StARTS Monthly StationARTS Program of Choice at The Academies of Bryan Station

September 2017, 1st edition, volume 1

The mission of StationARTS is to foster, advance, and mentor a community of students who will innovate,

create, perform, and continue their education and lifelong participation in the arts.

StationARTS will:

• Encourage individual student growth in their chosen discipline in a small arts based learning

community

• Provide focused instruction from highly qualified faculty

• Integrate arts instruction throughout the academic curriculum

• Allow students the opportunity to experience professional performances and work with guest

artists and community arts partners

• Prepare students to be college and/or career ready in their chosen arts discipline

Directors' Message

Welcome to a new year in StationARTS!

We are very excited about all the new changes that are taking place at The Academies of Bryan Station

High School. New to StationARTS is the Flex period. Students who are pure StationARTS majors meet

with their major area's teacher, either Mr. Hicks (Music), Ms. Schentrup (Visual Arts), or Mrs. Chaffin

(Drama and Dance). These students will be working on future performances or artworks, completing

their capstone portfolios, and meeting to discuss each other's work and performances in convocation.

There are many opportunities on the horizon. In this issue you will find information from our counselor,

Mrs. Brandy Jones, information about the StationARTS Tour field trip on September 19th, the dates for

Open Houses, and exciting news about the achievements of our students and faculty. This is going to be

a great year.

If you know of an 8th grade student who would be interested in attending StationARTS, please pass

along that the deadline to apply is October 7th. The deadline for students who are already enrolled at

Bryan Station High School to apply is December 1st. These perspective students need to see their Fine

Arts Teacher, their counselor, or contact one of the directors for more information. The school's

website has received a new look. We will let everyone know when the new StationARTS Website is up

and running!

This is going to be a great year. Thank you for your dedication and support for the arts at The

Academies of Bryan Station High School

Sincerely,

Kelly Mayes and Lynn Schentrup

Co-Directors of StationARTS

Counselor's Message

Hello! I hope that your child's year is off to a great start! If I have not yet met you, please allow me to

introduce myself. My name is Brandy Jones and I am the counselor for the StationARTS program in

additions to the Engineering Academy. I have a personal passion for the arts, and am so glad to be a

part of the team helping your student to develop his/her talents. This is my tenth year at Bryan Station

High School and I am really excited about the opportunity that this year holds for StationARTS! As you

can see from our calendar, we already have some wonderful performances and events planned.

My role as a school counselor is to provide academic guidance to my students in order to help them to

achieve success here at school and prepare them for their next steps beyond graduation. Additionally, I

can provide support and resources if/when personal issues arise. Throughout the month of September,

I will be meeting with seniors individually to discuss their transcripts, make sure they are on track in

terms of meeting graduation requirements, and discuss next steps for their post-graduate plans to

ensure that they are college and career-ready. I will be focusing my efforts on juniors and sophomores

in the following months. Please feel free to contact me at 381-3308 x2036 or

brandy.jones@fayette.kyschools.us if you have any questions or if I can be of assistance to you or your

child. I look forward to a great year!

Upcoming Events

September 4th: No School--Labor Day

September 5th-8th: MAPS Testing

September 9th: Band to perform in the Roots and Heritage Festival Parade from 12:30-5:00.

September 12th: End of the first grading period

September 19th: The Academies of Bryan Station Open House, 5:30-7:30

Progress Reports will be Handed Out at Open House!

September 21st: StationARTS Open House for incoming 8th graders.

September 25th-26th: Underclassmen Picture Days

October 5-6: No School--Fall Break

October 7th: Incoming students' StationARTS Applications due

October 13th: Senior Picture Day

Fall Play, Radium Girls, rehearsal days 3:30-5:30: September 5th, 6th, 7th, 11th, 12th, 13th, 14th, 18th,

19th, 21st, 25th, and 29th.

Marching Band rehearsals are on September 5th and 7th, 11,14,18,21,25,28 and October 2nd.

Friday Dress Up Days In the past on Fridays the faculty and staff have dressed up in various themes. If

students would like to participate this year, please remember that all dress code rules still apply. The

Friday themes for September are:

Sept. 1st: Academy Colors

Sept. 8th: Villains

Sept. 15th: Crazy Tie

Sept. 22nd: Western/Cowboy

Sept. 29th: Unicorn

Field Trips

On September 19th, small ensembles, visual art students, and the ambassadors from StationARTS will be

traveling to Winburn, Leestown, and Bryan Station Middle Schools to perform and present for eighth

graders. Students will be selected to represent band, orchestra, choir, piano/keyboard, guitar, theatre,

visual and media arts.

Be on the look out for permission slips for this trip if your student is selected to go. There will be a lunch

stop between the Leestown and Bryan Station Middle Schools visits.

Celebrations

This fall, the Theatre department will perform the play, Radium Girls. The play is set in the 1920's and

tells the story of factory women who painted radium onto watch and clock faces to make them glow in

the dark. Unfortunately, radium has the nasty side affect of radiation poisoning. The play dives into

issues of illness, civil rights, and early feminism. The play will be performed October 19th-22nd in the

auditorium.

Auditions for Radium Girls were conducted on August 31st and September 1st.

Congratulations to the following:

Cast Members: Alli Atwell, Ananda Atwell, Grace Brown, Jordan Bryson, Melissa Canales, Jaetayvus Clay,

Jesse Coy, Jade Finley, Madi Giles, Josie Grant, Anna Hassloch, Michele Haynes, Tabitha Horne, Libby

Hunstad, Siobhan Johnson, Maria Kirwan, Rylea Lewis, Malik Locke, Madison Martin, Tionne McMullen-

Walker, Laura Miller, Maxwell Nelson, Rick O'Neill, Claire Page, Ariel Reams, Jalisa Suter, and Caden

Tarry

Tech Crew: Grace Brown, Natalie Middleton, Isabelle Soult, Drake Witt, Megan Siewert, Parrish Johnson,

Hailey Stephens, Walt Askren, Sarah Wisemen, Rebekah Dutton, and Arden Ensor

Student of the Month: Uriel Trujillo

Uriel Trujillo has been a member of StationARTS since his sophomore year and this year he has joined

the Engineering Academy as a dual major. Uriel says that he is inspired by the dedication of his teachers.

"Mrs. Brice got me involved in Art 1. Then I had Mrs. Davis and she continued to push me. All the

teachers continue to push me."

During his Junior year in the StationARTS program, Uriel Trujillo created an original artwork for the PTSA

Reflections Art Competition. The theme was "What's Your Story". Uriel's piece, Beyond the Borders, is

about his family's journey from Mexico to Kentucky. The drawing displays a powerful statement about

immigration to our state. His artwork won the Bryan Station High School PTA award, the Fayette County

1st place award, and the State of Kentucky PTA 1st place award for Visual Art, and received a Award for

Excellence in Visual Art at the National PTA Reflections Competition. You can see Uriel's piece and much

more go at the PTA National Winners websitePTA National Winners website.

After high school Uriel plans on attending college to pursue a career in Engineering.

Teacher Spotlight: Kelly Mayes

Kelly J. Mayes has been a music educator in the Fayette County Public School District since 2001. She

began teaching at Lexington Traditional Magnet School for eleven years before becoming the Assistant

Orchestra Director at Bryan Station High School six years ago. In addition to her teaching duties as

Assistant Orchestra Director, Mrs. Mayes is also the Co-Director of the StationArts Program of Choice at

The Academies of Bryan Station. Mrs. Mayes also teaches 4th and 5th Grade Orchestra at Liberty

Elementary School.

Mrs. Mayes is a member of the Kentucky Music Educators Association, the National Association for

Music Education and the American String Teachers Association. She has served as a guest conductor for

FPCS Middle School Honors Orchestra as well as District 8 Middle School Honors Orchestra. Mrs. Mayes

also serves as the Pit Orchestra Conductor for the spring musicals at BSHS. As a clinician, Mrs. Mayes has

presented sessions at the Kentucky Music Educators Association (KMEA) Conference, the Innovations

For Learning Conference, and the Kentucky Arts Education Summit. She has also served as an

adjudicator for large ensemble performance assessment as well as solo and ensemble festivals. Mrs.

Mayes is currently the KMEA Orchestra Assessment Co-Manager for District 7 and a member of the

KMEA Commission for Performance Assessment.

In February, Mrs. Mayes received the Outstanding Service Award from the Kentucky Chapter of the

American String Teachers Association. Last month, Mrs. Mayes was presented with the KMEA District

Seven High School Music Teacher of the Year Award.

Mrs. Mayes is a graduate of Mason County High School in Maysville, KY, where she has served as a guest

conductor, and was awarded the Distinguished Alumni Award for Music Service in 2004. She holds a

degree in Music Education from Eastern Kentucky University where she is pursuing a Master’s Degree in

Instrumental Conducting.