From the President Terri McGraw

Hello SCAPA friends!

FALL IS IN THE AIR!!! Thank you so very much for all the new faces we are seeing at the front door & the bookstore to help meet & greet our students every morning and also helping Barbara during the morning hours. We have had wonderful response with our morning and afternoon parent/grandparent greeter program. Thanks to Bob Price for putting this program in full gear! Bob has a schedule and if you would like to get on that schedule, please feel free to contact him at robertprice2@insightbb.com

The bookstore is open on Monday, Wednesday & Fridays from 7:30-8:15 am. If your 8th grade student would like to work the bookstore, please contact me at tmcgraw@insightbb.com

Each SCAPA family will be receiving a school directory soon. We have ordered some additional directories that can be purchased for $5 each. The directory will be sent home with your child. It contains student information, teacher information, committee contacts, and also student major and minors. Very helpful! Innisbrook is complete and we are happy to report that the 2010 sales totaled $13,674. We made $6,837. So, two thumbs up for all who sold!! Kroger cards are doing well. We are receiving over $300/month – WHAT A GREAT WAY TO EARN MONEY FOR YOUR KIDS!!! KEEP IT UP!!

Coffee/Tea is gearing up for the holiday season and sales. Be thinking of those special people in your life that you will want to buy some coffee or tea for. Keep bringing in those Box Tops – CLIP MORE/EARN MORE

The computer department could also use your used-empty printer ink cartridges. Please drop them in the box in the front lobby or send them to the computer/technology lab. These used cartridges are purchasing headphones for the computer lab!

SCAPA is gaining recognition as we see the “Rockettes” call us and ask to come and visit our school and work with our dancers. Andre Pater, world renowned equine artist, extended an invitation to his exhibit at the UK Art Museum.

Don't forget to sign up for a quick gift wrapping shift at Amazon. Amazon gift wrapping schedule is up and you can schedule for your time to help. This is SUCH a GREAT and EASY way to earn money. Please get a group together and come out and have fun with us while we earn some really good money for our kids! Don’t forget the Amazon on-line purchase too for the holidays.

Please put Bluegrass SCAPA’s production of “Disney’s Aladdin, Jr.” and Lafayette SCAPA’s production of “The Front Page” on your calendar. You will not want to miss these shows! You will be thrilled to know that plans for the SCAPA Performing Arts Center are underway!

We now know where the school board will allow us to build our new arts building – drum role please.... the space next to Beeler and behind our school building will be the official site. The SCAPA Performing Arts Center Board has approved the hiring of Jeff Stivers to provide a feasibility study for this building. Thanks so much to all those who have spent and continue to spend countless hours to make this a reality!!

A Special THANKS to Alltech for providing tickets for all of our kids and teachers to attend the once in a lifetime event at the World Equestrian Games! Many of our SCAPA children were in the opening ceremonies and we thank our parents for time spent to help get the kids to this event. Job well done in representing our wonderful school!

Terri McGraw
tmcgraw@milestoneky.com

From Beth Randolph, Bluegrass Principal

Dear SCAPA Family,

With October come cooler days and cooler nights. For many, the fall signals the slowing down of activities as summer officially ends. The same cannot be said at SCAPA. Our fall production, Aladdin, Jr., is in full swing; the band is gearing up for their special competition; the visual art students are working on their Art Lease projects; the creative writing, dance, piano, strings, and vocal music students continue to hone their craft; the speech team is getting underway; and SCAPA’s academic classes continue to pursue excellence at an incredible pace.

With all that is constantly going on in such a busy place, it is appropriate to stop and recognize some of the successes already accomplished this school year. The World Equestrian Games (WEG) began with a bang as close to fifty of our students participated in one form or another at the opening. This ceremony was a showcase of our state’s talent to the world and SCAPA played a large part in making this an event to be remembered forever. Our vocal students performed magnificently on the first of October as part of a WEG event and they were the featured entertainment at the University of Kentucky College of Education’s Scholarship Banquet on the 21st of September. Our drama department will be highlighted on the fourth of October as part of another WEG activity as they do a remix of songs from the Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat show. In the midst of all the artistic performances our students participate in continually, they also proudly uphold our school’s academic tradition. The recent release of our school’s Kentucky Core Content Test (KCCT) scores attests to this once again.

For the past several years, SCAPA’s goal has been for everyone to reach the proficient or distinguished level in math and reading. For the first time ever, a grade level did this. Congratulations to last year’s fourth graders for accomplishing this incredible feat. The rest of the building did well too with 97.82% scoring proficient or distinguished in reading.

SCAPA did well in the other core content subjects too. The results look like this:

• 97.82% of the students scored proficient or distinguished in reading • 93.45% of the students scored proficient or distinguished in mathematics
• 88.18% of the students scored proficient or distinguished in social studies
• 93.64% of the students scored proficient or distinguished in science
• 86.36% of the students scored proficient or distinguished in on- demand writing

We are proud of the students and their hard work on the Kentucky Core Content Tests. As we study and analyze these results, we look forward to finding ways to improve in all areas as we strive to help every student do their best academically and artistically.

In closing, let’s not forget that at SCAPA we are a committed team of students, parents, teachers, and staff all striving to achieve the best for each student that comes through our doors. Andrew Carnegie said it eloquently when he described teamwork this way, “Teamwork is the ability to work together toward a common vision, the ability to direct individual accomplishment toward organizational objectives. It is the fuel that allows common people to attain uncommon results.” In everything we do this year, let’s reach for those uncommon results.

Sincerely,

Beth Randolph

From Vicki Ritchie, LHS Principal

Dear Parents,

Our stadium is finally open!!! The new Ishmael Stadium is beautiful and our first “home” game was attended by a record crowd. The combined choirs sang the National Anthem and our superintendent and all five Board of Education members helped cut the ribbon. Our senior band members and parents were recognized before the game and the band performed their show, “Chime,” at half-time. This year’s football, boys’ soccer and girls’ soccer teams played games on the field Oct 1 and Oct 2. They are beginning a new era in our continuing legacy of good sportsmanship and athletic excellence.

Our KCCT scores were made public in September and although we have more work to do, our overall index score improved from an 82 to an 84. We improved in both our Reading and Math scores and our overall index was in the top 15 scores of high schools in the state. We are working hard to be in the top 10 next year!

Midterms came home last week and you also should have received information regarding our online ACT preparation program (TCA). Our senior Career Day will be held on October 15.

Vicki Ritchie

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Stay Involved with Your Teen Before They Drift Away

 by Carolyn Waterbury-Tieman

When I was about four-years-old, one of my favorite things to do at the swimming pool was jump off the side into the arms of a trusted adult. There was nothing like the thrill of leaping into space, splashing into that deep refreshing water knowing those strong reliable arms would catch me before I had a chance to go under. Because I couldn’t swim yet, my parents made sure I didn’t get near the edge unless there was someone there waiting to catch me. The designated person was usually my father or some other adult I knew, a relative or close family friend. Of course, they would never have allowed me to jump into the arms of another four-year-old. The absurdity of letting one four-year-old jump off the side of a pool into the arms of another four-year-old, neither of whom can swim, is obvious.

Perhaps less obvious, but equally absurd is what we are allowing to happen to a large portion of our adolescent population. Many of these kids – their hormones in flux – are standing on the edge of a pool teeming with confusing messages, situations, and expectations. With little or no instruction, they are being pushed over the side by media, peers, and even parents, into the arms of kids their own age who are already struggling just to keep themselves afloat.

There are no adults keeping watch along the sides, no adults coaching or offering to pull them back out. There are no strong reliable arms waiting to catch them and guide them through the confusion. The message is clear: sink or swim.

Based on my observation and experience, too many are sinking. A disturbing aspect of this scenario is that the adolescents actually believe the ones already in the pool are capable of catching them and keeping them safe. They have a higher level of trust and confidence in their peers’ ability to take care of them than in the ability of their parents or other adults. Peers are a poor substitute for caring, committed, responsible adults when it comes to guiding kids.

This strong loyalty to peers is not surprising when you consider how many adolescents have been abandoned by the adults in their lives. Often, teens are abandoned out of ignorance. Many parents are under the false impression that their active involvement and supervision are no longer wanted or needed after their child reaches the age of 11. When families fail to provide kids with the sense of belonging and significance they so desperately need, teens often will seek to fulfill this need outside the family, frequently among peers in the form of cliques, gangs and cults.

If we are going to guide our young people through the turbulent waters of adolescence, here are a few suggestions:

Provide them with a sense of belonging and significance. Be the primary source of encouragement, support and nurturing. Express your confidence and appreciation for their abilities, efforts, and examples of good decision making. Help them celebrate their successes and analyze their failures for clues to future success. Teach them to accept responsibility for both.

Monitor and challenge media and peer representations of adolescents. In spite of what we often see in the media, there is not gene that kicks in at adolescence and makes kids smart-mouthed, disrespectful, irresponsible, cigarette-smoking, liquor-drinking, sexually promiscuous, violent jerks. Sure, adolescents are being affected by hormones and are experiencing mood changes. Their job is to learn how to manage these effectively and our job is to teach them how.

Get to know their friends and their friends’ parents. Have regular conversations about who they are hanging around with before school, at lunch, between classes and after school. Invite the friends who are mentioned most often to your home. Have the friend and his/her family over. If the parents are too busy to get to know you, chances are they are too busy to adequately supervise your child in their home.

Make your home a place kids want to be. This does not require that you convert your house into a teen entertainment center. However, it is helpful to have a variety of indoor and outdoor activities available. Make your house rules for speech, behavior and treatment of others clear from the outset. Demonstrate interest in their lives without trying to be one of them. Be around and available without being obtrusive. Have plenty of food.

Include adults in your teen’s circle of friends. Some of my fondest memories are of the times when my parents, parents of my friends, or adult relatives would join my friends and me in our games, include us in their philosophical discussions, or exchange memories. Our young people need to know that there are trustworthy adults who want to be their allies, not their enemies.

Avoid overreacting to friends you disapprove of. Be careful not to make judgmental comments about friends and avoid making assumptions based on appearance. If you have objections about a friend, focus on describing the specific behavior that concerns you and why it is a problem. Ask for your teen’s opinion. Calmly discuss how you intend to respond when this behavior is demonstrated in your home. If you are uncomfortable with this friend’s parents or are unable to get to know them, make it a rule that your teen can spend time with this friend only in your home or on outings that you supervise.

Be firm and consistent in requiring your teen to abide by family rules and values regardless of who is visiting. If your teen starts to adopt attitudes, phrases or actions you disapprove of, say something! You might say, “I don’t like the person you become when Jason is around. You roll your eyes at me and act like everything I say is stupid. We don’t treat people like that in this family. The reason Jason wants to be with you is because he likes who you are, so stop trying to be like somebody you think he’ll admire and start being yourself. Otherwise, we’ll have to limit the amount of time you spend with him.” While forbidding contact with certain friends should be avoided, there may be instances that require such a drastic step. Signs that you may need to help your teen end a friendship include declining school performance, decreased interest in previously valued friendships and activities, and repeated attempts by your teen to exclude him/herself from family activities.

Make it a policy to personally confirm with the appropriate adults any party or overnight invitations. You want to know the nature of the event and that adult supervision will be present. If you suspect that there might be inappropriate activity or absence of adult supervision, don’t let them go. Better to be safe than sorry.

If you are unsure how to deal with your adolescent, please get help. Asking for help is a sign of wisdom, not weakness. Be sure your adolescent knows this. Remember. Hang around the pool until your teen can safely navigate and climb out on his/her own.

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

Shows You Won't Want to Miss!

Bluegrass SCAPA Presents "Disney's Aladdin, Jr." at the Lexington Opera House

• Thursday, November 11 at 7pm
  
• Friday, November 12 at 8pm
  
• Saturday, November 13 at 2:00pm and 8:00pm
  
• $12/student and $14/adult in advance or $1/ticket more at the door
  
• Tickets available at the Lexington Center Box Office, 233-3535

Lafayette SCAPA Presents "The Front Page" in Beeler Auditorium at Lafayette High School

• Thursday, November 11 at 7pm
  
• Friday, November 12 at 8pm
  
• Saturday, November 13 at 8pm
  
• Sunday, November 14 at 2pm
  
• $8/student and $10/adult at the door 90 minutes prior to curtain

SCAPA F.O.A.S. Amazon Wrapping Fundraiser

Come join us at Amazon to help wrap some holiday gifts. You don’t have to be an expert, or even experienced! A great way to support F.O.A.S. without having to buy or sell!

Amazon provides pre-cut paper, electric tape dispensers, an organized table, and cushy mats to stand on. The shifts are only 4 hours long and the time goes by quickly. Training will be provided.

This is a festive and fun way to help the Friends community stay strong. Amazon will donate 60 cents to $1 per package, depending on time of day (day shifts are more than evening ones) and how close it is to the end of the wrapping season (the amount is greater toward the end). The average wrapped per hour is 22, but it is very possible to wrap 40 – 50 packages/hour, particularly if you have done this before or if you sign up for more than one shift this year.

Please see the attached flyer for information about shift dates and times and let me know as soon as possible if you are able to help SCAPA Friends with this fundraiser. Signups for shifts will start next week (week of Sept 20th) and there are many groups competing for wrapping spots, so we will have the best chance of getting our preferred shifts if we sign up early.

Thanks, Mary Kay Rayens (mkrayens@uky.edu or 859-312-7225)

A Message from Mrs. Sarantakos

Attention Parents: You should have received a letter in your student’s agenda that invited you to sign up to automatically receive the results of their AR tests. Here is the link: www.arbookfind.com. These are the tests that your student can take on the computer in the library after they complete a book. The letter instructs you on exactly what to do and will provide your student’s login and password. It can all be completed through the parent portal on the SCAPA website, www.scapa.fcps.net. When you sign up for this service, be sure to check your Junk Email box as the invitation to join may end up there. This is an easy way to track your student’s progress on accumulating AR points. Keep them reading!

Submit Your Pictures for the SCAPA Yearbook

Dear Parent or Student,

Get your pictures in the yearbook! The Yearbook Staff invites students and parents to submit photos for the yearbook. If you've got great photos of school and community events or you and your friends just having fun, we'd like to see them. Our photographers can't be everywhere. Help us get as many photos as possible to create a terrific book everyone will want to have.

Here is how you can submit photos online:

• Go to: https://images.jostens.com/login
  
• If it does not automatically log you into the site, enter username: 400052129 and password: penguins
• Browse to select the photo(s) you wish to upload.
• Enter information about the photo and provide contact information in case the staff needs additional information.
• Click "Save Details".

It's that easy! Submit your photos today! The last day to submit photos is 5/30/2011.

The Yearbook Staff will review all photos and determine final yearbook content. We cannot guarantee that all submissions can be used in the book.

Social Networking Informational Meeting

On Monday, October 25th at 6:30, SCAPA will be hosting an important informational meeting for parents on student social networking in Helm Hall. The statistics of unacceptable use of cell phones and the internet are alarming and all parents need to be aware of how they can best protect their children from harmful situations related to these technologies.

For instance, did you know:

• Less than 5% of teenagers tell their parents about inappropriate postings on their phone or Facebook page
  
• 1 out of 5 teenagers has communicated with a sexual predator
  
• Only 1/3 of households actually protect their children from inappropriate internet sites
  
• 75% of all children are willing to share personal information with someone online
  
• 77% of predators target students under the age of 14
  
• 28% of teens use code words to hide things from their parents

If these statistics worry you, please come to the meeting on the 25th to learn how you can protect your child most effectively.

From the Desk of Mrs. Erbe

• The KCCT individual score reports are scheduled to arrive in Lexington late October/early November and will be mailed home.
  
• The EXPLORE Test for 8th grade students was completed in September. Individual score reports are scheduled to arrive early 2011. These will be given to parents at the Parent/Student Eighth – Ninth Grade conference session with Mrs. Erbe in January. A letter will be given to students to take home to parents in December regarding this conference.
  
• Duke Talent Identification Program for qualifying students: Mrs. Erbe will send information home in late Sept/early Oct. but suggests applying on-line to avoid missing the deadline. Her letter will contain necessary application information.
  

CHILLIPOP at the WEG

Celebrating the magical spirit of a Mo-town humming llama, CHILLIPOP, a children’s book, will be presented at the World Equestrian Games. Performance dates are Sunday, Sept. 26th, Oct. 2, 3, 9 and 10. The presentation will take place outside the Kentucky Horse Park Visitor’s Center at four o’clcok. Dancing as the Arabian Horse and/or the llama is KATIE SWIM, a SCAPA 8th grade vocal major and Jaime Pearce, a SCAPA graduate. The presentation includes dancing and a dramatic performance by author (and SCAPA parent) Margaret Price. CHILLIPOP, in song and dance, will also be performed at Joseph-Beth Booksellers on Saturday, Oct. 2nd at 11:00 AM. A portion of the book’s proceeds benefit Central Kentucky Riding for Hope. The book Chillipop is available at Joseph-Beth booksellers, Third Street Stuff and Wallace Station!

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!

Scarecrow Fest is Back!

Bring Scarecrow entries to Artique beginning September 1st and have them in by September 30th! Voting begins October 1st and ends October 28th!

• More information
• Winners will be awarded Scarecrow Day: Saturday, October 30th

Performing and Visual Arts College Night at Lexington Catholic High School

Save the Date of October 21, 2010 for the Performing and Visual Arts College Night at Lexington Catholic High School

Sponsored by Lexington Catholic High School and The School for the Creative and Performing Arts. In addition to a general college fair, students are invited to participate in art portfolio reviews as well as audition for vocal music, Instrumental music, drama, musical theatre and dance

For more information regarding auditions contact Carla Pleasant, carla.pleasant@fayette.kyschools.us or Carolyn Waterbury-Tieman, carolyn.tieman@fayette.kyschools.us.

You can now download your registration form on-line at the PVA College Fair website, www.ckypva.org.

New York Times Article

Attention high school juniors and seniors planning to pursue careers in theatre. You might want to take a look at this article which includes an interview with an experienced talent agent.

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

• September 21
  
• October 19
  
• November 16
  
• December 14
  
• January 18
  
• February 15
  
• March 15
  
• April 19
  
• May 17

Meeting Minutes

• 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

Andre Pater Exhibit

Andre Pater, renowned equine artist and SCAPA parent, graciously agreed to personally guide our SCAPA community through his exhibit currently on display at the UK Art Museum on Saturday, October 2nd. The exhibit represents over 25 years of work that has been collected from owners all over the world. What was supposed to be a one-hour tour, beginning at 3:30pm, was still going strong at 5:00pm. This was a rare treat and was generously offered to us free of charge by the UK Art Museum.

In addition to viewing Mr. Pater's extraordinary work, learning when and under what circumstances they were created, we also had the pleasure of hearing him describe the necessity for passion, hard work, focus, talent and above all "being yourself" to becoming an artist. What an incredible afternoon. One that will not be forgotten! Thank you to the UK Art Museum, Mr. Andre Pater, and his lovely wife, Kasia, for this very special look into an artist's life and work.

SCAPA Shines in Spotlight Lexington

The Spotlight Lexington stage, in the courthouse plaza, celebrated Broadway Night on Monday, October 4th. SCAPA was invited to participate and lit up the stage with a performance of the MegaMix from "Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat", the finale from their popular spring 2010 production. The participating students represented SCAPA grades 5-12. Thanks to everyone involved for this final encore performance!

SCAPA 4th Graders Visit Boonesborough

Fourth Grade SCAPA students had a perfect day to visit, investigate and experience Fort Boonesborough on October 1, 2010. Students had the opportunity to travel back in time and consider the daily survival of the early settlers in Kentucky. Taking notes as they went, each child had to stop and think about the sights, smells, sounds and tastes surrounding them in the various cabins where one might discover the art of weaving, silver smithing, or candle making. From fire starting with flint and steel to walking along the river and considering past forms of transportation, the students had a wonderful day. With Mrs. Sergent, students studied owl pellets and discovered what sort of hunting these animals participate in on their nightly rounds. Of course, lunch tasted so much better outside with friends beside the river. It was a day to remember for our 4th Graders!

Rockettes Visit SCAPA!

- Submitted by Clay Faulkner

On Wednesday, September 20 two Rockette Dancers, Alina Williams and Laura Danelski, came to SCAPA to teach the elementary and middle school dance majors' classes. They taught us a dance/kick line. During this process we also learned some terms that the Rockettes use such as: toe the line, arch the line, heel the line, bevels, and strut kicks. The Rockettes coming to SCAPA was an extraordinary opportunity for us to learn more about what it is like to be a Rockette and also what the audition process is like. Here are some things I found out: the audition takes two days to complete. The first day is when you go to the actual audition and show the judges what you’ve got; then the judges send you out of the dance room to discuss who they think had the most talent and who they want to call-back. Then they bring everybody back into the room and make the cuts. Those who were not cut are invited back for the next day to do call- backs. The callbacks are just so you can really prove to the judges you have what it takes to be a Rockette.

Another thing I learned was that Radio City actually offers a summer intensive for those who are very serious about becoming a Rockette to help you prepare the things that the judges are probably going to be looking for and get you ready to do the auditions. The summer intensive also helps you have a feel for how hard you have to work if you are serious about becoming a Rockette.

And the last thing I learned was that to be a Rockette you have to maintain great physical shape all year long. You must do this because when rehearsals start you will be at rehearsal six hours a day six days a week. And during all this time you will be dancing. And if you are not maintaining good shape your body will not react very well to all this activity, therefore causing injury to your body and muscles.

If you are interested in seeing the Rockettes Live they will be performing in the 9th annual Radio City Christmas Spectacular in Nashville, Tennessee at the newly reopened Grand Ole Opry House November 19-December 24, 2010. For ticket information and a complete list of the show schedule, visit www.ChristmasatGaylordOpryland.com or www.gaylordopryland.com.

SCAPA Goes to the World Equestrian Games

Thanks to the generosity of Dr. Pearse Lyons and Alltech, the entire student body and staff of Bluegrass SCAPA were invited to attend the World Equestrian Games on Monday, September 27th. While the weather was dreary, drizzly and cold, our spirits could not be dampened as we boarded five buses and headed for the Kentucky Horse Park. After a nice little hike from the parking lot through the main gates to the arena, we were warmed up and ready to enjoy watching some elegant horses and riders compete in the Dressage event. Dressage is often described as horse ballet, but actually has its roots in military combat. We also had time to briefly stop at the pavilion housing the Kentucky experience. Afterwards, we visited the Alltech exhibit where the students were treated to a free serving of Dippin' Dots, a highlight of the day. We are all very grateful to have had this opportunity to spend an afternoon at the World Equestrian Games.

Australia Brings Music to SCAPA

Adrian Ross, an Australian Didgeridoo player, and his wife, Darlene, spent the morning with Lafayette and Bluegrass SCAPA students on Tuesday, September 26th. Mr. Ross was here to perform during the WEG and was hosted by one or our families. Recently he has played for Australian and American troops in Iraq and Afghanistan. He has played with jazz bands, symphony orchestras and other performing groups. He often gives presentations in Australian schools. Mr. Ross is an innovator and has developed new techniques for playing the Didgeridoo that allow the instrument to be played in a variety of settings and with a variety of other instruments. He taught the SCAPA students how to do Circular Breathing. Our students are so fortunate to have had this chance to spend time with a musician from another continent. Thank you to everyone who made this memorable experience possible.

SCAPA Participants in the WEG Opening Ceremonies

Congratulations to the following students who participated in the WEG Opening Ceremonies on Saturday, September 25th at the Kentucky Horse Park. We appreciate the time and commitment you devoted to this event. Thank you for representing SCAPA so honorably.

Youth Performance Corp

• Aubrey Dawson
  
• Blakely Burger
  
• Callie Babcock
  
• Caroline Capello
  
• Clark Davis
  
• Darian May
  
• Ekya McDowell
  
• Ella Cunningham
  
• Emma Matthews
  
• Hope Bennett
  
• Jamie Bradley
  
• Jarod Frank
  
• Jayda Doleman
  
• Jordan Vescio
  
• Joseph Waterbury-Tieman
  
• Kate Cox
  
• Katelynn Mofield
  
• Katie Beth Demos
  
• Katie Swim
  
• Krista Manche
  
• Leila Abou-Jaoude
  
• Madeline Stone
  
• Megan Leiter
  
• Monica Schmocker
  
• Rachael Bishop
  
• Tanner Bleck
  

Lexington Singers’ Children’s Chorus

• Hannah Hetzel-Ebben
  
• Jordan Luciano
  
• Kurtis Brown
  
• Scott DiMeo
  
• Erin Disponette
  
• Hunter England
  
• Holly Bennett
  
• Kristina Leggas
  
• Issac Hines-Williams
  
• Adrienne Omelchenko

For a look at the WEG Opening Ceremonies online, here is a link www.usefnetwork.com/weg2010

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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.

KY State Fair Coca Cola Talent Classic Grand Prize Winner Gabrielle Barker, 2010 SCAPA Lafayette graduate former student of Joanna McCarty-Rogers and present vocal student of U.K.’s Cynthia Lawrence, wins the Grand Prize at Kentucky State Fair Coca Cola Talent Classic. This past year, thirty –two Coca Cola Talent classic preliminaries took place in Kentucky and southern Indiana. The top three acts from each of these preliminaries, over one hundred acts performed at the Kentucky State Fair semi-finals. Following semifinal performances judges selected the top twenty acts to be invited to perform for finals. In the final round, Gabby’s vocal selection “The Girl in 14g,” put her in the top spot with a trophy and a check for $1,200.   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 - Celina Luo Grade 5 - Hayley Martha Grade 6 - Clara Woods Grade 7 - Megan Leiter Grade 8 - Jazz Cole Congratulations to the following LHS SCAPA students for being elected to the following class positions: SENIOR CLASS SBDM Rep: Portia Boggs and Miles Conger JUNIOR CLASS President: Emily Tincher Vice President: Michael Roach Secretary: Lauren Jacoby Treasurer: Ben Healy and Despina Wilson SOPHOMORE CLASS President: Joseph Wrightson Vice President: Partick Garr Secretary: Amari Cowan and Makiko Iwase FRESHMAN CLASS Vice President: Reese Mittan Treasurer: Anna King SCAPA 2011 HOBY Representative The 2011 SCAPA HOBY representative will be Colton Ryan. In case Colton cannot attend, Emily Farrer will be the alternate. This year’s program for Kentucky will be held June 2 – 5, 2011 at Transylvania University. About HOBY 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. Students Deemed Young Achievers The Young Achievers program has released the list of top students for each participating elementary and middle school in Fayette County in 2009-2010. Holifield Photography sponsors Young Achievers in cooperation with the International Leadership Network, a non-profit charitable organization. Students are nominated by a principal, guidance counselor or teacher in the spring of their fourth- or seventh-grade year. The program honors fifth-graders and eighth-graders who are positive role models for their peers and who demonstrate exceptional achievement in a variety of areas, exhibit good citizenship in their schools and communities, and maintain satisfactory records of school attendance and scholastic achievement. All participating students get an award certificate from the Young Achievers program. Each school winner also receives a Young Achievers gold medallion, T-shirt and book bag. Following are the 2009-2010 school winners from Bluegrass SCAPA Fifth graders - Sydney Mullins Eighth graders - Jane Louise Herbener FCPS boasts four dozen National Merit semifinalists A district-record 48 seniors in Fayette County Public Schools are semifinalists in the annual National Merit Scholarship Program and will compete for about $36 million in college scholarships awarded in 2011. The 16,000 semifinalists represent less than 1 percent of students nationwide – those who scored highest on the 2009 Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test. About 90 percent of them are expected to advance, and roughly half of the finalists will win a scholarship. Three types of awards will be offered this spring: 2,500 National Merit $2,500 scholarships given on a state representational basis, about 1,000 corporate-sponsored scholarships and nearly 5,000 college-sponsored awards. Winners will be announced in several waves from April to July. Congratulations to these LHS SCAPA semifinalists: From Henry Clay High School: Andrea Frost, John Gonzalez, Emma Jackson, Fiona Mowbray, and Eleanor Todd.

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FOURTH GRADE BAND – Students are off to a great start! Most parents have checked the band folder which contains class expectations, a parent letter to be signed, a practice report, and a band calendar which has elementary and middle school band dates. New forms will be issued to those who have not turned them in. Remember band meets every Monday, Wednesday, Friday from 11:00 to 11:30 each week. Feel free to drop by anytime. Students need to make sure they bring their instrument and folder with book, “Standard of Excellence,” Book 1, for each class meeting.

Cases and books should be labeled with student’s first and last name. Things will move slowly at first. Practice reports are turned in every Wednesday, and returned to the student every Friday. Seventy-five minutes per week, outside of class, is the expected practice time. Patience, encouragement, and support will go a long way in this beginning stage of playing. Order forms for band jackets have been distributed and are due October 15th. These are priced very reasonably at $31.00 or $33.00, and would make a great holiday gift.

FIFTH GRADE BAND – We are off to a great start. Two students still need to purchase “Accent on Achievement,” Book 1. Students should have cases and books labeled with their first and last name. Please check the band folder. There is a parent letter to be signed, a practice report, an information sheet to be filled out by you, and a band calendar with important dates. The parent signature sheet and information sheet need to be turned in for a letter grade. A few students have not turned any practice reports in to me. This greatly affects the band grade. Please sign reports weekly. Seventy-five minutes per week, outside of class, is the expected practice time. Rental forms for school instruments have been issued. Your encouragement and support is always appreciated. Order forms for band jackets have been distributed and are due October 15th.

ELEMENTARY BAND MAJORS - Students are reviewing musical concepts, and new ones have been introduced. There are 6 new vocabulary terms to be learned weekly. They will be tested each Wednesday for the next 12 weeks. We will tape solos at the end of the month. We will also continue to work in small ensembles. Mid October we will begin working on the Alfred Music Theory program in the computer lab. Practice reports are due each Wednesday. One-hundred minutes per week, outside of class, is the expected practice time. Students may count their private lessons on their practice reports. Order forms for band jackets have been will been issued and are due October 15th.

MIDDLE SCHOOL BAND - Our 51 middle school band majors and minors are off to a great start. Students were issued folders on the first day of school. You should have received a band calendar, a parent letter, and an information sheet. Several students have not turned in the parent letter with a signature and the information sheet for a grade. Please sign and return. Practice reports are due every Wednesday, 150 minutes per week for majors, 100 minutes per week for minors. Private lessons are a great way to help your musician gain confidence. There are a variety of great private instructors in our community, and lessons can be counted on the practice report.

After school rehearsals are necessary in preparing for concerts, these rehearsals are mandatory and part of the band grade. There are two more this month, October 11, and October 20, from 3:45-5:30 p.m.

U.K. MIDDLE SCHOOL BAND INVITATIONAL

WE ARE ONE MONTH AWAY FROM OUR SPECIAL PERFORMANCE AT THE U.K. SINGLETARY CENTER FOR THE ARTS ON MONDAY, OCTOBER 25TH. AT 6:30 p.m. SCAPA Middle School Band, Conner Middle School Band, and Owensboro Middle School Band are the featured bands. The U.K. Symphony band will perform as well. A reception will be held following the performance. Please encourage home practice, make sure concert clothes fit, white top, (no t-shirts), black pants or skirts, black shoes, (no tennis shoes), black socks, and flesh colored hose. Be looking for an informational letter for this event. We will be the first of three bands to perform. Students will need to be there at 5:30 p.m. The forms for band jackets have been distributed and are due October 15th.

EIGHTH GRADE BAND NIGHT

Friday, October 1, is Eighth Grade Band night. Informational letters have been distributed, (they are light blue). Students must meet in Lafayette’s orchestra room to rehearse the music at 5:45 p.m. Students need to eat before they come. They will get into the game free. All SCAPA eighth grade band students are required to attend.

TRI-STATE MIDDLE SCHOOL HONOR BAND

The Tri-State Middle School Honor Band will take place at Morehead State University on Saturday, November 20th. This is an all day event. Participation in this event is optional, not required. Rehearsals begin at 9:00 a.m. that day, with a concert at 6:30 p.m. in the evening. We will carpool to Morehead. Students accepted in the top band are done through a taped audition. We will do those at school. There is a $5.00 audition fee. If they are accepted, they will have to pay an additional $20.00 which covers their lunch and dinner that day. I am only taking 7th and 8th graders to this event. Eight minors and eight majors have expressed interest in participating. Please discuss this opportunity with your student. Call Ms. Barker with any questions: 230-6196.

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Dear Dance Parents and Students,

The SCAPA Dance Department is proud and excited to be hosting a residency program with Rainbow Dance Theatre. Funded in part by last year’s Dance SCAPA wear sales, our residency will occur from November 13 – 20, 2010. This week long residency will allow opportunities for all Dance Majors and Minors, Elementary – High School, to participate in a variety of technique classes with Valerie Bergman and Darryl Thomas. Additionally, Middle School and High School Dance Majors will have the opportunity to audition for choreography that will be created and performed in Dance SCAPA 2011. Dancers wishing to participate in this choreography will need to attend the audition and sign a contract stating that they can commit to 100% of the rehearsal time. There will be an additional $25 performance fee for those students involved in the afterschool rehearsals and guest choreography.

This is an exciting opportunity for our dancers to gain exposure to a professional level company through a variety of technique classes and choreography. Darryl Thomas, former Pilobolus dancer, teaches African, Hip-Hop, Non-traditional Partnering and Modern. Valerie Bergman, former dancer with the Merce Cunningham Dance Company, teaches Ballet, Modern and Jazz. For more information about Rainbow Dance Theatre, please visit their website at: www.rainbowdancetheatre.com

We are looking for parent volunteers to assist with some of the travel arrangements, hospitality and logistics. If you and/or your company would like to sponsor these artists by providing assistance with travel and lodging, please contact one of the dance teachers as soon as possible. We would like to host a “Welcome Reception” or Potluck Dinner upon their arrival, as well as provide various meals throughout the week. Please feel free to share your talents as Chairperson or a member of the Hospitality Committee.

SCAPA Dance Faculty

As stated before, 100% commitment to rehearsal time is mandatory for participation in the Choreography

SAVE THE DATES - Tentative Schedule:
November 13: 4 – 6 pm Auditions and Welcome/Potluck dinner
November 14: 1 - 6 pm Rehearsals begin
November 15 – 19: Guest Teachers will teach majors /minors
Afterschool Rehearsals 4 – 6 pm
November 20: 9 am – 6pm Final Rehearsals,
Community African Dance Classes and Informal Sharing
Please clear your calendars now!

Bluegrass Vocal

The Middle School Vocal Majors gave a fabulous performance at the University of Kentucky College of Education Banquet at the Marriott Hotel on Tuesday, September 21st. Students performing were Holly Bennett, Herman Bratcher, Constance Brown, Kurtis Brown, Shelby Burgess, Brennan Burke, Danea Cloyd, Bennett Creech, Hunter England, Melissa Findley, Alex Francke, Kate Heinonen, Hannah Hetzel-Ebben, Jason Jackson, Madeline Lillich, Jordan Luciano, Sydney Mullins, Adrienne Omelchenko, Jane Poulton, Quintin Prewitt, Katie Swim and Chapree Weathers.

Two students, Hermann Bratcher and Kurtis Brown, are in the La Boheme Opera production at the University of Kentucky Opera Department .

Holly Bennett and Katie Swim are in the Opening Games Performance for the WEG. Singing in the Lexington Singers Chlldrens Chorus are Kurtis Brown, Holly Bennett, Kurtis Brown, Hunter England, Hannah Hetzel-Ebben, Jordan Luciano, and Adrienne Omelchenko.

The Middle School Vocal Majors are presenting a Concert for the Horse Capital Productions, the host of the International Equestrian Festival in downtown Lexington on October 1 between 1:00 and 3:30 p.m. This will be in the Atrium of the Convention Center at Rupp Arena. They will be performing pieces from Stephen C. Foster, composer of “My Old Kentucky Home.”

The Elementary Vocal Majors will be attending a full day of singing on Friday, November 5th, followed by an evening concert in Brock Auditorium on the campus of EKU in Richmond, Kentucky. Students from all of Central Kentucky will be participating in this event. Our SCAPA Elementary Chorus members are Thomas Bollinger, Jamie Bradley, Georgia Danhires, Aubrey Dawson, Zachary Denniston, Valerie Langdorf, Danielle Norman, Kaelyn Payton, Luke Pellegrino, Woods Prewitt, and Ashley Prigge.

LHS Band

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LHS Vocal

The Lafayette SCAA vocal majors have been quite busy since school began. They performed the following program with the Lafayette Choirs at the Choir Gala at Immanuel Baptist Church in September.

SCAPA Vocal Students

SCAPA Ladies Vocal Ensemble - Georgia On My Mind

Soloists

• Amie Huesman - I Could Have Danced All Night
  
• Michael White & Alexandria Jackson - Take Me As I Am
  
• Despina Wilson - Think of Me
  
• Alaina Broderson & Michael Roach - Come What May (Jacob Yates-piano)
• Haley Goode - Breathe (Featuring Kailey Marshall, Caroline Balling & Sydney Jahnigen)
  
• Will Whalen - She’s Got A Way
• Elizabeth Critchfield - Till There Was You
  
• Kelli Crawford - Somewhere That’s Green
  
• Tanner Hoertz - I’ve Grown Accustomed to her Face
  
• Emma Jackson - Hold On
  
• Ellie Todd - I Wish I Could Forget You
  
• Andrew Miller - On the Street Where You Live
  
• Katherine Bennett - Good Night (Jacob Yates-cello)

The freshman vocal majors have all auditioned for the Freshman All-State Honor Choir and are eagerly awaiting results. Those that qualify will be participating in that event in early November. Upperclassmen are in the process of in-house All-State auditions for District 7 KMEA. All vocal majors will participate in the Bluegrass Choral Music Festival held at Singletary Center on October 15-16 as well as the UK Schmidt Vocal Competition on October 23. The choirs performed at the opening of the new Lafayette football stadium. The late fall semester is equally busy, but that's all for now!

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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.)

Sir Ken Robinson

Sir Ken Robinson is an international leader in the area of creativity and achieving human potential. Below are the links to two speeches he gave for the TED conference four years apart. Do yourself a favor and take the time to listen to this gentleman’s inspiring words:

• http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/ken_robinson_says_schools_kill_creativity.html
• http://www.ted.com/talks/sir_ken_robinson_bring_on_the_revolution.html

I wish we could get him to come to SCAPA! I would be very interested in hearing your reaction to these presentations. Come by and share them with me. Carolyn Waterbury-Tieman

When children speak

When children speak, we tend to think “they know not what they say”,
We pat their heads, we pinch their cheeks, then send them on their way.

If instead we were to listen, and never temporize,
Adjust our height with bended knee, incline our heads and eyes,

We’d find elusive wisdom, hiding in plain sight,
From their mouths we’d hear their thoughts, in a manner most polite.

They’d tell us what they need in school, they’d tell us how they learn,
And sometimes with a face all red, they’d tell us what they spurn.

If indeed we were to listen and not be cavalier,
We’d learn about the things they do to cope and persevere.

When children speak, we tend to think “they’re out of line for sure!”
We shush them up, we shoo them out, decorum we adjure.

If indeed we were to listen, their woes not minimize,
Open up our minds and arms and truly empathize,

We would be all the wiser, our children would branch out,
They’d reach their full potential growth, of that there is no doubt!

- Author Unknown

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

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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