in his/her “passport” for each event attended.
FCPS Food Services will be selling foods that represent the languages involved in the festival for a reasonable cost.

2011 Dance SCAPA

Tickets on sale now at the Lexington Center Box Office, 233-3535. Performances Friday, March 11 at 8pm and Saturday, March 12 at 2pm and 8pm at The Lexington Opera House.

Macbeth: A Kid’s Cautionary Tale Concerning Greed, Power, Mayhem and Other Current Events

Performances are Thursday, March 24 at 7pm; Friday, March 25 at 8pm; and Saturday, March 26 at 2pm and 8pm in Beeler Auditorium, Lafayette High School. Tickets available at the door 90 minutes before curtain.

Hairspray

Tickets on sale now by calling 233-3535 or go in person to the Lexington Center Box Office. Performances are Thursday, March 31 at 7pm; Friday, April 1 at 8pm; and Saturday, April 2 at 2pm and 8pm in The Lexington Opera House.

5th Grade Raising Money for Trip to Washington, DC

Please help send the 5th grade class on their WASHINGTON D.C. trip by eating at a couple of your favorite restaurants!!!!!

SCAPA NIGHT - EAT AT THE FOLLOWING RESTAURANTS!!!!!

BILLY'S BAR-B-Q
Tuesday, MARCH 8TH
5:00-9:00PM
(portion of sales to be donated back to SCAPA)

SAUL GOOD- HAMBURG LOCATION ONLY!
Thursday, March 31
5:00-9:00pm
(portion of sales to be donated back to SCAPA)

Thank you for your support- we hope that you will find a quick minute to grab a bite to eat on one of these nights!
Sincerely,
5th grade students and parents

Friends of the Arts School (FOAS) Meetings

Mark you calendars for the meeting dates in 2010-11

All FOAS Meetings will be held in Bluegrass SCAPA, Room 146 at 6:00pm on these dates:

• February 15
  
• March 15
  
• April 19
  
• May 17

Meeting Minutes

• January 2011
• November 2010
• October 2010
• September 2010
• August, 2010
• July, 2010
• June, 2010
• May 2010 (TBP)
• April 2010 (TBP)
• March 2010
• February 2010
• January 2010
• December 2009
• November 2009
• October 2009
• September 2009
• August 2009
• June 2009
• May 2009
• April 2009

SBDM Meeting Minutes

• September 2009

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Recent Events

Artist in Residence, Christian Howes

World-class jazz violinist Christian Howes was in residence in FCPS Feb. 15 to 17. On Feb. 16, SCAPA strings students had the chance to walk over to Lafayette and have an hour-long workshop on improvisation. Also, some students performed with Christian on a concert at Henry Clay High School on Feb. 17. Those students were Sarah Jeoung, Tatyana Buckner, Madison Jones, Bailey Yates, Elizabeth Yates, Evan Johnson, Abbie Higgins and Katelyn Mofield. They performed a program including Beatles tune Eleanor Rigby, Moondance by Van Morrison and Bossa Verde by Bert Ligon.

Elementary Band Majors Hold First-Ever Recital

Parents, teachers and students were treated to a recital by the Elementary Band Majors in Helm Hall at 1pm on Wednesday, February 16th. Students played pieces individually as well as in small ensembles. It was a lovely afternoon of music. The performances were as follows:

• Luke Leiter, trumpet - The Imperial March by John Williams
  
• Trevor Queen, clarinet - Manhatten Beach March by John Philip Sousa
  
• Olivia Douglas, flute - Hunter's Chorus by Carl Maria von Weber
  
• Linden Hinkle, flute - Waltz by Franz Schubert
  
• Trace Queen, trumpet - Shoo Fly, American Folk Song
  
• Hope Bennett, french horn - Hornpiper's Dance edited by Miles Johnson
  
• Josh Andreatta, baritone - Trumpet Voluntary by Jeremiah Clarke
  
• Maddy Stone, bassoon - Southern Roses by Johann Strauss
  
• Josh Andreatta, guitar - Bouree in E Minor by Johann Sebastian Bach
  
• Seth Roney, clarinet - Russian Folk Song arranged by Keith Snell
  
• Maddy Stone, flute - Menuet by Johann Sebastian Bach
  
• Jon McGee, snare drum - Aura Lee by G.R. Poulton
  
• Lauren Baker, snare drum - Go for Excellence by Anonymous
  
• Lauren Baker & Jon McGee, bells - Star Chase, Traditional
  
• Josh Andreatta, baritone & Trace Queen, trumpet - Erie Canal, Traditional
  
• Hope Bennett, french horn, Luke Leiter, trumpet, and Seth Roney, clarinet - When the Saints Go Marching In, Traditional American Spiritual
  
• Linden Hinkel, flute & Trevor Queen, clarinet - Tisket a Tasket, English Folk Song
  
• Olivia Douglas & Maddy Stone, flutes - Duet One From Nineteen Duos by Devienne

Thanks to all the students and Mrs Barker and Mrs. Akel for providing such a special program.

Uniting Music and Science

Bluegrass SCAPA string majors started off with free improvisation and a refresher course on the water cycle. Then they created a performance piece inspired by Water Dance by Thomas Locker. They gave presentations to the fifth grade science classes on Friday, Feb. 25 and will be doing a command encore performance for the Lafayette Arts & Humanities students the first week of March.

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SCAPA in the Community

SCAPA Students to Appear in Children's Opera

Congratulations to the following students for being cast in the UK Opera Theatre's production of "Brundibar."

• Little Jo - Scott DiMeo and William Arnold
  
• Cat - Blakely Burger and Jamie Bradley
  
• Policeman - Herman Bratcher and Anna Marie Miller
  
• Milkman - Holly Bennett
  
• Window Chorus - Adrienne Omelchenko and Brennan Burke
  
• Adult Pantomime - Brennan Burke, Paige Childers, Hunter England
  
• Children’s Chorus - Danielle Norman, Eliana Shapere, Olivia Peppiatt
  

Brundibar was written just before WWII and performed by Jewish orphans in a concentration camp. It is a charming tale of an ill mother whose children sing folk songs to try to raise money for the milk and honey she needs to get better.

Performances will be held in the Singletary Center for the Arts

• Friday, March 11, 11:00 AM & 1:00 PM (Sold Out to FCPS)
• Sunday, March 13, 2:00 PM & 4:00 PM
  
• Ticketed. Call 859-257-4929.

LCT Presents ANNE FRANK AND ME

Don't miss these SCAPA students in LCT's production of "Anne Frank and Me" by Cherie Bennett.

• Virginia Newsome - Nicole Burns/Bernhardt
  
• Abby Tikhtman - Mimi Baker/Poulin
  
• Alex Pennington - Jack Polin/Jacques Poulin
  
• Mead Ryder - David Ginsberg
  
• Amelia Collins - Anne Frank
  
• Harper Toney - Chrissy/Christina
  
• Cassady Gorrell - Alison

Nicole Burns is your average American teenager. She has lots of hobbies, close friends and a huge crush on the cutest boy in school. She can’t waste time with history, especially an old diary that everyone thinks is forged. But an accident transports her back seventy years to Paris, France, and Nicole uncovers what it is like to live as a Jew in Nazi occupied France. Could this be a dream – or is it real? One thing is for sure; the experience makes Nicole realize that the past is relevant and alive!

Public Shows:

• March 5 - 2:00 pm
  
• March 5 - 7:00 pm
  
• March 6 - 2:00 pm
  
• LCT Main Stage Theatre, 418 West Short Street, Lexington, KY
  
• Adults $13/Children $11
  
• Tickets can be purchased online at www.lctonstage.org, by phone at (859)254-4546 or at the theatre box office.

School Shows:

• February 28, March 1-3 and March 8 - 11, 10:00 am and 11:45 each day
  
• Student tickets are $5.75 each for school day shows
  
• Appropriate for Grades 3 - 8
  
• Call (859)254-4546 to book your class today
  

SCAPA Spotlights

This section is reserved for recognizing accomplishments by SCAPA students, parents, faculty and staff. Please send arts accomplishments to Carolyn Waterbury-Tieman (carolyn.tieman@fayette.kyschools.us). Space limitations will determine how many we can include in any given month.

Tanner Bleck Places in Youth America Grand Prix in Dance Tanner Bleck, a seventh grade Ballet Major at SCAPA Bluegrass, teacher Patti Bingham, placed in the top 12 in the ballet category in the Junior Division for the Youth America Grand Prix in Dance held in Indianapolis, Indiana February 5 & 6. Coached by Director of Bluegrass Youth Ballet, Adhali Corn, he qualified additionally in his pas de deux (dance for two) with another student, Alexa Rose, a student at Sayre in Lexington. Considered the “Olympics of Ballet” this international ballet competition awards scholarships and apprenticeships to winners. Tanner received a scholarship last year, with offers made again this year, having reached an even higher level of proficiency. Bravo Tanner! 2011 Alltech Vocal Scholarship Competition Lafayette SCAPA senior, vocal majors, Andrew Miller and Emma Jackson were award winners for undergraduate students in the 2011 Alltech Vocal Scholarship Competition. Congratulations! We are so proud! SCAPA Well Represented at Regional Science Fair Congratulations to the following students for their awards in the Regional Science Fair! Jamie Bradley - 1st place in 4th grade Biology category and University of Kentucky Biology Department award recipient Luke Pellegrino - 1st place in 4th grade Behavioral Sciences category Stephanie Stumbur - 2nd place in 7th grade Behavioral Sciences category Kara Bethel - 3rd place in 7th grade Environmental Sciences category and University of Kentucky Biology Department award recipient Two other 7th graders, Seanna Bryant and Seth Mullins, also represented SCAPA at the event. Both Stephanie and Kara have qualified to go on to compete at the upcoming state science fair at Eastern Kentucky University. Lafayette SCAPA Creative Writers Given Keys for Success The following creative writing students have won gold or silver keys or honorable mention in the Scholastic Writing and Art Regional Contest. Jackie Knight (10th grade) won a gold key and her work has been forwarded to the national contest. Gold Key – Jackie Knight – fiction Julie Niklas – silver key – poetry Sharon Rodriquez – silver key – poetry Honorable Mention Alix McIntosh – fiction Beth Bollinger – persuasive writing Beth Bollinger – poetry Kirk Hardy – humor Denise Henault – poetry Lizzy Kilcoyne – poetry Maura Reilly-Ulmanek – poetry Students of the Month Congratulations to the following students of the month for exhibiting outstanding character values! Be sure to read their individual profiles on the wall in the Bluegrass SCAPA foyer. Grade 4 – Joshua Andreatta Grade 5 – Katrin Flores Grade 6 – Emily Eckert Grade 7 – Victoria Hall Grade 8 – Ja'Co Johnson Congratulations and Good Luck to the 2011 SCAPA Middle School Speech Team! The SCAPA Middle School Speech Team has carried on the winning tradition during the regular season. We wish all the best to those who will be representing SCAPA at the State Speech Tournament later this month. SCAPA at the State Speech Tournament Visual Artists Progress to State Competition The following Lafayette SCAPA junior, visual art majors were winners at the 26th annual regional art show. The work of each of these students will go on to the All-State competition in Edgewood, Kentucky with an awards ceremony on April 17th. Congratulations and we wish both of you good luck! Erin Hardy won the regional award in the category of Fiber Arts/Textile Design for her work titled The Cat’s Meow. Alex DeMoll won the regional award in the category of Jewelry/Metals for his work titled Serenity. On the Way to Interlochen Congratulations to Will Lovan for being one of 30 nationwide to be accepted for Interlochen's week-long trumpet institute this summer!

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Arts News

BG Band

• Band News
  

BG Dance

BG SCAPA Strings

This Thursday, March 3, we will have after school rehearsal from 4:00 to 5:00 with guest conductor Richard Auldon Clark, director of orchestral studies at Butler University and the Manhattan Chamber Orchestra. He also conducted the All State Commonwealth Orchestra at KMEA last month.

Our KMEA preview concert is on Monday, March 14 at 6:00 p.m. in the Multipurpose Room. This is a required performance. We will perform our KMEA Assessment Festival Music, Prelude from Holberg’s Suite by Edvard Grieg, Lullaby by William Hofeldt and Dreams of a Midsummer Night by Richard Meyer. Our assessment event will be on Thursday, March 14 at the Singletary Center for the Arts.

Bluegrass Vocal

LHS Orchestra

• Lafayette Orchestra News

LHS Band

• Lafayette Band News

LHS Vocal

• LHS Vocal Newsletters
  

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Club and Team News

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Alumni News

Alumni! We Want To Know What You Are Doing!

We would like to make plaques to hang outside each of the arts rooms with the names of graduates and what they are doing professionally. Mr. Love has one on the wall just outside his door. Every year he takes his new 4th graders out in the hall, reads the names of past students and what they are doing, and tells the current students that if they dedicate themselves to their work, someday their name will be on the plaque. This is a great motivator! We want every arts teacher to have the opportunity to do the same thing. Please send me your name, year you graduated, major and what you are doing professionally so that we can expand and maintain this tradition. My address is carolyn.tieman@fayette.kyschools.us. We are looking forward to hearing from you and celebrating your success.

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Arts Roundtable

The Arts Roundtable is a place where we can share valuable information about the essential role of the arts in our lives and the lives of our children. (Please submit items to Carolyn Waterbury-Tieman, carolyn.tieman@fayette.kyschools.us, by the 20th of each month.)

Submit information to Carolyn Waterbury-Tieman (carolyn.tieman@fayette.kyschools.us)

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Arts Bookbag

The Arts Bookbag is a place where we can recommend books about the arts that we have found to be informative and inspiring. (Please submit titles to Carolyn Waterbury-Tieman, carolyn.tieman@fayette.kyschools.us, by the 20th of each month.)

• My Reading Life by Pat Conroy
• My Name is Asher Lev by Chaim Potok
• Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us. Daniel Pink, 2009
• Keepers of the Children. Laura M. Ramirez, 2004
• The Creative Habit: Learn It and Use It for Life. Twyla Tharp. Simon & Schuster, 2005.
• The Artist's Way: A Spiritual Path to Higher Creativity by Julia Cameron
• Cracking Creativity: The Secrets of Creative Genius by Michael Michalko
• A Whole New Mind: Why Right-Brainers Will Rule the Future. Daniel H. Pink. (2005, 2006). Riverhead Books, 375 Hudson Street, New York, NY 10014.
• The Element: How Finding Your Passion Changes Everything. Ken Robinson. (2009). Viking, 375 Hudson Street, New York, NY 10014.
• Out of Our Minds: Learning to Be Creative, Ken Robinson, Capstone, 2001
  
• 5 Minds for the Future, Howard Gardner, Harvard Business School Press, 2009
  
• Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking, Malcolm Gladwell, Back Bay Books, 2007
  
• Outliers: The Story of Success, Malcolm Gladwell, Little, Brown & Company, 2008

Children

• The Art Lesson by Tomie DePaola
  
• Little Smudge by L. LeNeouanic
  

SCAPA FUNdraising Opportunities

Continuous SCAPA FUNdraisers

There are 3 ways that you can financially support SCAPA all year long with minimal effort!

• When you shop at Amazon.com, use the icon on the front page of the FOAS website, www.friends-scapa.org, and SCAPA gets money for every order you make!
• Purchase a SCAPA Kroger card from Miranda Hines, 351-4931, mhines@email.uky.edu. Use your SCAPA Kroger card!
• Put a sandwich-sized baggy on your refrigerator door. Clip Box Tops for Education and put them in the bag. Turn your bag of Box Tops into your child’s homeroom each month!

Remember that when you contribute to SCAPA it benefits every student, grades 4-12, in every arts area. You can make a difference!

Box Tops For Education

General Mills Corporation, sponsor of the Box Tops For Education program, has been involved in giving to educational programs since 1996. Over the past 13 years, participating schools have earned over $300 million dollars in funding. The Box Tops program is a simple way for our school to receive money without having to write grants, sell products, work hours, or buy things we don’t want or need. As a parent, relative, or friend of SCAPA, all you have to do is clip the “Official Box Top Coupon” off of the products you already buy and use. A complete list of these products can be found at boxtops4education.com. After clipping, send the box tops to school with your student. Each homeroom teacher has a container in their classroom for collection. Each month, the box tops are collected and counted, with the top collecting homeroom earning a prize. Come on SCAPA Penguins, keep clipping and collecting those box tops. Let’s make this an awesome box tops year.

Volunteer Opportunities

Please download a copy for each of the FCPS approved volunteers in your family. Completed forms may be turned in to Ms. Barbara Talbert at the front office of Bluegrass SCAPA. Thank you so much for your commitment to making SCAPA great!

• Bluegrass Volunteer Form
• LHS Volunteer Form

Please be aware that a records check is required in order to participate in volunteer activities in the Fayette County School system.

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FOAS Board Officers and Representatives

• Officers and Representatives

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