From the Principal's Desk
October 31, 2022
Greetings FWAFA Family,
Hope your week is off to a great start!
This Friday marks the end of the 2nd grading period. We will distribute report cards on Monday, November 14. You will be able to view student grades much sooner on the Parent and Student Portal. If you do not have access to the Grade Portal, please reach out to Kimberly Jennings at kimberly.jennings@fwafa.org. It is a great tool for keeping up with grades and missing work throughout the six weeks, so there are no surprises!
Oklahoma! plays for one more weekend - Friday, Saturday, and Sunday! Join us for a GREAT performance. It's the BEST ticket in town!
Lots of fun things happening at our school in the upcoming weeks! Check it out below.
Have a magnificently Magical Week!
Creatively yours,
Dr. Jackson
Singing Girls of Texas and Texas Boys Choir GREAT News!
The ADCA conference draws the best conductors, musicians, and choirs in the United States to a centralized location for a week-long event every two years.
Conductors and educators come to expand on their knowledge at sessions, choirs come by audition to showcase their incredible talent, and every conference hosts honor choirs led by leading conductors in the field. These honor choirs are made of the best of the best!
40 of our singers auditioned for a spot in the Honor Choirs, which are highly competitive, and 15 of them made it! This is incredibly difficult and such an achievement.
The JH/MS Honor was the MOST competitive this year. Out of 4,000 applicants, the conference only accepted the top 600 Sopranos and Altos, meaning the top 15% percent of those applications! For perspective, our girls make up 2.5% of sopranos and altos for this incredible opportunity.
CONGRATULATIONS to the following SGT singers for making the National American Choral Directors Association Honor Choirs which will happen in Cincinnati, Ohio:
Caez-Mercado, Janiris
Dominguez, Sophia
Flores, Alexa
Grim, Maddie
Hatfield, Taylor
Ikeda, Sam
Johnson, Jayla
Martin, Meredith
Nwaogwugwu, Destiny
Pearce, Michelle
Prickett, Maddie
Salem, Jordan
Solsbery, Savannah
Stringer, Embry
Williams, Rachel
Three members of the Texas Boys Choir successfully auditioned to sing in the National Honor Choir of the American Choral Directors Association. Emory Silveus (5th), Jaxon Roby (6th), and Ethan Prickett (11th) will join singers from across the country in Cincinnati, Ohio, at the end of February to sing with nationally-renowned choral directors and some of the best singers in the United States. Congratulations!
National Art Honor Society Recognizes National Art Day
Oklahoma!
Oct 27-29 & Nov 4-5 | 7PM
Nov 6 | 3PM
ASL Interpretation available only at Nov 4 show.
TICKETS: https://bit.ly/FWAFAoklahoma
Texas Center for Arts + Academics and Fort Worth Academy of Fine Arts Present: Oklahoma!
"Oh, what a beautiful day!" Come see the FWAFA stage become O-K-L-A-H-O-M-A-!
As the sun rises on the plains of Oklahoma in 1906, we bask in the warm glow of a budding romance between the charismatic Curly and the lovely Laurey. Living with her Aunt Eller, Laurey catches the eye of farmhand Jud, who will compete with Curly for her hand and her heart. Meanwhile, Ado Annie, an exuberant romantic, falls for both the dashing young cowboy, Will Parker and Ali Hakim, the traveling salesman. The two young women must choose which path to take as tensions rise at the Box Social dance.
Alive with a magnificent score, diverse styles of dance, and a cast of spirited characters, Oklahoma! is a tale for all to see. A classic for years to come!
Show is appropriate for all ages.
*This production contains loud gunshot effects and fog.
FWAFA Dance Celebration Vendor Market Information
Fort Worth Academy of Fine Arts Department of Dance is hosting the FWAFA Dance Celebration Vendor Market to accompany our annual Fall Performances for students in grades 3-12.
Dance Celebration is a family-friendly event featuring 3 separate performances, providing a wonderful opportunity for our families to come together and enjoy dance, our school, and each other.
If you would like to be a vendor, please fill out this form: https://forms.gle/73npSG4QU5uamDd48
FWAFA Dance Celebration Vendor Market - Vendor Application and Contract forms.gle
We will have two large rooms where vendors can sell their products. These rooms are located between our auditorium and student performer pick up which will ensure that our guests visit the Market.
Vendors can reserve a space (or two) to sell their products. Spaces are sold on a first-come, first-served basis. All items must be family and student-friendly. There is a fee to reserve the space so vendors can keep all profits made from their sales that evening (although donations to our department based on your success would be greatly appreciated).
All vendor fees will go directly to student expenses for our trip to National High School Dance Festival in Pittsburgh in February! Thank you for your support!
- Date: Tuesday, November 15th
- Location: Fort Worth Academy of Fine Arts, 3901 South Hulen Street Fort Worth, TX 76109
- Event Time: 5:00pm -9:15pm
- Set Up for Vendors: 4:10pm-5:00pm
- Break Down for Vendors: 9:15pm-9:55pm
- Space Size: 10 ft wide x 6 ft deep
- Cost of Space Reservation: $50/space
- Optional Add-on Rentals: Tables, $10 each; Chairs: $5 each
- Expected number of guests attending Dance Celebration: 500+
- Deadline: Online contract and payment must be submitted no later than Wednesday, November 9th **
- Questions? Contact Flavia Emerim (femerim@yahoo.com)
Dance Celebration - November 15
Date: November 15
Performance Times: 5:30 p.m. - Elementary Red Day Show, 7 p.m. - Elementary Blue Day Show, 8:30 p.m. - Middle School & High School Show - Vendor Market is open from 5 p.m. - 9:15 p.m.
Dance Celebration is our annual fall performance for all Dance students, grades 3-12. This is a family-friendly event featuring 3 separate performances, providing a wonderful opportunity for our families to come together and enjoy dance, our school, and each other.
Come see FWAFA Dance students perform in one or all of the shows, and don't forget to browse our market of local vendors! Get some of your seasonal shopping done and support dance and small businesses in Fort Worth.
Cost: FREE to see the show and vendor market. There will be opportunities to purchase concessions and shop at the Dance Celebration Vendor Market.
We need your help. We have spent 4 months trying to find bus drivers to drive for our events, field trips, and performances. We have tried Facebook ads, Indeed, Linked-In, specific education websites, and nothing has materialized. We've had several interviews and just haven't found the right people.
We need your help. Please, if you or someone you know would be willing to drive the busses for our amazing students, we would love to talk to you.
If we can't find someone(s), then we might be in a position to charge for field trips and performances to rent charter busses.
If you know someone, please forward them our HR Specialist, Mica Wolf's email at mica.wolf@artsacademics.org.
The position is as-needed because we don't have a normal bus route. The pay is competitive. If you're willing to be trained, we might be able to help pay for your training.
The details are all below. Please, help us make this happen!
The details:
Indeed Job Description/Application:
https://www.indeed.com/job/bus-driver-part-time-cfa4feca7a9dbc31
Required endorsements:
CLD B with S and P endorsement information:
https://www.dps.texas.gov/section/driver-license/how-do-i-apply-commercial-driver-license
Elementary Red/Blue Day Calendar
Attendance Notes to attendance@fwafa.org
If your student is tardy or absent, please send notes to attendance@fwafa.org. Also, a student needs to bring in a doctor or parent note within 3 days after the absence for an unexcused absence.
Quick Links
Mark Your Calendar!
Tuesday, November 1 - NHS Blood Drive, SGT Take 5 Auditions
Wednesday, November 2 - Campus Tour for Prospective Families - 9:00 a.m.
Thursday, November 3 - Wear Your Favorite Color honoring National Art Day
Friday, November 4 - End of 2nd Six Weeks, Oklahoma! Performance
Saturday, November 5 - Oklahoma! Performance
Sunday, November 6 - Oklahoma! Performance
Wednesday, November 9 - 8th Grade One Act & 8th Grade Musical Theatre Night Performance - 7:00 p.m.
Thursday, November 10 - SGT Take 5 at 6:00 p.m.
Monday, November 14 - Distribute Report Cards
Tuesday, November 15 - Dance Celebration from 5:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m.
Wednesday, November 16 - TBC Fashion for $5.00
Thursday, November 17 - Middle and High School Preview Night for 6th and 8th Graders
November 20 - November 27 - Thanksgiving Break
Thursday, December 1 - Virtual Prospective Open House - 7:00 p.m.