Arts Academy Revitalization Action Team

Arts Academy Meeting Notes, November 28, 2007

Summary:

We looked at some vision statements from different schools. Ultimately we decided that we should take our “what does a student look like” list and then work backwards from it, figuring out how we would create the environment that would produce a student like that.

We also talked about PATHSFest. Next week we will work on a survey for PATHS staff around comments on last year’s PATHSFest and ideas for this year’s.

Agenda for December 5th:
Start w/ “what does a student look like?” and building a vision statement: 25 minutes
Work on survey about PATHSFest for PATHS staff: 25 minutes
Parking lot: 5 minutes
Agenda: 5 minutes

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Thoughts on “Crossover Days”

I was just thinking about the idea of “crossover days” that we were talking about at the meeting and had some “what if”s:

What if crossover days were open to the public for a small fee?
What if crossover days could be a one-time offering OR a sequence of sessions?
What if students could be teaching assistants for a crossover (or teach a crossover themselves)?
What if the offerings were done on a Web site that took care of class size limits and enrollment, and students (or community) could sign up on the Web?
What if a sequence of crossover days could be a “mini-course” or an 8th grade exploratory?

Arts Academy Meeting Notes, November 14, 2007

Summary:

We discussed the vision statements from several schools of the arts. Vicky will photocopy them and put in our mailboxes so that we can pull statements from them that we like. At our next meeting, (11/28/07, after Thanksgiving), we will work on wordsmithing our own vision statement.

We also had some general discussion around our visions of what we’re doing at PATHS and realized we need to start thinking about PATHSFest now.

Agenda for next meeting (Wednesday, November 28th at 1:10 in the Music room):

1. Wordsmithing of vision from our photocopies - 25 minutes
2. PATHSFest theme discussion & create a planning calendar - 25 minutes
3. Parking lot - 5 minutes
4. Agenda planning - 5 minutes

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Meeting Notes: PhotoShop Meeting with Bob Bettencourt

Summary

Val, Dave B., Dave N., Diane, and Jess (Diane’s intern) met with Bob Bettencourt to plan the combined PhotoShop course.

The course will take place in early December. Val, Dave B. and Diane will combine classes, with Dave and Diane’s students in 321 and Val’s students in 320. We will open the door between the rooms. Dave Nichols’s students will have their own section in the Graphic Arts classroom.

Goals of the project:

• students understand the principles of good design
• students have basic PhotoShop proficiency

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