“RISING STARS” QUILT RAFFLE
Help support PAPA activities and show PAPA student, Angelique Tommie, her mom, Dawne Stubben, and her grandma, Betty Wells just how much we appreciate their creation and donation of this beautiful quilt!
Tickets are $2 each.
Proceeds to benefit ALL PAPA programs.
Tickets will be sold through the front office and at each performing arts event. The drawing will take place at The PAPA All School Awards Celebration on Wednesday, May 16, 2012.
The PAPA lottery process is closed for the 2012-2013 school year. Applications for the 2013-2014 lottery will be available the second week of January 2013.
October is Bully Prevention Month. The PAPA Gay, Straight Alliance (GSA) has been working with Dr. Gullett, Ms. Lawson, Ms. Castillo, and Ms. Padilla to bring bully prevention to the spotlight. Friday, October 28th their efforts culminated with workshops for all grade levels that were presented by members of the GSA. The workshops focused on awareness of bullying, the causes/results of bullying, how to prevent bullying, and what to do when bullying occurs. Linked, for your information, is an informational flier that was created by the GSA and Ms. Castillo. It was presented to the students during the workshops. Special thanks to the staff and student presenters Raven Ortiz, Jeremy Anderson, Michael Ireland, Isabella Westrom, and Graham Hudson for an excellent educational program and helping PAPA students prevent bullying!
PAPA Students Participate in Albuquerque Youth Symphony Scholarship Recital
Congratulations to Alanah Harley and Maricella Pajan on their Albuquerque Youth Symphony scholarship recitals. Their playing was artistic and fantastic!
Sing it!
Congratulations to all PAPA Choir large group participants for an outstanding job at the Large Group Festival. You should be proud you represented our school well.
6th – grade received a Division 2 Excellent rating for performance and a Division 1 Superior rating for sight reading
7th and 8th grade received a Division 2 Excellent rating for both performance and sight reading
High School Concert Choir – Received Division 2+ Excellent rating for performance and a Division 1 Superior for sight reading
Les Chanteuses and our string Camerata received a 1+ superior rating for performance and a 1+ superior for sight reading.
Thank you for all your hard work – Next concert is Senior Farewell – in April.
WISHERS Rule at PAPA
We have two WISHERS at PAPA! What is a WISHER? A WISHER is a Woman In Stem High School Aerospace Scholar. Only 135 students from across the United States were accepted into the first round of this program including PAPA’s very own Stephanie Babington and Elicia Larribas. If they make it past round one they will receive an all expense paid trip to the NASA – Johnson Space Center.
PAPA Students Participate in NMMEA All State Choir January 5-7
Our school is well represented at this years choral All State Festival, many of the states larger schools do not have this many students make it through the audition process – So Be Proud PAPA of the following students:
Blaise Koller
Raeven Ortiz
Maricella Pajan
Alexandra Tibble
Austin Torrez
Nathaniel Torrez
Thanks
Ed Torrez
Thank You Anonymous!
PAPA’s Theatre department had the opportunity to apply for a “wish list” donation from an anonymous donor,
via The Albuquerque Theatre Guild. We were one the the lucky recipients of a generous donation, which was
earmarked to buy a karaoke machine and karaoke music. With our new karaoke equipment, the Theatre department
will be able to hold fundraising events with the fun of live karaoke! We will be announcing special karaoke nights soon!
Thank you to our anonymous supporter!
To view information on the PAPA Art Fest click this link:
papaartfest2011
Active in the PAPA Dance World!
PAPA dance students were able to attend FREE workshops from the following dance luminaries:
Public Academy for Performing Arts Advanced dance students had the opportunity to take Master Class at the University of New Mexico with Rochelle Zide-Booth. Ms. Zide-Booth is a former soloist of the Ballet Russes de Monte Carlo and former principal at the Joffrey Ballet. Ms. Zide-Booth is also a former Artistic Director of the Netherlands Dance Theater, was head of the ballet program at the Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival, directed the Dance Program at Adelphi University, directed the New Zealand School of Dance, and was an Associate Professor of Butler University’s Dance Department.
PAPA students also had the opportunity to take Master Classes with Daniel Ulbricht, principal dancer of the New York City Ballet and Jonte Culpepper – a dance major at UNM but also a singer, actor, comic, and choreographer.
ALL STATE CHOIR
Congratulations to the following students who will represent PAPA at this years NMMEA High School All State Choir in the first week of January 2012:
Raeven Ortiz, Alex Tibble, Maricella Pajan, Blaise Koller, Austin Torrez and Nathan Torrez
Please visit this site for great tips to help keep you and your family on track.
This Psychology Today article is about the impact verbal bullying has on the brain:
Please print, complete, and send back to the school.
If you would like to access Power School please put the following address into your address bar:
https://papa.powerschool.com/public/home.html
You have already received your Confidential Id and Password as well as your student’s
Confidential ID and Password.
If not, please call PAPA Registrar Debbie Candelaria. Her phone number is 830-3128 ext 6.
She would be happy to provide you with your Ids and Passwords.
Are you interested in volunteering at PAPA?
Below find a list of volunteer opportunities.
Let us know which one(s) you are interested in and send that information along with your first and last name, your best day time phone number and your email address to slavis@paparts.org
GOVERNING COUNCIL MEMBER
Public Academy for Performing Arts (grades 6-12 charter school) is looking for individuals committed to education and performing arts to volunteer on its Governing Council. The duties of the Governing Council include setting policy, creating/approving budget, and evaluating the Executive Director. Individuals must be willing to attend Governing Council meetings and serve on committees, including Audit, Finance and Policy. Information = www.paparts.org Apply = Letter and resume to Jennifer Lopez at jlopez@paparts.org.
MAINTENANCE/GROUNDS – Occasional help with grounds maintenance, moving furniture, minor repairs…
FACILITY ACTION COMMITTEE – Meet regularly to help promote the acquisition of a permanent facility…
GRANT WRITING – Occasional help identifying and writing grants for PAPA.
TUTORING – Help is needed in some of our 8th period tutoring/study hall classes (3:10-4:00p.m.). Volunteers in this area must be fingerprinted and have a background check.
FUNDRAISING – Both the PTSO and PAPA do various fundraisers throughout the year.
POLICY COMMITTEE – Occasional assistance to the Governing Council in the creation and/or review of policy.
BUDGET/AUDIT COMMITTEE – Occasional help during budget season to review and make recommendations for the budge. The number of audit committee members is limited with members participating in the audit.
FINANCE COMMITTEE – Monthly help in reviewing PAPA’s financial transactions. The number of committee members is limited.
FIELD TRIP CHAPERONE – Occasional help on field trips. Must be willing to ride the bus.
LUNCH – Regular assistance with lunch form 11:35-1:15. Must be fingerprinted and background checked.
EVENT CHAPERONE – Occasional help with events such as dances and concerts.
COPY MAKING – Set a certain day and time to make copies for teachers.
OTHER – If you have a special skill or another idea for a volunteer activity, please indicate below:
