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Freeport High School

November 11, 2015

SPAMalot

Freeport High’s
11 3/2th year Musical REVIVAL
of
Monty Python’s Quest for the Holy Grail
is coming soon!
Don’t miss SPAMalot–the raucous, brilliantly British, often irreverent, Tony Award winning musical comedy**.

From coconuts and swallows to rabbits   and shrubberies, this show features many familiar iron-(or mud)-clad faces, and some new ones–like watery tarts and Finnish folk.

November 13 – 14 and 21 at 7pm and November 15 and 22 at 2pm, all in the Freeport Performing Arts Center at Freeport High School. Tickets will be $10 for adults, $5 for FHS teachers, students and seniors. E-mail  skolds@rsu5.org with any questions and bring your friends for a historically informative–yet still exciting–trip.

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Integration Opportunity

November 10, 2015

Maine Department of Education – Call to participate!

arts integration picThe Maine Department of Education invites you to be part of a brand new professional development opportunity, The Maine Arts Education Resource Project – Integration (MAERP-I). MAERP-I is looking to bring together teams of teachers and artists to explore and create arts integration classroom units to be shared on the Maine Arts Education Resource Bank. Teams will consist of one arts teachers, one non-arts teachers, and one or two other content area teacher(s). One of the additional members could be a teaching artist from the Maine Arts Commission Teaching Artist Roster or another type of specialist (librarian, technology, industrial arts) or someone from your regional CTE. If you have questions about the makeup of your team feel free to give me a call to discuss it.

Under the expertise of Lisa Donovan, Ph.D, co-author of the series, Integrating the Arts Across the Content Areas, teacher teams will be guided through the process of working as a team and creating integrated lesson plans and performance task assessments that are rigorous in all content areas involved. Once units are created, they will be peer-reviewed and re-worked. Units will then be posted to the Maine Arts Education Resource Bank. As a culmination of their work, teacher teams will present their work to other teacher-leaders at the MALI (Maine Arts Leadership Initiative) summer institute.

If you are interested in participating fill out an application here. Only one application is necessary per team. If you have any questions contact Visual and Performing Arts Specialist, Beth Lambert at beth.lambert@maine.gov or 207-624-6642.

Selected Teacher Responsibilities for 2015-2016:

  • Attend a day-long face-to-face meeting for professional development with Lisa Donovan, Ph.D, on the process of working as a team and creating integrated lesson plans and performance task assessments that are rigorous in all content areas involved. Jan. 15th, 2016, locations TBD.
  • Attend two online check-in meetings. Feb. 8 & May 12th.
  • Attend a day-long face-to-face critical friends meeting to give and receive feedback on units. April 8th, 2016, location TBD.
  • Submit draft lesson plans on March 4th and April 4th.
  • Submit final lesson plan on June 3rd.
  • Attend Maine Arts Leadership Initiative summer institute to present work, date TBD.

Compensation: $500 per member.

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Orono High School

November 9, 2015

25th Putnam County Spelling Bee

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Orono High School is Winning at Spelling and Singing this Fall

Orono High School is preparing for its upcoming musical production of The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee. This uproarious show features six actors portraying adolescents at the 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee. Spellers soar and stumble through words as we learn their stories and discover their motivation to win “the bee.”

Performances will be held Thursday, November 19th, Friday, November 20th and Saturday, November 21st, all at 7 p.m. in the Orono High School Cafeteria .

Senior Alex Ferguson, sophomore Jessie Walker, and senior Alyssa Stubbs will be leading the cast portraying the three adult roles. Other key roles are Chana Wingard as Olive Ostrovsky, Isaiah Grace as William Barfee, Tia Tardy as Marcy Parks, Anna Fergusson as Logainne Schwarzandgrunenierre, Noam Osher as Leaf Coneybear, and Sam Sheppard as Chip Tolentino.

The cast is rounded out by a strong ensemble comprised of Stephen Nelson, Zivi Osher, Eli McGill, Lydia Bolin, Chase Bruton, Katie O’Brien, and Elsa Saunders.

Orono High School faculty member Cami Carter, a musical theatre graduate of New York University, is co­directing the show with Daniel Perkins, a first­year student at the University of Maine and past director at Next Generation Theatre and performer at Penobscot Theatre. Sara Sheppard, a University of Maine faculty member and OMS drama director for several years, is music director for the show, with tech direction by Elliott Wilcox.

Tickets for T​he 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee a​re $7 for general admission,​a​nd are available, starting November 2nd, in advance from any cast or crew member, by calling Orono High School at 866­4916 ext. 507, or for purchase at The Store Ampersand in downtown Orono.

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Specialists or Not Specialists

November 8, 2015

Education Essentialists

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Jim Palmarini

I love reading this post written by Jim Palmarini for the September 15th blog post on the Americans for the Arts Artsblog. I couldn’t agree more with what Jim says about what arts educators who are referred to as “specialists”. Jim is the director of educational policy for the Educational Theatre Association. Jim says: “arts educators are not specials, electives, extras, enrichments, non-academics, add-ons or encores teachers. They are education essentialists, just as much as any other recognized core subject area professional teaching a rigorous, well-defined, and assessable body of knowledge and skills that prepares students for college, career, and citizenship.”

You can read the entire blog post by clicking here http://blog.americansforthearts.org/2015/09/15/arts-educators-are-not-specialists#comments.

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Peter Pan

November 7, 2015

Windham High School

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Bucksport High School

November 6, 2015

November 19, 21, and 22

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The Pajama Game

November 5, 2015

Fryeburg Academy

Fryeburg Academy presents the 2015 All-School Musical, The Pajama Game. The story, based on the novel 7 ½ Cents by Richard Bissell, deals with labor troubles in a pajama factory, where workers’ demands for a seven-and-a-half cent raise are going unheeded. In the midst of this ordeal, love blossoms between Babe, the grievance committee head, and Sid, the new factory superintendent.

$8-Adults, $5-Students/Seniors/FA Faculty

Pajama Game

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RSVP

November 4, 2015

November 10

Lisa Ingraham, Teacher Leader, MALI

Lisa Ingraham, Teacher Leader, MALI

Dear Art Teachers,

Please join us on Tuesday, November 10th from 3:30 to 5:00 pm for a Google Docs presentation by Phase 5 MALI Teacher Leader, Iva Damon. Iva has been utilizing Google Docs with her students for their artwork and writing assignments. She is moving to Google Classroom this year to keep all these files organized. Please bring any strategies and/or questions you might have about these learning tools and R.S.V.P. ME at lisa.ingraham@msad59.org to receive an invitation to this online video conference.

R.S.V.P. ME online meetings are open to all Maine art teachers with the goal of bringing our art education community closer together. R.S.V.P. ME participants who are MAEA members will receive certificates of contact hours.

Please contact me anytime at Madison Elementary School – lisa.ingraham@msad59.org – with comments, questions, and/or to sign up for opportunities to learn with and from Maine arts teachers.

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Gala Celebration

November 3, 2015

Thursday, November 5, Point Lookout

It is not to late to register for the Maine Arts Commission Gala 50th Anniversary party being held this Thursday at Point Lookout. Registration can not take place at the door so please be sure and register ASAP – TODAY would be great! $27.00 per person!

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TO REGISTER PLEASE CLICK HERE.

 

 

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Calling All Teaching Artists

November 2, 2015

Interested in being on the Teaching Artists roster?

Teaching Artists, Martin Steingesser and Martin Swinger chat during the Maine Arts Leadership Initiative professional development opportunity

Teaching Artists, Martin Steingesser and Martin Swinger chat during the Maine Arts Leadership Initiative professional development opportunity

The Maine Arts Commission is now accepting applications for the PK-12 Teaching Artists Roster. The online roster was established in the fall of 2014 and includes artists whose applications reflect their expertise and commitment to providing learning opportunities for students and/or teachers in the PK-12 education setting. Teaching Artists are professional artists who are dedicated to lifelong learning and arts education, have made it an integral part of their professional practice, and who have cultivated skills as educators in concert with their skills as artists.

For more information about the program and application information including the downloadable application please click here. The deadline is Wednesday, December 2, 2015.

Application Calendar 

November 2, 2015   PK-12 Teaching Artist Application available

December 2, 2015   Application deadline for PK-12 Teaching Artist

January 2016  Updated Teaching Artist roster available

Spring 2016  PK-12 Teaching Artist Application available for next round

This opportunity is provided to teaching artists who are not employed by one particular school in an ongoing teaching situation.

If you have any questions please contact Argy Nestor, Director of Arts Education, at argy.nestor@maine.gov.

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