In recognition of extraordinary and significant contributions to the arts in Kentucky, SCAPA has been selected as a recipient of a Governor’s Award in the Arts.

From the President Jennifer Gorena

Dear SCAPA,

SCAPA receives the Governors Awards in the Arts for Education. A ceremony was held in the capitol rotunda in Frankfort where Jane Beshear presented SCAPA a beautiful piece of art made by Lexington's own John Lackey. It is a very honorable and esteemed award that we all know SCAPA staff, students, and parents work hard to earn every day. It is a very exciting time to be a part of SCAPA! Congratulations to all who have worked so hard over these past 25 years to keep our program strong and so amazing.

Coffee/Tea sales are in full swing. Be thinking of those special people in your life that might enjoy a hot cup of coffee, tea or chocolate from our local source. These items are also a great gift for neighbors and friends at work. Elementary parents, please feel free to let me or any middle-schooler know if you'd like to place an order. Contact: gorenas@insightbb.com

Still looking for SCAPA Alumni! - It's working, we've heard from several of you but we know there are more out there. This is SCAPA's 25th year and we would like to keep everyone informed of SCAPA happenings. Please take a moment to get in touch with us and let us know - your graduating year, major and current contact information. Contact: carolyn.tieman@fayette.kyschools.us

If you're interested in why we need fundraising at SCAPA and how we spend the funds, please stop by for a Friends meeting. There are lots of exciting things happening at SCAPA and Friends is a hub of information. Feel free to come with questions or to just learn how we operate and maintain all of the majors we support. The schedule of meetings is in the calendar below.

Productions!!!
All of these tickets are currently available for purchase.

• Disney's Mulan Jr. - Nov. 10-12 - all seats $10 (special one-time price)
• Dance Scapa - March 16-17 - $12/students and $14/adults in advance ($13/$15 at the door)
• Into the Woods - March 29-31 - $12/students and $14/adults in advance ($13/$15 at the door)

Keep bringing in those Box Tops – CLIP MORE/EARN MORE. And Kroger cards are working hard for FOAS! Please remember to load it and use it. Contact Miranda Hines at mhines@email.uky.edu if you need another card for a family member or friend that can help us out.

As gift buying season approaches, please remember to use the green Amazon.com link provided in the Table of Contents on the right and from the Friends of SCAPA webiste to order your gifts.

Go Penguins! Go Generals!
Jennifer Gorena gorenas@insightbb.com

From Beth Randolph, Bluegrass Principal

Dear SCAPA Family,

What a fabulous month we have in store for SCAPA students and families. In fact, November is actually one of the busiest months of the school year. Already our vocal music students have participated in two music events. Our elementary vocal majors attended the Central Kentucky Music Educators’ Association Elementary Choral Festival at Eastern Kentucky University on Friday. Then Herman Bratcher and Quentin Prewitt were selected to participate in the Kentucky American Choral Directors’ Association Choral Festival in Lexington. Our drama program swings into full action this week as we kick off one of our biggest productions of the school year, Mulan, Jr. There will be eight performances of Mulan, Jr. running from November 10th through the 12th at the Lexington Opera House. Immediately following this event, the band, strings, and piano students begin performing. The middle school piano and strings students will delight their audience with chamber music on November 17th. Two days later on November 19th, middle school band students will participate in the Tri-State Honor Band and the strings students will be assessed at the KMEA Strings Solo and Ensemble Festival. Add one more event to that Saturday because the SCAPA Speech Team begins its competition season at the Lafayette Marquis Speech Tournament. If these events didn’t already fill the calendar, SCAPA’s Art Lease for our visual art majors will be on November 18th. Art Lease gives our students the opportunity to display their work as part of the Gallery Hop at Base 163 on Main Street. Of course, I must mention that SCAPA students balance these artistic endeavors while at the same time continue to produce academically at the highest level. What a great group of students we are fortunate to teach!

Congratulations are in order for several of our vocal music students both at SCAPA, Bluegrass and SCAPA, Lafayette. These students auditioned and were selected for the prestigious American Choral Directors’ Association Southern Division Choral Festival: Ella Barton, Holly Bennett, Herman Bratcher, Kurtis Brown, Brennan Burke, Hunter England, Hannah Hetzel-Ebben, Jason Jackson, Dayup Kim, Adrienne Omelchenko, and Quentin Prewitt. This honor choir will be held in Winston-Salem, North Carolina on February 29th through March 3, 2012. Kudos to all of you for your singing excellence!

Reading through our calendar of events is exciting, not only because of the wonderful performances we will see and hear, but also because artistic involvement has so many academic benefits. A study by James S. Catterall, Richard Chapleau, and John Iwanaga at the University of California at Los Angeles found that students who participate in the arts for at least three hours on three days each week for at least one year are:

• 4 times more likely to be recognized for academic achievement
• 3 times more likely to be elected to a class office in school
  
• 4 times more likely to participate in a math and science fair
  
• 3 times more likely to win a school attendance award
  
• 4 times more likely to win an award for writing an essay or poem

If these statistics don’t make you want to run out and begin studying some form of art, perhaps one these last points will. Students of the arts read for pleasure nearly twice as often and perform community service more than four times as often as students who do not participate in artistic endeavors. These facts bring out the obvious. An arts enriched education (Source: artsusa.org) pays big dividends in student achievement.

Our school is privileged to have rich artistic opportunities available. The curriculum and discipline the students learn at SCAPA has once again propelled them to an elite position in our statewide testing. SCAPA elementary students ranked as the ninth highest scoring school on the Kentucky Core Content Tests (KCCT) and our middle school students sit once again at the pinnacle. Huge accolades go to the SCAPA students, teachers, parents, and leadership provided by the Fayette County Public Schools. Keep up the magnificent work, Penguins!

Sincerely,
Beth Randolph

• Penguin Pride by Beth Randolph
  

From Vicki Ritchie, LHS Principal

Dear Friends of the Arts,

Our SCAPA program was awarded the Governor’s Art Award for education last month. Ms. Randolph and I, along with several parents and staff members, accompanied Dr. Shelton to Frankfort as he accepted the award from Mrs. Beshear. The other Kentucky artists who were honored are role models for our own arts students who are forging a path to becoming state and nationally recognized masters of their crafts. Congratulations to the SCAPA staff and students for the well-deserved honor!

We have started our Saturday practice sessions using the TCA Prep program. This free, online program prepares students for the ACT. Last year, many of our students made good progress using this resource. Please see our website under the TCA link for more information about scheduling. This year’s ACT for juniors will be March 6, 2012.

We would like to thank the parents who have committed to helping with our committee work for this year. The number of parent members on our committees increased 159% from last fall. These parents are working with our staff to plan recognition and career programs, review school policies and progress reports, make budgetary and curriculum recommendations, and complete many other important tasks. We appreciate your time and efforts!

Vicki Ritchie

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by Carolyn Waterbury-Tieman

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

Two Shows You Won’t Want to Miss!

SCAPA ART LEASE

Come view artwork created by SCAPA visual art majors, grades 4-12. Lease a piece for $60 for 6 months to display in your home or business. Leasing makes you eligible to win a prize donated by one of these local businesses: Artique, Ramseys, The Black Market, Schellers, The 6 Friends Cafe, Charlie Browns, Pops Resale, Great Bagel, and many more! Food donated by Bourbon n Toulouse, Magees, and Puccinis Downtown.

• Lexington Gallery Hop November 18, 2011 5pm - 8pm
  
• Base 163
  
• 163 East Main Street, LEXINGTON, KY
• galleryhop.base163.com

Your Chance to Touch the Life of a US Soldier

There is a box in the foyer at Bluegrass SCAPA to collect donations for our military personnel for the holidays. Below is a list of items that Military Missions has requested. If you are able to help fill this box, your participation will be sincerely appreciated. Thank you in advance for your generosity. Enjoy your day.

• Donation List
• OPSEND Christmas

Coffee, Tea, and Cocoa Just in Time for the Holidays

The 6th, 7th and 8th graders are selling Coffee Times products as a fundraiser for SCAPA. The sale dates are now until November 15th. You can view a flyer describing this fundraiser and a list of the products available to order. Contact your favorite SCAPA middle schooler and let them know you would like to place an order. The top selling middle schoolers will receive a prize. The Arts area with the top sales will win a prize for the teacher to use for the class. Money should be collected at the time of the order. Orders should be received by Nov 15 and will be delivered on or before December 12. SCAPA receives 50% of all coffee tea sales generated by this fundraiser. The money raised from this fundraiser provides funds to be used by the Friends of the Arts (FOAS) to support projects in the arts areas including equipment and teacher requests for items that support student education.Questions can be directed to Jackie Sugarman 219-8144.

Kentucky Christmas Chorus

The Kentucky Christmas Chorus will take place at the Singletary Center for the Arts on Tuesday, December 13th at 7:40pm. Sing along with The Lexington Singers and the Kentucky Christmas Chorus Orchestra as they perform your favorite Christmas carols. Guest singers will also add to the magic of the evening.

Tickets for this event are free and may be obtained through the Singletary Center Box Office by calling (859) 257-4929 or by visiting the Box Office in person at 126 Singletary Center (corner of Euclid Avenue and Rose Street), Lexington, KY 40506. Box Office hours are Monday – Friday 10:00am – 5:00pm. Tickets will be available beginning November 14, 2011. Seating is limited and each ticket represents a reserved seat so please have an accurate count of seats needed prior to reserving tickets.

We will not be attending this event as a SCAPA group, but please consider making this a family tradition! Enjoy!

Please join us for a special night of pampering, socializing and shopping! The following companies will be present to assist you with ALL your holiday shopping:

• Premier Jewelry
• Pampered Chef
  
• Lexington Coffee & Tea
• SCAPAwear
  
• Mary Kay
• Tastefully Simple
  
• SCAPA Embroidery
• Scentsy
  
• Photography by Lindsey Mulcahy
• 31
  
• SCAPA Holiday Ornaments
• Naticakes
  

Music will be provided by SCAPA’s 7th grade piano, strings and band students. Our 7th grade Visual Arts students will be selling hand-painted holiday ornaments. There will be great door prizes and refreshments too!

Lisa Queen and Heather Erbe will be doing makeovers at this event. The pre-paid cost is $10 and an appointment IS necessary. Please contact srmboswell@msn.com to reserve your spot!

Video Contest Set

Calling all teenage movie directors and music composers – it’s time for the Keep It Real – Don’t Drink video contest. Since the start of the Keep It Real campaign in 2003, underage drinking in Kentucky has decreased. Meanwhile, the campaign’s video competition has increased in popularity.

The first competition saw 30 videos, and that number has more than doubled. Area high school students can submit their 30-second video commercials about the dangers of underage drinking until December 12 at 5pm.

Online voting for the submissions will begin on January 12, and awards, including cash prizes, will be given out at the Kentucky Theater in February when two iPads will be given away as door prizes. You must be present to win.

The winning submissions will run on TV and during pre-show ads in local cinemas. Donna Bernier, a Certified Prevention Professional and Keep It Real committee member, says abstaining from alcohol is important for every teen’s future. “Teens need to know that their choices are broader and bigger when they choose not to drink,” she said. People who use alcohol before the age of 15 are five times more likely to abuse alcohol that those who wait until age 21.

For more details or to access a teacher’s instructional package, visit www.keep-it-real.us.

Tickets Available For Opera House Productions

Tickets are now on sale for this year's Scapa events at the Opera House.

• Disney's Mulan Jr. - Nov. 10-12 - all seats $10 (special one-time pricing)
• Dance Scapa - March 16-17 - $12/students and $14/adults in advance ($13/$15 at the door)
  
• Into the Woods - March 29-31 - $12/students and $14/adults in advance ($13/$15 at the door)
• Tickets can be purchased in person at the Lexington Center Ticket Office downtown. If you choose to buy tickets by phone or online, there will be service fees. Ticketmaster charges $4.50 per ticket and $3.65 per order for phone and online purchases.

From Mrs. Erbe’s Desk

Parents of 8th grade students: In December Mrs. Erbe will send home to you with your child a letter of explanation about the high school course selection process that takes place in January.

SCAPA MathCounts Team

The SCAPA MathCounts Team has begun holding practices on Tuesday and Thursday afternoons.

The fall schedule is as follows:

• Thursday, November 3 – Practice MathCounts Match @ LTMS (4:30)
• Thursday, November 10 – @ Beaumont (4:30)
• Tuesday, November 15 – @ Morton (4:30)

The fall matches are “Quiz Bowl” style where speed counts and the fastest students buzz in first. Throughout the fall we will also practice MathCounts style questions which are paper and pencil problem solving tests done both individually and as a team. The official MathCounts competitions will be held in February and March. Good luck to the SCAPA MathCounts team!

Let me know if you need any further information.

Thanks, Devin Onkst

Attention LHS SCAPA Parents

You are invited to make a big difference at Lafayette High School by joining one of the school's committees. While the Site-Based Decision-Making Council approves policies and procedures, it is the committees that actually put them together. These committees will be meeting soon to set meeting dates and times and to officially establish which people are on the committees and, thus, have voting privileges. It is imperative that we get more parents and students on these committees that do the work that is presented to the SBDM for approval. Budget (for band, choir, orchestra, art, academics, etc.), discipline, curriculum choices, and policies about everything from field trips to testing are too important not to have parents' input. SBDM are SCAPA parents Tracy Schultz McIntosh, Chris Aldridge, and Molly Toney and Dave Ewen.

Please help make sure that your opinions about our school and its programs are heard. We NEED YOU! Thanks! - Tracy McIntosh

Friends of the Arts School (FOAS) Meetings

As a SCAPA Parent, you are automatically a member of the Friends of the Arts School (FOAS). We meet each month and our work is vital to SCAPA. We need everyone of you to become and active member of FOAS! You can start by attending the following meetings at 6:30pm in Room 146:

• November 15
  
• December 13

If you want to be in the know and have a say, this is the place to be.

• Meeting Minutes
• Lafayette SBDM Website
• Meeting Minutes

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Recent Events

Dancers Welcome Visiting Artists

During majors on October 3rd and 5th the ballet and contemporary dancers were visited by Jeromy and Lyndy Franklin Smith. Both of these former Broadway performers have multiple credits to their name. Lyndy was in the original cast of “The Little Mermaid” and was dance captain and swing for “A Chorus Line.” Jeromy was in the cast of “42nd Street” and “Swing” among others. They spent time with the elementary, middle and high school dancers teaching musical theatre steps to music from “The Little Mermaid,” “Shrek,” “A Chorus Line,” and “The Producers.” Thank you to the dance faculty for making this incredible experience possible for our students.

Create A Pumpkin Contest

All Bluegrass SCAPA students were invited to create a pumpkin that represented their favorite book character for an exhibit sponsored by Mrs. Sarantakos in the library. The following students participated and the five prize winners received a gift certificate to SCAPA’s Book Fair which will be held next month. The pumpkins were on display in the library the last two weeks of October until Halloween. What terrific creations!

The participants were:

• Felicity by Kendall McCormick
  
• Frosty the Snowman by Taylor Moorehead
  
• Ralph S. Mouse by Emily Putman
  
• Elvis Presley by Sarah Perry
  
• Sunny Baudelaire by Helena Schatzki
  
• Wimpy Kid by Jordan Vescio and Kennedie Nelson
  
• Hermit Crab by Joseph Waterbury-Tieman (1st Place)
  
• Charlotte by Hayley Martha
  
• Twilight by Rachel Bishop and Casey Fields (4th Place)
  
• Medusa by Leila Abou-Jaoude (2nd Place)
  
• Rainbow Fish by Jamie Bradley
  
• Eeyore by Emma Mathews
  
• Aslan by Amelia Loeffler (3rd Place)
  
• The Sorting Hat by Laura Radulescu
  
• Tigger by Katrin Flores (5th Place)

Lafayette Madrigal Singers

Congratulations to Mr. Ryan Marsh and the Lafayette Madrigal Singers who were invited to perform with the Lexington Bach Choir on Friday, November 4th at the First Presbyterian Church. The repertoire was Cantata BWV 131, Aus der Tiefen rufe ich, Motet BWV 226, Herr, zu dir Der Geist Hilf, and Brandenburg Concerto #3 for String Ensemble. This performance was part of the Music for Mission.

Lexington Green’s Scarecrow Fest

The scarecrow created by several of Mr. Love’s 8th grade visual arts majors won 2nd place in the 2011 Lexington Green’s Scarecrow Fest. Prizes were awarded based on public voting for favorite scarecrow. Mr. Love received gift certificates from Joseph-Beth Booksellers, Willis Music, and Artique as well as coupons for Tony Roma’s and Champs. Congratulations!

SCAPA Hallways

Recently, during one of my trips through the hallways at BG SCAPA, I was struck by the numerous creative assignments gracing our walls. It reminded me that not all parents have a chance to walk these hallways and admire our students’ work, so I thought it might help to add a section to the newsletter where these are showcased. Not only is the work impressive, but the creative nature of the assignments our teachers design for our students is inspiring. We are so fortunate to be a part of the SCAPA learning community! - Carolyn W-T

6th Graders Create Quilt Squares

Mrs. Graham-Greene used this activity with the students while Mr. Onkst was on the 8th grade field trip. This activity was an extention activity in the study of integers. Prior to this activity, students had practiced using number lines to gain experience about positive and negative integers. They extended their knowledge by accurately identifying ordered pairs of positive or negative integers on both the x and y axis of a coordinate grid within the appropriate quadrant. The quilt project then required students to connect a specific sequence of ordered pairs together to form patterns on the coordinate grid. Finally, each student was given specific instructions about which shapes on the coordinate grid to color, so that the unique pattern of each quilt would reveal itself. Each student had a different set of directions for connecting their ordered pairs, which resulted in the variety of quilt patterns seen in our display; however each student demonstrated their creativity in determining which colors they chose to complete their quilt. As a fun followup to this activity, the students paired up with a partner to play “Battleship,” which also reinforced identifying points (ordered pairs) on a coordinate grid, in order to sink their opponent’s ship.

Ms. Beals 6th Graders

Ms. Beals 6th graders concluded their unit of study of Ecology by creating “Endangered Species Fact Sheets.” They were able to apply many of the concepts they studied in class when designing their fact sheets.

Mr. Spaeth’s 8th Graders

Students in Mr. Spaeth’s 8th grade social studies class were given the task of designing a state license plate that reflected the colonial history of one of the original thirteen colonies. The students worked in partners and on the license plate had to include an image and slogan to accompany the state name. Some students even created a “vanity plate” style license number that went along with their theme. Slogans included “New York: We’ve Been Duked” reflecting the naming of the colony after the Duke of York, and “Connecticut: With the Help of a Tree, We are Now Free” reflecting Connecticut’s Charter Oak, a symbol of independence from English rule.

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.

Harlan Cecil Wins Joseph Beth Bookmark Design Contest Congratulations to Harlan Cecil, 4th grade visual arts major, for winning the Joseph-Beth Bookseller’s bookmark design contest. Harlan's design will be the official Joseph-Beth Bookmark for their 25th Anniversary celebration, as well as be available all year! Joseph-Beth will be hosting a "Bookmark Signing" on Sat., Nov. 5th from 2-4 PM (Lexington Green location). Harlan would LOVE to see all his friends from SCAPA attend this special event and have their bookmark signed by him!!! All the entries will be displayed at this event as well.   SCAPA 2012 HOBY Representative The 2012 SCAPA HOBY representative will be Caroline Keegan. This year’s program for Kentucky will be held at Transylvania University May 31-June 3, 2012. Inspiring, Educational, Compassionate, Energizing, Enthusiastic, Motivating, Transforming, Long-Lasting, and Life-Changing. These are some of the words that students, schools, parents, alumni, volunteers and supporters use to describe Hugh O’Brian Youth Leadership (HOBY). What does HOBY mean to you? Founded in 1958, HOBY’s mission is to inspire and develop our global community of youth and volunteers to a life dedicated to leadership, service and innovation. HOBY programs are conducted annually throughout the United States, serving local and international high school students. HOBY programs provide youth selected by their schools to participate in unique leadership training, service-learning and motivation-building experiences. Congratulations, Caroline! We know you will be a terrific representative for SCAPA. 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 – Sophia Li Grade 5 – Ella Webster Grade 6 – Rachael Bishop Grade 7 – Haley Todd Grade 8 – Rebecca Peniston

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SCAPA Introductions

Rebekah Reeves

Rebekah Reeves is originally from the town of Vanceburg, Kentucky, which is in the northeast corner of the state. She currently holds a Bachelor’s of Arts in English from the University of Louisville and Masters of Education in teaching English from The Ohio State University. She is currently serving SCAPA as Literacy Coach and this is her tenth year as an educator. In her first five years, she taught high school English in Columbus, Ohio. In 2007, she moved to Lexington and spent three and a half years at Lexington Traditional Magnet Middle School teaching seventh grade Language Arts. She feels right at home and overjoyed to be a part of SCAPA’s staff. She has one daughter named Ruby and lives with her partner, David Wachter. Her educational goal is to assist all students in achieving to their maximum potential.

Academic News

Currently the 8th graders are learning about energy resources and environmental issues in science class. These pictures show the students using our new Vernier LabQuests during an experiment about global warming.

SCAPA 5th Graders Are Treated to Historic Visit

“Viking Erik the Red sailed into SCAPA on Oct. 18th to discuss with all 5th graders his exploits, his son, Leif Eriksson (Erik’s son – get it?), and to model the criteria that Mr. Lindsey’s class will use when researching their own explorer. Real Norwegian was spoken, a horned helmet was worn, and reports of a knarr seen rowing down Lafayette Parkway were made to the police.”

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Arts News

BG Visual Arts

BG Vocal

Congratulations to the following students who participated in an all-day rehearsal on Friday, November 4th at the EKU campus and then performed in the 2011 District 7, Elementary CKMEA concert at Brock Auditorium: Megan Clendening, Abigail Cunningham, Aubrey Dawson, Valerie Langdorf, Kendall McCormick, Jacqueline Mullins, Luke Pellegrino, Ella Phillips, Ashley Prigge, Thomas Ward III, and Ava Cullen. Thank you for sharing your voices and making this a memorable vocal event!

BG Band

• Band News Nov, 2011
  

LHS Orchestra

• Lafayette Orchestra

LHS Band

• Lafayette Band News
  

LHS Vocal

• LHS Vocal Newsletters

LHS Visual Arts

Scapa 11: Recently students completed creating two painted silk scarf designs; it was really great to see the students take on the challenge of using very interesting subject mattter (from jelly fish floating in a sea of blues to elephants swirling in galaxies from outer space). I hope to submit some of these designs in the mid-year EKU Bluegrass Region art show. Students are currently working with the world of glass; they have selected a specific size and subject to create in a window format. It has been interesting to see how they have challenged themselves with the use of more than the 'normal' amount of shapes/pieces witin the window designs. We will also be creating images with the mosaic glass method ....one that does not involve traditional soldering. The students are taking a brief 'break in the midst of the glass unit to create a surrealistic image using either intense colored pencil work, a untraditional water based oil pastel, or a combination of those methods. Students have been reporting an incidence of 'increased dream activity' after the introduction of the lesson so parents beware!

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Club and Team News

The SCAPA MathCounts team held their first match against Southern. Both the JV and Varsity teams did extremely well, each winning their match. The scores were:

JV: SCAPA 9, Southern 5 (Team members were Antonio Anton, Aaron Choate, Petya Karkelanova, Krista Manche, Josephine Wendroth)
Varsity: SCAPA 17, Southern 1 (Team members were Lane Aldridge, Riley Bishop, Gavin Burt, Azure Rowe, Stephanie Stumbur, Aaron Choate, Krista Manche, Josephine Wendroth)

Thanks to Ms. Randolph and the staff members that stopped in to watch the students in action. I know the kids really appreciated you taking the time to be there. Our other home match this season will be on December 8th, against St. Peter and Paul.

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Alumni News

Alumni in “Romeo et Juliette” by the UK Opera Theatre

Three SCAPA alumni were involved with the recent production of “Romeo et Juliette” by the UK Opera Theatre. Gabrielle Barker, ’10 voice major, was in the chorus and in the pit were Alexandra Freeman, ’08 strings major, on cello and Sarah Grindle, ’11 strings major, on viola.

• Review for Romeo et Juliette (Source: copiousnotes.bloginky.com)
• Performances videos (Source: www.ihigh.com)

Stafford Hartman

Stafford Hartman, ’05 vocal major, was recently shot and robbed in Memphis, TN where she currently resides. She was returning home after a rehearsal of the opera “Tosca” at the Orpheum. Stafford went on to perform the next night in a wheelchair, a testament to the artist spirit. See more about this story and the response of the Memphis community to her “playing injured” and giving her all even in a minor role so that paying customers experienced what they came to see and hear. All of our best wishes for her speedy recovery, Stafford. We are so proud of you!

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.)

Arts Advocacy Day 2011: Virtual Hearing

The 24th annual Arts Advocacy Day brought together a broad cross section of America's cultural and civic organizations, along with hundreds of grassroots advocates from across the country, to underscore the importance of developing strong public policies and appropriating increased public funding for the arts.

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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