Author: Marsh Family (Dell)

The Shooting STAR

Sarasota Academy of the Arts

October 10, 2016

2016 - 2017, Volume 4, Issue 8

Principal’s Corner

If you look at the SAA website, you'll see the new photo from the Five Star Awards recognition at the Sarasota School Board meeting last Tuesday. Congratulations to all of you who through your volunteer work and attendance at school events allowed SAA to be the recipient for the third year. Only nineteen of the Sarasota schools achieved this award and it is due to the activities of parents, students, staff, and business partners. Thank you for supporting SAA. This week the middle school students will be performing at assisted living facilities on Tuesday and Thursday. Thursday night all three chorus classes will perform for parents at the Glenridge Performing Arts Center. Parents of students in kindergarten through middle school will receive a calendar with the hard copy of the newsletter listing all of the upcoming choral events. Please take these dates and put them on your calendar. I submitted the School Improvement Plan to Dr. Natalie Roca, who is the executive director for pupil services which oversees charter schools. She approved it and it will be submitted to the School Board for final approval this month. You will be able to access the entire document online after that approval is given. We have seven goals for improvement: an increase in proficiency in math, reading, and science, community support for our math incentives, better attendance rates, and expansion of the arts program. One area we are particularly targeting is math fluency which includes an understanding of the relevance of math to everyday life and basic knowledge of math facts. We will present the whole SIP to parents at a PTO meeting after securing School Board approval. Please put two events for next week on your calendar and make plans to attend. Tuesday, 10/18 will be the Middle School Back to school night, 6:30 - 8:00 PM. Then Thursday will be our International Fair from 4:30 -6:30 PM. All grade levels are participating. The Governing Board will meet Monday at 8:00 AM in the Administration Building. We are still seeking SAC members and volunteers for numerous projects including basketball coaching assistants. Please contact Kelly Marsh if you can help out. Don't forget to reactivate your volunteer status, especially if you are planning to chaperone field trips. Have a wonderful week! Cecilia Blankenship, Principal

Upcoming Dates:
Be sure to check the SAA Calendar on the school website frequently as that has the most current information!
Monday - 10/10/16 - 8:00am - SAA Board Meeting Tuesday - 10/11/16 - 9:30am - 12:20pm: Girls Chorus & Mixed Chorus Music Trip Thursday - 10/13/16 - 9:30am - 12:20pm: Advanced Chorus Music Trip - 6:00pm - Middle School Fall Concert (Glenridge) Friday - 10/14/16 - Spirit Day (Wear your SAA school shirt) - Health Checks (K, 1, 3 and 6th)

We Need Your Photos

We need photos of all our students (Kindergarten through 8th grade) for the yearbook. So if you have taken or plan to take any photos from field trips, classroom visits, performances, etc, please follow the instructions below to upload photos to our community page for consideration and possible inclusion in the yearbook. Please note: Often times photos are taken with camera phones and the digital quality may be too pix-elated for us to use them in the yearbook, so we ask that you please review them before submitting. Here is how you can submit photos: · Go to community.pictavo.com/ · Click on the link UPLOAD PHOTOS, then Create an Account · Our School ID is: 62344 · Fill out your information and create a username and password, then check your email for confirmation, and then log in! · Click Upload Photos and choose a category (i.e. Grade Level, Fall shows, Disney, etc.) and browse to select the photos you wish to upload. You may be limited to the number you can upload, so again, please be sure to review the photos for their quality PRIOR to submitting. If you are unable to upload them, please contact Kelly Marsh for an alternative method. Email: kmarsh@sarasotaacademyofthearts.com

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2016 - 2017
Volume 4, Issue 8
October 10, 2016

Sarasota Academy of the Arts

THE Shooting Star

Book Fair Update

SAA on YouTube!

Scholastic is postponing our book fair because Hurricane Matthew has affected their deliveries to other areas and they are trying to make those accommodations. It will be rescheduled at a later date. Once we know the new date, we will send out a notice.

Last year we introduced a new audio/visual program to SAA whereby our students put together our morning announcements that is shown to our students and staff school-wide. We have been working on fine tuning and working out the kinks. Now we are finally ready to share them with all of our SAA families so it will be a nice addition to our newsletter every week! Enjoy!
https://youtu.be/kBYOLUCFDYs https://youtu.be/kBYOLUCFDYs