Arts Magnet Weekly News
Week 36 for Families and Community May 9-13, 2022
Happy Mother's Day!
Dear Eliot Arts Magnet Families,
Happy Mother's Day to all our beautiful moms out there! I hope you find time to be truly celebrated on one day for all you do 365 days a year.
Congratulations to all our Science Olympiad winners, our Science Exposition participants and our No Boundaries artists! Between Altadena and Eliot we had the most students represented at the Science Exposition event at Blair IB School on Friday. Our students are truly remarkable.
Coming up this week:
State Testing continues on both campuses. 3rd-8th graders will be testing. This is not fun, nor particularly engaging but it does give us a good data point to see where students are after potentially 2+ years of learning loss. Please make sure students are:
a) on time to school
b) have had a good night's sleep and a healthy breakfast
c) bring a charge Chromebook with their charger
It's Classified Employee Appreciate Week! Classified employees are our office staff, instructional aides, security guards, LEARNs and cafeteria staff. Please keep the gratitude and celebrations coming for these unsung heroes of our school site who really keep our campuses running smoothly!
Art Walk is Thursday, May 12 beginning at 5:30 pm! Join us as we walk between campuses to see and experience the tremendous visual and performing artists in our school community! Visit the link for the press release or just scroll down to read below. https://www.pasadenanow.com/weekendr/altadena-arts-and-eliot-arts-magnet-schools-announce-second-art-walk/
It's a great week to be an Eliot Husky!!
Yours in Service,
Dr. Scheckel, Principal
ALTADENA ARTS AND ELIOT ARTS MAGNET SCHOOLS ANNOUNCE SECOND ART WALK
Altadena Arts and Eliot Arts Magnet schools in Altadena are now preparing to hold their second joint annual Art Walk event on May 12 after a two-year postponement due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The first joint Art Walk was held April 3, 2019.
Art Walk is a dual campus event featuring a curated selection of student artwork and student performances. Guests – including parents from both schools – will begin their experience at about 5:30 p.m. at Altadena Arts Magnet, at 743 E. Calaveras Street, and stroll over to Eliot Arts Magnet, at 2184 Lake Ave.
The event will also celebrate Altadena Arts Magnet School being named a Nationally Certified Demonstration Magnet School, an announcement from Altadena Arts Magnet said.
“So much has happened since that amazing Altadena Arts Magnet Ribbon Cutting Event back in March of 2020,” the announcement said. “We have managed to provide a seamless Arts Magnet program both online and now back in person. COVID did not stop our growth. In fact our enrollment has doubled in size!”
Altadena Arts Magnet has also partnered with Eliot Arts Magnet as a Pre-K-8 Arts Magnet articulated arts and French program, with Dr. Benita Scheckel as Executive Principal.
Dr. Scheckel partnered with Eliot Arts principal Lori Touloumian in planning and pushing through with the 2019 Art Walk.
Altadena Arts Magnet serves students from pre-kindergarten to 5th Grade, while Eliot Arts serves middle school students. Both schools offer an array of music, dance, theater arts, and visual arts courses in state-of-the-art facilities, including a dance studio and video-recording studio where students learn from professionals.
The Armory Center for the Arts in Pasadena will also showcase student artwork created in the Altadena Arts Integration Professional Development Program, which integrates art with science, math, history, and English.
The Altadena Arts PTA and Eliot Arts Parent Teacher Student Association are both actively supporting the event.
Art Walk on May 12 is from 5:30 to 7 p.m. and is free for the public to attend.
For more information, call Altadena Arts Magnet at (626) 396-5650.
Altadena Eliot Arts Summer Theatre Arts Intensive
K-9 Summer VAPA Training for All!
Science Exposition at Blair IB!
May
- 5/3 - 8th Grade Parent Night 5pm in the auditorium
- 5/3-5/13 - CAASPP Testing
- 5/16-5/20 - Makeup Testing
- 5/25 - 8th Grade Magic Mountain Trip
- 5/27 - 8th Grade Picnic in Farnsworth Park
- 5/30 - Memorial Day, Campus Closed
- 5/31 - 8th Grade Breakfast
- 6/2 - 8th Grade Promotion @ 11 am in the Eliot Arts Auditorium, Last Day for Students