From the President

Hello SCAPA friends!

Well, it's finally here. The last few weeks of school, can you believe it?
The SCAPA parents have been so wonderful this year with their support- support in so many ways.

Just to sum up what all has been done this school year, let me just give you a BRIEF overview....

The FOAS/Friends has supported 6 productions with not only volunteer time, but money to produce the productions and rent of venues for such large productions. Paid for everything from programs to costumes.
Parents have driven thousands of miles, carpooling, taking equipment, instruments, costumes..... you name it, you've done it.

You've sponsored the 4th Grade Shadow Days that make the new arrivals thrilled to be a part of our school, and sponsored the Back to School Picnic and Silent Auction to get our year started right.

You've given of your time and food to celebrate our wonderful test scores at the C.A.T.S. Reception and Celebration.

You've sent in items to the teacher's when they just didn't have enough Kleenex to keep the H1N1 away!

This list is endless. Thank you.

The list of items that have been purchased by FOAS for the school this year is fabulous!
It starts with the new P.A. system installed in the Multi Purpose Room. The list includes: computers, monitors, Smart Music, stools, video cameras, violin Quartet, Glass workshop in Cincinnati, World maps, Language Arts packets, licensing for numerous academic programs, special dance instruction, storage bins, costume tags, tuners, P.E. equipment, special reading programs, Dance Informance Drama Informance, Piano needs, Baby Grand piano, vocal needs, 4th Grade orientation, Camp Artsmart, Chess Club, Speech Team, Scapacelli, reunion, library, math programs, Art Lease, Artswear, Scholarships, Trivette Award, ...... the list goes on and on and on.

I hope that you know SCAPA could not function without your support. Parents have made a huge difference this year for our kids and our school. We are a team of many who make this crazy ride run. Thank you for enjoying the ride.

Ok, now knowing that.....
Let's keep up the good work! Send in your Box Tops for Education, empty ink cartridges, use your KROGER card, and please use the AMAZON portal located on the main SCAPA web page if you will be ordering anything on line. Don't forget to purchase your SCAPA clothing items any time you can! These small things can help bring in enough revenue so that we can give back to this wonderful school.

May is going to be full of MANY performances, I suggest printing the calendar and dates in this newsletter and keeping it handy so that you don't miss anything!

As always, I hope to see you around school!
Cindy Bennett
FOAS President

From Marilynn Cunningham, Bluegrass Principal

Dear SCAPA Families:

Our weather has been beautiful and our testing is going well. It is May and that time of the year when we celebrate completing what we started in August. With nine arts areas and their final performances, having an accurate calendar is important. When you look at your calendar, you will see how busy you will be this month. How can we stay connected and grounded during this busy time? Take time each day to live in the moment, reflect over the year, celebrate what you want to remember and forget what is insignificant or unimportant.

We have three days next week and two days the following week and our testing will be complete. In August, we will receive the results of our performance on the Kentucky Core Content. In the meantime, our goal is that all students will perform proficient and distinguished. What offers strength to the staff’s vision is the support our families offer our students. Because of that, if there is anything we can do to help you finish strong, let us know. School and family connections can make the difference between a year ending good or great.

The end of the year is that time when you run to the finish with the hope you get it all done without getting covered up with the minutia, the unimportant. It is that time when you prioritize in order to complete the important things at hand. It is that time when we function one day at a time with a goal of finishing in style. SCAPA is on the way to finishing the year in a strong manner and in style. With that in mind, let’s join hands and lift them high as we approach the finish line—the end of the year.

I appreciate you! I respect you! I celebrate you! Remember that I am always ready to answer your questions or accept your suggestions of how we might change to make a difference for you. Email me marilynn.cunningham@fayette.kyschools.us.

Keep the Arts in our Hearts.
Sincerely,
Marilynn Cunningham, Principal

From Vickie Ritchie, LHS Principal

Dear Friends of the Arts,
It is unbelievable that we are finishing up the school year in a few weeks! Our spring testing went smoothly. SCAPA Sampler was a great variety show. The orchestra concert on the lawn was a picture-perfect evening. Our baseball, softball, tennis and track teams have had gorgeous weather for practices, matches and games.

We have newly elected parent members of SBDM who will begin their terms in July. The newly elected members are Jeff Lawless, Tracy McIntosh, Ken Troske, and Melanie Tyner-Wilson. Thanks to all the parents who participated and voted in the election.

As the weeks fly by, it only seems to get busier. Our AP students take exams beginning May 3. We have awards evenings on May 4 for underclassmen and May 11 for seniors. Senior Inspiration is on May 16 and of course, graduation is on June 4 at 4:00 pm.

The summer reading lists are available on our website and you can order the books at school for delivery by June. All students have at least one selection to read during June and July in order to be prepared for school. Please check with Ms. Guth in the library for more information.

Vicki Ritchie

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The Merry Month of May is Also Bittersweet

 by Carolyn Waterbury-Tieman

May is bittersweet at SCAPA.  It is the month we welcome our new incoming 4^th graders and prepare to bid farewell to our graduating seniors.  I am having great fun getting ready for the 4^th grade Shadow Days.  I am looking forward to seeing those bright, smiling faces filled with excited anticipation.  At the same time I find myself reminiscing about my earliest recollections of our seniors.  A few of them I have known since before becoming a part of the SCAPA family.  A number of them were pirates, indians, mermaids or lost children in the first SCAPA production I experienced.  I have watched these young ladies and gentlemen grow and flourish as a result of their participation in the arts.  I will miss watching them on stage, attending their concerts, viewing their art on the walls, and reading their poetry and prose.  

Both of these groups are embarking upon an extraordinary time in their lives.  The word that best describes what they are facing this fall is "NEW" - new locations, new schools, new relationships, new rules, new expectations, new opportunities, and so on.  Having had a SCAPA fourth grader this year and a SCAPA graduate a couple of years ago, my experience suggests that while these two groups represent the opposite ends of the SCAPA spectrum, their prospects for the future are not that different.  Therefore, my message of greeting to the incoming 4^th grade class of 2010 and parting to the graduating class of 2010, is the same:

Know Yourself.  Be honest with yourself about your strengths and weaknesses.  Work on improving both.  

Be Yourself.  It's impossible to be anyone else so don't waste your time trying.  

Pick Your Friends Carefully.  A friend is someone who brings out the best in you and wants to see you do your best.  You will be very lucky to find a handful of people who fit this description in your lifetime.  Remember that to have a friend, you have to be a friend.  

Treat Others the Way You Want to be Treated.  Be kind, considerate, respectful and easy to get along with.  There really is no good reason for being otherwise.  

Make Informed Choices.  When faced with a decision, consider all your options and the likely consequences of each.  Choose wisely.  Accept responsibility for the outcome.

Think Before You Communicate.  Before you open your mouth or press the send button, consider what you are about to say.  Make sure the message you send is the message you intend.  

Work Hard.  Nothing worth having or doing comes easy.  The reward of hard work is a job well done and more work.  Find pleasure in whatever it is you must do and it won't seem like work to you.  

Always Do Your Best.  Be sure you know what your best is.  Your best will change over time and circumstances.  The only person it is fair to compare yourself to or compete with is your former self.  
  
Stay Connected to Your Family.  These are the people who will be there for you no matter what.  They love you simply because you are you, not because of what you do. 

Finally, we all want to be remembered.  There are those who believe this is accomplished by leaving behind grafitti or some visible, tangible sign they were here.  Leave your mark on the stage, the page, the canvas - in short, on the audience, in their minds and on their hearts.  Let the excellence of your work be your autograph.  

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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

Calling for Youth Performance Corps

Global Creative Connections is looking for 200 children to participate in the Alltech World Equestrian Games Opening and Closing Ceremonies. These children will be selected by audition. Those children who are selected will be required to attend a one day camp either Saturday, July 31st or Saturday, August 7 from 8am-5pm at a cost of $225.00 (this includes WEG t-shirt, costuming, props, and food during rehearsal times and performance - scholarships are available). They will also be required to attend 15 rehearsals which will mostly take place during the month of September in the evenings from 6-10pm at the Horse Park.

The auditions are Monday, May 3 from 4-8pm; Tuesday, May 4 from 4-8pm; Friday, May 21 from 4-8pm; and Saturday, May 22 from 10am-5pm.

• Youth Performance Corps application - email or fax the application as directed on the form.
  
  For more information contact Mary Joy Nelson or Julie Klier at 257-9331 or via email at ukopera@gmail.com or at the Global Creative Connections website.

Inviting All New 2010-11 Incoming 4th Graders and Their Parents

Please join us for an official welcome and orientation to the SCAPA family on May 12th at 6pm in Room 113 at Bluegrass SCAPA . This is an opportunity for you to meet our staff, the FOAS president, and for your child to meet the fourth grade teachers. If you have any questions, please contact Ms. Yvonne Erbe at the school. We are looking forward to seeing you!

Senior Drama Production

SCAPA Lafayette’s annual Theatre IV spring production for 2010 will be Wendy Wasserstein’s The Heidi Chronicles. It will be performed at the downtown Public Library in their ground floor theatre space on Saturday, 22 May at 2 pm and Sunday, 23 May at 2 pm. The show is FREE! The show will feature Jimmy Betts, Renea Brown, Elaina Henderson, Sara Kaufmann, Paola Ogadzhanova, Hayley Sternberger, Blake Sugarman and Nicole Van Denburg. Luke Hansen, Wood Van Meter, and Elliott Mattox – all seniors frequently seen in Lafayette productions - will be seen in cameo roles.

Teacher Appreciation Week

May 3-7th is Teacher Appreciation Week! Remember to thank our wonderful teachers for all they do to make SCAPA a place our kids want to be! We are blessed with a staff/faculty that is dedicated above and beyond the call of duty to help our children become all they can be. They do amazing things every day and they do it with great warmth and caring. Let them know how grateful you are!

Gifted and Talented Enrichment Program

Northern Kentucky University is again offering their popular Enrichment Program for Gifted and Talented Youth Grades K-6. Located in Highland Heights, KY, NKU is about a 90 minute drive from Lexington. There are two one week sessions offered in June. The cost for Lexington and Central Kentucky participants will be reduced from the usual $150 per week to just $100 per week.

Friends of the Arts School (FOAS) Meetings

Mark you calendars for the meeting dates in 2009-10

• Tuesday April 20th @ 6pm
  
• Tuesday May 25th @ 4pm

Meeting Minutes

• 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

SCAPA Lafayette Artists’ Work on Display at UK College of Pharmacy

According to Ms. Trish Rippetoe Freeman the murals created by SCAPA Lafayette artists “were very well received by folks at our open house/new building celebration last Friday (April 16th)." The student artists included Jay Crawford, Alex DeMoll, Kenneth Freeman, Erin Hardy, Armando Reyes, Ross Thomas, and Claire West.

Light of Hope Vigil

Mrs. Nancy Campbell took a group of string majors for the second consecutive year to provide music for the Court Appointed Special Advocates’ Light of Hope Vigil on Monday, April 12. They performed “Midnight on the Water” by Benny Thomason, Fantasia on an Original Theme” by Phillips, “Rhosymedre” by Vaughan-Williams, and “Mountain Spring” by Dean Marshall. The event took place on the First Floor of the Circuit Courthouse. The members of the Orchestra were Aly Ackerman, Madi Fogarty, Dylan Rowe, Taylor Bagley, Sarah MacDonald, Katie Jones, Blakeley Burger, Sarah MacDonald, Sarah Takahashi, Elizabeth Robbins, Robert Wendroth, Michael Takahashi, and Logan Rowe.

SCAPA kids create bike-safety ads

• SCAPA kids create bike-safety ads (fcps website feature article)

From the SCAPA Video Files

Ms. Karen Joly would like to give recognition to SCAPA Middle School Video Production students Kurtis Brown, Kara Bethel, Megan Leiter and Coleman Stivers who, along with “guest star” teacher Ashlie Beals, put together a hilarious video about KCCT testing. The students wrote, acted and taped the action, directing Ms. Beals to what would surely be an award-winning performance if a category existed for this genre. In addition, Kurtis presented a finely detailed descriptions about the raw footage that made what is usually a drawn out editing process a snap.

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SCAPA in the Community

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.

SCAPA Winner in Irish Dance Feis Hailey Bishop, 8th grade Ballet Major at SCAPA Bluegrass, won third place overall out of 18 competitors in her age group at an Irish dance feis/competition in Pittsburg, the first week in April. Under the direction of Allison Asay, a former SCAPA student herself, Hailey represented Kentucky McTeggart Irish Dance Company here in Lexington, where she also serves as Junior Coach. Hailey’s win in Pittsburg places her also in the top half of the Mid-Western Region Irish dance competitions, qualifying her for the Irish Regional Oireachtas (Championships) for 2010. Congratulations Hailey on such well deserved honors! Winner in Lexington Family Magazine Writing Contest Karlee Caswell, a 5th grade creative writing major, won 1st place for the 4th & 5th grade category in a writing contest sponsored by Lexington Family Magazine. The subject was, "If I could go anywhere….” Congratulations, Karlee! If I Could Go Anywhere… If I could go anywhere, I would go back in time to the awesome days I spent with my Nanny at her house. Back to a time of snuggling with Nanny in her brown lift and dump chair, reading books, covered with the pink blanket she crocheted because she didn’t know how to knit. Back to napping in Nanny’s remote control bed wearing sleepy hats and listening to boogie-woogie music. Back to swinging on the back porch, soaking our feet in a pail of water, singing songs and eating ice cream and vanilla wafers. Memories, my tunnels back in time. KAEA State Visual Art Competition In the KAEA state visual art competition these SCAPA students won the following awards. 1st place Katherine Spears in Mixed Medium 2nd place Alexandra (Sasha) Dantchenko in Digital Media 3rd place Emily Collier in Fiber Honorable Mention Michael Sikora in Sculpture U.K. ALLTECH VOCAL SCHOLARSHIP WINNER Soprano, Gabrielle Barker, a student at Lafayette High School/School for the Creative and Performing Arts from Lexington, was awarded the Mr. William L. Rouse III "Barbara Rouse Kentucky Prize," a cash prize of $5,000. The nation’s top young opera singers vied for highly coveted prizes at the 2010 Alltech Vocal Scholarship Competition held earlier this month at the University of Kentucky Singletary Center for the Arts. Nine winners from the popular competition may soon lend their voices to UK Opera Theatre. The event, which awards a number of opera scholarships and prizes, included seven major prize categories that were awarded to graduate and undergraduate students by Alltech; Bryant’s Rent-All; Kentucky Opera the American Institute of Musical Studies (AIMS) in Graz, Austria; and UK. The competition saw 22 finalists, selected from a pool of more than 300 applicants, vie for the coveted awards. Winners were selected by a panel of five judges not affiliated with UK or Alltech and were announced at the competition’s conclusion. Governor’s School for the Arts Congratulations to the following talented SCAPA LHS sophomores and juniors who were selected to participate in the 2010 Governor’s School for the Arts: Katherine Bennett – Musical Theatre Alaina Broderson – Musical Theatre Meredith Burns – Instrumental Music Miles Conger – Drama Alexander DeMoll – Instrumental Music Tomer Eres – Vocal Music Hannah Ferrell – Drama Nathan Fister – Dance James Harvener - Dance Carolyn Meier - Dance Julie Niklas - Creative Writing Aleksandra Pater - Visual Art Lauren Perkins - Visual Art Jordan Pruitt - Drama Samantha Sabad - Musical Theatre Eleanor Todd - Drama Alternates: Ben Coyer - Instrumental Music Andrea Frost - Instrumental Music Benjamin Healy - Instrumental Music Ema Horvath - Drama Elizabeth Kilcoyne - Creative Writing Haley Pierce - Visual Art Jennifer Rhodenhiser - Drama Stella Sharpe - Instrumental Music Adela Wilson - Dance Courtney Woodall - Dance Jacob Yates - Instrumental Music The following SCAPA LHS students were chosen to participate in GSP this summer. Congratulations! Andrea Frost Clay Gonzalez Linda Jeoung Jonathon Karp Haley Pierce Ellie Todd SCAPA Students Recognized in Duke Talent Search Three SCAPA students qualified for recognition at the 2010 Duke TIP Grand Recognition Ceremony. They are Taylor Bagley, Esther Putman and Aiden Ziliak. There were 74,000 7th grade students in this year’s Talent Search with 1769 qualifying for Grand Recognition from 16 states in the Southeast, Southwest and Midwest. The Grand Recognition Ceremony honors seventh graders who have earned scores equal to or better than 90% of college-bound seniors who took the same tests. The event will be held on May 24, 2010 at Cameron Indoor Stadium on the Duke University campus in Durham, NC. Yale University professor, Dean S. Karlan, Ph.D., is this year’s keynote speaker. In addition to the Grand Ceremony, these three students, along with Holly Bennett, Laura Briggs, Amanda Daniel, Madeleine Farrer, Kate Heinonen, Sarah Jeoung, Nathan Rayens, Hallie Walther and Alexandra Whitley, will be recognized at the 2010 Kentucky Recognition Ceremony at Western Kentucky University. There were 2932 students from Kentucky with 1412 qualifying for the State Recognition Ceremony. Congratulations to each of you!

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Academic News

Ms. Randolph

Check out our classroom website that lists the weekly spelling words. This might come in handy if the book or pretest is accidentally left at home the night before the test.

Science

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Arts News

BG Band

• Band News

BG Dance

LHS Band

• Lafayette Band News

LHS Vocal

• More information

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Club and Team News

Bluegrass

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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.)

• Why Art is Essential in Our Public Schools - By Susi Lawson

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.)

• 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

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.

Arts Facilitator Seeking Alumni Liaison

The first fourth grade SCAPA class was established at Harrison Elementary School in 1987 which means (if my math is correct) that the first SCAPA class graduated in 1996. Therefore, we have fourteen years worth of SCAPA alumni families. This is an essential group that needs representation. I would like to invite any SCAPA alumni student or parent to serve as our alumni liaison. If you are interested in volunteering in this capacity, please contact me, carolyn.tieman@fayette.kyschools.us, so we can begin exploring how we can better stay connected to and serve this population. This could be one person or a committee, so do not fail to volunteer because you figure someone else already has. I look forward to hearing from you.

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SCAPA FUNdraising Opportunities

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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