Watch the Arkansas Arts Academy 2024 Graduation Ceremony!

High School Parents and Guardians:

Thank you for choosing Arkansas Arts Academy School District to provide educational services to your child. We are proud to be able to serve you and your children and we will continually strive to provide a safe learning environment for them.

The safety of your child and all children in our schools as well as the safety of the school staff and support personnel is very important to us. In order to maintain a safe environment for our children to study and learn, it is necessary that we practice our emergency and crisis response plans by having drills designed to exercise our procedures.

Due to the current national climate that we live in, our high school campus will be conducting a state mandated “LOCKDOWN” drill on May 24, 2024. This letter is to help you understand the importance of this as well as to understand details of the drill.

LOCKDOWN DRILLS

The school will conduct one “Lockdown Drill” periodically throughout each school year. This type of drill will secure the school building and safely shelter all students, staff and visitors inside the building. The purpose of this drill is to keep the students safe from any danger outside or inside the building. During a “lockdown drill” all of the perimeter doors to the school building will be locked and will remain locked until the danger or issue outside or inside the building is removed. To enable everyone to remain safe, no one will be allowed to enter the building or leave the building until the drill is completed. All students and staff will practice safety procedures such as covering all windows, staying quiet, and being hidden from sight.

For the safety of everyone involved and to maintain order, we respectfully ask that you would abide by the following during these drills and actual emergencies:

• Do not come to the school campus

• Do not call the school offices (as they will be busy with the drill or actual emergency

• Do not contact students or staff members via cell phone or social media (as they will be busy with the drill or actual emergency)

• Avoid social media posts. Correct information will be disseminated through our automated system as soon as possible.

• Please make sure that your contact information is current at all times so that you can be reached without delay in the event of an emergency.

• In the event of an actual emergency evacuation, you will receive notification of where to pick up your child as a part of our reunification procedures.

Please remember that these safety practice drills are done to help maintain our schools as a safe place to learn and work.

If you have any questions regarding any of these safety drills or other safety concerns, please contact your school office.

Gracias por elegir el Distrito Escolar de Arkansas Arts Academy para brindar servicios educativos a su hijo. Estamos orgullosos de poder servirle a usted y a sus hijos y nos esforzamos continuamente para brindarles un ambiente de aprendizaje seguro.

La seguridad de su hijo y de todos los niños en nuestras escuelas, así como la seguridad del personal escolar y del personal de apoyo, es muy importante para nosotros. Para mantener un ambiente seguro para que nuestros niños estudien y aprendan, es necesario que practiquemos nuestros planes de respuesta a emergencias y crisis mediante simulacros diseñados para ejercitar nuestros procedimientos.

Debido al clima nacional actual en el que vivimos, llevaremos a cabo un simulacro de "LOCKDOWN" (Encerrar la escuela) ordenado por el estado el 24 de mayo de 2024. Esta carta es para ayudarlo a comprender la importancia de esto, así como a comprender los detalles del simulacro.

SIMULACROS DE LOCKDOWN

La escuela llevará a cabo un "Simulacro de LOCKDOWN" periódicamente durante cada año escolar. Este tipo de simulacro asegurará el edificio escolar y albergará de manera segura a todos los estudiantes, personal y visitantes dentro del edificio. El propósito de este simulacro es mantener a los estudiantes a salvo de cualquier peligro fuera o dentro del edificio. Durante un “simulacro de LOCKDOW”, todas las puertas perimetrales del edificio escolar estarán cerradas y permanecerán cerradas hasta que se elimine el peligro o problema dentro o fuera del edificio. Para permitir que todos permanezcan seguros, a nadie se le permitirá entrar o salir del edificio hasta que se complete el simulacro. Todos los estudiantes y el personal practicarán procedimientos de seguridad como cubrir todas las ventanas, permanecer en silencio y ocultarse de la vista.


Para la seguridad de todos los involucrados y para mantener el orden, le pedimos respetuosamente que cumpla con lo siguiente durante estos simulacros y emergencias reales:

• No vengas al campus de la escuela.

• No llame a las oficinas de la escuela (ya que estarán ocupadas con el simulacro o la emergencia real).

• No se comunique con estudiantes o miembros del personal a través de teléfonos celulares o redes sociales (ya que estarán ocupados con el simulacro o la emergencia real)

• Evite las publicaciones en las redes sociales. La información correcta se difundirá a través de nuestro sistema automatizado lo antes posible.

• Asegúrese de que su información de contacto esté actualizada en todo momento para que podamos comunicarnos con usted sin demora en caso de una emergencia.

• En caso de una evacuación de emergencia real, recibirá una notificación de dónde recoger a su hijo como parte de nuestros procedimientos de reunificación.

Recuerde que estos simulacros de prácticas de seguridad se realizan para ayudar a mantener nuestras escuelas como un lugar seguro para aprender y trabajar.

Si tiene alguna pregunta sobre cualquiera de estos simulacros de seguridad u otras inquietudes de seguridad, comuníquese con la oficina de su escuela.

Students will be awarded points for showing behavior expectations presented below in our ARTS behavior grid. We are excited to see the positive behaviors in students!

63rd Young Arkansas Artists
May 18, 2024 – July 7, 2024
For over 60 years, the Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts has highlighted the remarkable talent, creativity, and perspective of Arkansas students through the Young Arkansas Artists exhibition. This legacy program showcases artwork from kindergarten through high school in a wide range of media and technique.

The 63rd Young Arkansas Artists exhibition in 2024 continues this tradition of supporting and recognizing the power of art education and art educators across the state. In addition to the presentation of the full 65-work exhibition through an online gallery, selections from the exhibition are on view from May 18, 2024, to July 7, 2024, in the Robyn and John Horn Gallery.

AAA Teachers at Graduation!

Thank you to the Samhati Bengali Association of Bentonville, Paramita Sarkar, and Sindhu Varagani for providing a fantastic master class for the AAA fashion department.

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