http://blogs.portlandschools.org/aarat News and Notes from the AARAT Wed, 14 May 2008 17:30:06 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Day of PATHSFEST: we need 2 people at the registration table  8:00 - 8:30 and 11:00 - 11:30 Val will give a lesson to whoever (Donna H. and Gail?)  on how to use the registration application Hospitality students will be tour guides.  It would be great to have a couple of tours, ... http://blogs.portlandschools.org/aarat/2008/05/14/arts-academy-meeting-notes-may-14-2008/ Present: Vicky Stubbs Dave Beane Phil Divinsky Dave Nichols Jane Krasnow Diane Manzi Val Green More PATHSFEST planning! Click on the tab above for details. http://blogs.portlandschools.org/aarat/2008/05/07/arts-academy-meeting-notes-may-7-2008/ Present: Vicky Stubbs Phil Divinsky Dave Nichols Dave Beane Diane Manzi Jane Krasnow Val Green More PATHSFEST planning: check here. http://blogs.portlandschools.org/aarat/2008/04/30/arts-academy-meeting-notes-april-30-2008/ Summary: More PATHSFEST planning! Click here for updates. Present: Vicky Stubbs Phil Divinsky Val Green Dave Beane Dave Nichols Jane Krasnow http://blogs.portlandschools.org/aarat/2008/04/16/arts-academy-meeting-notes-april-16-2008/ Summary: Next meeting: Wednesday, April 16 in Room 320 (Web Programming) Please see the PATHSFEST Planning page for updates (or read the full notes). We made lots of decisions about which students to invite and talked about publicity letters, post cards, and posters. We also heard a brief update about Vicky and ... http://blogs.portlandschools.org/aarat/2008/04/09/arts-academy-meeting-notes-april-9-2008/ Present: Vicky Stubbs Phil Divinsky Val Green We had a short meeting today, due to the emergency staff meeting. Notes: Revised post card looks great. 100 post cards to all 23 sending schools, so about 2300 (say 2500) cards, + 10 cards per staff person, so an extra 350. Plus additional cards ... http://blogs.portlandschools.org/aarat/2008/04/02/arts-academy-meeting-notes-april-2-2008/ Summary: We planned for PATHSFEST. Current PATHSFEST TODO list is here. Present: Kate Harvey Phil Divinsky Vicky Stubbs Valerie Green PATHSFEST timeline planning: We have a balloon coming and a radio station coming, thanks to Jill. We like her post card also; we did some editing. Vicky will take the edited version to Jill. 2-day ... http://blogs.portlandschools.org/aarat/2008/03/26/arts-academy-meeting-notes-march-26-2008/ Present: Vicky Stubbs Dave Nichols Diane Manzi Val Green Dave Beane Vicky started by recounting her conversation with Lisa about the Dance program and the enrollment numbers. - kids talking about what they like about the class (video?) - important to talk about why this class is different than taking a class somewhere else. - kids should get Phys ... http://blogs.portlandschools.org/aarat/2008/03/05/arts-academy-meeting-notes-march-5-2008/ Summary: We spent most of the time discussing our needs for semester courses and some of the issues involved. We will discuss Vicky and Lisa's conversation around enrollment in Dance during the next meeting. Next meeting: Wednesday, March 5th at 1:10 in Room 320 Agenda: Discuss Dance program (20 minutes) Possible subgroups for ... http://blogs.portlandschools.org/aarat/2008/02/27/arts-academy-meeting-notes-february-27-2008/ Summary: We discussed having a recruitment day back-to-back with PATHSFEST, and we would invite middle school students on that day. Vicky will talk to John M. more about this. We did some work on "what does a graduating student look like?" Agenda for 2/6/08: Review John M.'s response to a second day ... http://blogs.portlandschools.org/aarat/2008/01/30/arts-academy-meeting-notes-january-30-2008/