boston arts academy 2012-13 impact report

BOSTON ARTS ACADEMY

ImpactREPORT

2012-2013

Boston Arts Academy, a pilot school within the Boston Public Schools,

is charged with being a laboratory and a beacon for artistic and

academic innovation. Boston Arts Academy prepares a diverse

community of aspiring artist-scholars to be successful in their college or

professional careers and to be engaged members of a democratic society.

Leadership and Governance, 2012-13

Administration Anne R. Clark, Headmaster

Kathleen Marsh, Artistic Dean / Joy Bautista, Academic Dean / Mónika Aldarondo, Creative Director

Edgar Vasquez, Dean of Students / Charmain Jackman, Director of Clinical Services

Board of Trustees Tony James, Chair / Mary L. Lentz, Vice Chair

Sara Ofosu-Amaah, Clerk, ex officio / Mónika Aldarondo / Chris Bratton / Ginny Brennan

Ann Carter / Robert Chambers / Jeff Colby / Katherine DeMarco / David Eppstein

Lauren Gileau / Sandra Gordon / Richard Grubman / Jennifer Harris / Lisa Link

Tess Mandell / William McLaughlin / Farhad Nanji / Robert Orchard / Lee Pelton

Mary Regan / Amy Ross / Eve Smith Rounds / Katherine Sloan / Cheryl Smith

Jim Supple / Cassandra Wallace / J. Curtis Warner, Jr.

Consultants William F. Thompson, Consultant to the Board / Richard Rudman, Counsel to the Board

BAA Foundation Richard Grubman, President

Richard Rudman, Vice President / Ann Carter, Treasurer / Rick Tagliaferri, Executive Director

ProArts Consortium Berklee College of Music / Boston Architectural College / The Boston Conservatory / Emerson College

Massachusetts College of Art and Design / School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

City of Boston Honorable Thomas M. Menino, Mayor

Boston Public Schools Dr. Carol R. Johnson, Superintendent

Boston School Committee Michael O’Neill, Chair / Alfreda J. Harris, Vice-Chair

John Barros / Meg Campbell / Rev. Dr. Gregory G. Groover, Sr. / Claudio Martinez / Mary Tamer

2012-2013 Impact Report / 1

Dear Friends,We are delighted to present you with Boston Arts Academy’s 2012-13 Impact Report. With this report, we usher in a new era at Boston Arts Academy (BAA), with new leadership at both the Headmaster and the Board levels. We are honored to be serving BAA in our new roles, and we look forward to guiding the school through its “Second Act.”

In these pages, you will see the impact that BAA has on its students, faculty, families, and the larger com-munity. At the beginning of 2012-13, we reflected on our mission and values and re-committed to the central role of the arts in our school. Since 1998, we have worked hard to develop a model of change that har-nesses the transformative power of the arts to help our students reach their greatest potential.

This year, we began to set a new direction for BAA, moving the school forward to higher levels of achievement. To that end, we engaged in a strategic planning process from which several goals emerged, resulting in new initiatives that promote innovation and efficacy, expand our impact, and share the power of an arts-based education beyond BAA.

One of our goals is to increase career and technical education opportunities for students to better prepare them for college and a range of occupations. We made significant headway in this area by establishing a design and visual communication curriculum, expanding our technical theatre pathway, and piloting a fashion technology pathway. Off-campus internships, expanded elective and master class offerings, and new student leadership opportunities are all in development.

Many teachers took on new leadership roles this year. We redesigned the school’s structure to better support teaching and learning, family engagement,

and the creation of innovative curricula and strong community partnerships. We are proud to have a school where teachers can imagine a change that will better support their students, propose the change, and see it enacted.

All of this would mean nothing without the extraordi-nary efforts of our students. Students won numerous awards in the arts, presented alongside faculty at edu-cational conferences, and connected with students in South Africa, France, Qatar, and Washington, D.C. We are very proud to report that 98% of the Class of 2013 was accepted to college with almost 3 million dollars in scholarships. Our alumni are having an impact on the Boston Public Schools as artist-teachers through our Center for Arts in Education’s Alumni Creative Corps. This program, and others from the Center, expanded access to the arts in many Boston classrooms.

Finally, the entire BAA community worked together to demonstrate the importance of a facility that fosters students’ artistic and academic growth. We are hopeful that a facility that meets BAA’s needs will soon be on the horizon.

We hope you enjoy learning more about our students, our vision, and what lies ahead for Boston Arts Academy. Our deepest gratitude goes to all of you who support us in educating Boston’s next generation of Artists, Scholars, and Citizens.

Sincerely yours,

Anne R. Clark Tony James Headmaster Chair, BAA Board of Trustees

2 . . . . Our Students4 . . . . Year in Review6 . . . . Artists8 . . . . Scholars10 . . . Citizens

11 . . . . Wellness12 . . . . Center for Arts in Education14 . . . . Boston Arts Academy Foundation16 . . . . Supporters and Partners

Contents

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Our Students

65% receive Free or Reduced Price Lunch, Defined for the 2012-13 school year as $29,965 (free) or $42,643 (reduced) annual income for a family of four.

60% Female

40% Male

Gender44% Black

2% Asian 2% Mixed/Other 1% Native American

15% White

36% Hispanic

Ethnicity

2013 MCAS Results1%4%

68%

28%

English Language Arts 109 BAA students

How many scored Proficient or Advanced? 95% of BAA students79% of Boston Public School students91% of Massachusetts students

Dance

Music

Theatre

68Instrumental

Visual Arts

84+ 88

Vocal

88

92

All public school students in Massachusetts are assessed using the Massachusetts Comprehen-sive Assessment System (MCAS) test. Students must pass this standardized test in order to graduate from high school. BAA students are tested in English Language Arts, Mathematics, and Science and Technology/Engineering.

Advanced / Proficient / Needs Improvement / Failing

Students in 2012-13 / 420


Dorchester33%

Hyde Park11%

Roxbury10%

Roslindale9%

Jamaica Plain 7%

Mattapan7%

East Boston5%

West Roxbury5%

Allston/Brighton4%

South Boston2%

Mission Hill2%

Fenway Kenmore1%

Charlestown1%

Downtown3%

Residency / Boston Arts Academy’s student body comes from every neighborhood in Boston.

English Language Arts 109 BAA students


7%

40%

31%22%

Math 107 BAA students


4%

9%

54%33%

Science and Technology/ Engineering 110 BAA students


Recruitmentfor 2013-14 School Year

822 Applicants144 Accepted

129 Freshmen / 13 Sophomores / 2 Juniors

What kinds of schools did our

accepted students come from?

76%

11% Charter

7% Public Schools outside of Boston*

6% Parochial & PrivateBoston

Public Schools

Advanced / Proficient / Needs Improvement / Failing

* All admitted students must be residents of Boston in order to enroll

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Year in Review

Bill Schawbel, 2013 recipient of BAA’s annual Apollo Award, displays the beautiful sculpture designed for him by Boston artist Niho Kozuru, symbolizing illumination and innovation.

Renowned jazz musician Wynton Marsalis gives a master class for BAA students and our partners, Berklee City Music Program.

(l to r) Founding Artistic Dean Fernadina Chan, former Co-Headmaster Carmen Torres, and Founding Headmaster Linda Nathan celebrate at an event honoring Linda’s service to BAA.

Students participate in Design Comes Alive, an interdisciplinary art and science program produced in partnership with TERC and supported by the National Science Foundation.

In the Summer Water Studio, a collaboration with TERC funded by the National Science Foundation, students, faculty, and artists investigate local water usage.

BAA gets a new coat of paint, courtesy of 200 volunteers from the band Dispatch, City Year, Calling All Crows, Deloitte, and the Boston Public Schools.

Arts Dean Kathleen Marsh and Center for Arts in Education Executive Director Linda Nathan accept the Outstanding Arts School Award presented to BAA by Arts Schools Network, an international organization.

Anne R. Clark Named New HeadmasterFollowing an extensive nationwide search, founding faculty

member Anne R. Clark was named Headmaster of Boston Arts

Academy in February, 2013. Anne helped to open the school in 1998,

shaping the school’s innovative curriculum as founding Academic

Dean. She brings a wealth of teaching and leadership experience to the

Headmaster position, as well as a passionate belief in the transformative

power of the arts. Anne’s vision is to further develop BAA as a model for

change by promoting the fundamental role that the arts play in the lives of

our students. Working closely with faculty, students, family members, and

the community, Anne is committed to creating an equitable school where

students can reach their full potential by learning in and through the arts.


Students and teachers from the Lycée Joliot Curie in France visit BAA’s Peers Educating Peers class.

Students create arts-based community service projects for their Senior Projects. Community members serve as volunteer judges, awarding funding to the top projects.

Hope Boykin and Belen Pereyra (BAA ‘05, not pictured) of Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater conduct a dynamic master class for BAA dance students.

Theatre students present two sold-out performances of RENT, BAA’s first musical in over 10 years, at Emerson College’s Semel Theatre.

Grammy Award winner Mark O’Connor performs with BAA music students at the 2013 BAA Benefit Gala at Northeastern University’s Blackman Auditorium.

Our 2013 Elma Lewis Graduates with Distinction proudly represent the school with E. Barry Gaither, Director of the National Center for Afro-American Artists.

Diane Paulus, Artistic Director of the American Repertory Theater, addresses the Class of 2013 at BAA’s graduation ceremony the day after winning two Tony Awards.

Going Forward

MCAS Testing The Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE) has developed a system to level schools based on a group of indicators connected to the MCAS exam; schools are scaled and the lowest 20% are designated “Level 3.” In 2013 BAA was designated a Level 3 school. However, in 2013 BAA met or exceeded every target the state set for the school except one. In addition, the percentage of BAA’s African American and Latino students who scored Proficient or Advanced on the Math MCAS exceeded district performance averages by twenty percentage points. BAA students with Individualized Education Plans (IEPs) scored Proficient or Advanced at a rate double to that of the district.

Facilities Our building at 174 Ipswich Street does not adequately meet the needs of our dual arts and college preparatory curriculum. In 1998, when the school first opened, the facility was declared to be a temporary home. For the past

several years, our Board, administrators, and community members have been working in earnest to find a new home that will allow the school to realize its full potential. In that time, we have worked with the City of Boston and the Boston Public Schools on numerous proposals. In 2012-13, we worked with the school district to submit a Statement of Interest to the Massachusetts School Building Authority (MSBA) for funding. The Statement of Interest was first submitted to the Boston School Committee, which named it a priority. The Boston City Council approved the Statement of Interest and is very sup-portive of our renovation needs. Families and Students spent countless hours advocating for BAA’s facilities need. By attending numerous School Com-mittee and City Council meetings, as well as gathering over 800 signatures for a petition. We are constantly looking for the best possible facility solution for our students, and are hopeful that our efforts will result in a facility that meets our educational needs.

In these pages you will read about Boston Arts Academy’s many accomplishments over the past year. While we celebrate those accomplishments, we also wish to recognize that the school faced several challenges, outlined below. We hope this gives you a deeper understanding of the school, of the issue of accountability in public education, and of the importance of the arts in our students’ lives.

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Artists Scholars CitizensDance / 84 Students Classical ballet, modern dance, jazz, tap, hip hop, Afro-Haitian dance – all are available to dance students at BAA. The rigorous curriculum includes choreography, dance history, healthful living, dance production and technology, all of which prepare students for post-secondary dance training and professional careers. The curriculum helps students develop discipline, technical skills and expression, while challenging their creativity and critical thinking skills. Alumni of the program include company members of Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, BH2 (Ballet Hispanico), Deborah Abel Dance Company, Impact Dance Company, and a winner of the FOX-TV show So You Think You Can Dance.

In 2012-13, our students had numerous performance oppor-tunities, learned from outstanding guest artists, and challenged themselves to participate in the new Honors Dance class. Students were thrilled to work with noted choreographer Nathan Trice who set his work Conversations on BAA students, which they premiered at the Springfest Dance Concert. Students also performed Dance Department Co-Chair William McLaughlin’s SPEAK at The Dream at 50 Arts Awards honoring the 50th anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King’s “I Have a Dream” speech.

Music / 68 Instrumental + 88 Vocal Students Both instrumentalists and vocalists find their home in Boston Arts Academy’s Music Department. The rich program of study includes concentrations in classical, jazz, and music technology, with a strong foundation of music theory, history, and technique for all students. Exploring a wide variety of musical experiences, students discover the connection between music and community and use music as a lens for viewing life and the world. BAA musi-cians are in demand as performers at community, corporate, and municipal events.

2012-13 was an exciting year for our music students as they performed all over the city, as well as at regional and national festivals, bringing home several awards. The BAA Spirituals Ensemble won a gold medal for their performance at the Massachusetts Instrumental and Choral Conductors Association Festival, and participated in the Ithaca College High School Gospel Music Festival in Ithaca, NY. The Jazz Choir won second place in their category at Berklee College of Music’s High School Jazz Festival. This is the largest high school jazz festival in the country. All BAA classical ensembles performed two concerts at North-eastern University’s Blackman Theater in May: one public concert, and one for the BAA Benefit Gala. The students were honored to perform with noted fiddler and composer Mark O’Connor and composer/conductor Darin Atwater.

Now in its fifth year, the Spirituals Ensemble explores the evolution of

the African-American choral music tradition. This auditioned group of 28

sophomores, juniors, and seniors is directed by teacher Tyrone Sutton, who also

serves as Director of Music at Boston’s historic Charles Street A.M.E. Church.

Mr. Sutton believes that the Ensemble, “helps our students become confident

performers who develop a real sense of empathy and community with one another.”

The Spirituals Ensemble performs at numerous community events, including the

Boston Public Schools Martin Luther King Day event, Boston School Committee

meetings, and events at Children’s Hospital. In 2012-13, the group performed for

the first time at the Massachusetts Instrumental and Choral Conductors Associa-

tion Festival, and won a Gold Medal. The Ensemble was also honored to perform

with Grammy Award-winning jazz musician Don Byron at MIT. The future is

definitely bright for the BAA Spirituals Ensemble.

The arts are central to Boston Arts Academy’s mission. The School was founded on the conviction that arts and academics are equally important to student development and achievement. At Boston Arts Academy students express their artistic identities in ways that provide a connection to their academic work. Our students choose to major in one of four arts disciplines: dance, music (instrumental or vocal), theatre, or visual arts. All arts majors prepare students for entry into college-level programs, and develop career-related skills.


Theatre / 88 Students Creating young inventive artists who are concerned with artistic excellence, cross-cultural understanding and social change is the mission of the BAA Theatre Department. The program nurtures and challenges students through a highly rigorous pre-conservato-ry curriculum. Essential foundational skills in acting are combined with courses in technical theatre, directing and playwriting, emphasizing that theatre is a collaborative art form. Alumni of the program have gone on to perform with numerous professional theatre companies, stage manage on Broadway, and write and direct their own professionally-produced plays.

In 2012-13, the Theatre Department presented 4 mainstage shows, including RENT, BAA’s first musical in over 10 years. Our students performed for sold-out crowds at the Semel Theatre at Emerson College for two nights in January. The past year also saw the implementation of a new technical theatre and design curricu-lum pathway. A small group of juniors and seniors were immersed in set design, learning to draw, draft, make models, and construct sets. We look forward to expanding this program in future years.

Visual Arts / 92 Students The visual arts curriculum is designed to help students develop a deeper understanding of concepts in art while building their formal skills. The department strives to create a rigorous and encouraging environment in which students demonstrate a strong work ethic, produce quality work, and are articulate when discussing their art and the art of others. Visual arts students regularly win Gold Keys in the Boston Globe Scholastic Art Awards, participate in Art All State, and win scholarships to study at the Oxbow School in California and the Putney School in Vermont.

A record number of exhibitions were held in 2012-13, including nine exhibitions in the Philip and Sandra Gordon Gallery and other BAA spaces. The Department also continued its participation in Photosynthesis, a collaboration between BAA, Winchester High School, and the Griffin Museum of Photography. 2012-13 marked the eighth year of this successful partnership. Visiting artists were a wonderful source of inspiration for our students this year. Printmakers from Artist Proof Studio in Johannesburg, South Africa shared their knowledge and artistic vision as part of an ongoing partnership between our school and their organization.

Our students met over 20 visiting artists this year through master classes, performances, and exhibitions. BAA was honored

to host such noted artists as jazz musician Wynton Marsalis; fiddler and composer Mark O’Connor; composer/conductor

Darin Atwater; choreographer Nathan Trice; Hope Boykin and Belen Pereyra (BAA ‘05) of Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater;

Diane Paulus, Artistic Director of the American Repertory Theatre; Actors’ Shakespeare Project; Theater Offensive; film and

television actor Kevin Chapman; the cast of A.R.T.’s The Glass Menagerie, including Zach Quinto; printmakers from Artist Proof Studio in

Johannesburg, South Africa; visual artist Rick Lowe; and visual artist/scientist Todd Siler.

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Artists Scholars Citizens

Academics at Boston Arts Academy include a full college-preparatory course load, including humanities, mathematics, science, and a world language. By integrating the arts into our academic classes we emphasize interdisciplinary thinking and project-based learning. Throughout the curriculum, a special emphasis is placed on the development of writing skills. The combination of arts and academics creates a powerful curriculum that prepares students to respond to the challenges of the 21st century.

Humanities / a combination of language arts, philosophy, history, and social studies.

• In the spring, two 9th grade Humanities classes had a unique opportunity to correspond with students at Artist Proof Studio in Johannesburg, South Africa. The correspondence began by email, then culminated with two video chat sessions where the students exchanged their own works of resistance art. This was a powerful example of a cross-cultural exchange, as BAA students shared their work with other artists halfway around the world, and discussed social issues and art’s potential for affecting change.

• All Humanities 4 students were invited to attend a screening of artist Mickalene Thomas’ short film Happy Birthday to a Beautiful Woman: A Portrait of My Mother at the Institute of Contem-porary Art (ICA). This is the third year that our seniors have visited the ICA to enrich their study of aesthetics.

World Languages American Sign Language, Arabic, and Spanish

• Professor and Salvadorian poet Susana Reyes worked with Spanish 4 and Spanish 5 students for a week, helping them write poetry in Spanish.

• In collaboration with the Theatre Department, Spanish 4 and 5 presented a public performance of Poemas Con Niños by the Cuban author Nicolás Guillén. This was the initial effort of a long-term project to introduce Spanish and bilingual presentation to BAA.

• Based on the continued and enthusiastic support of our Arabic program a Level 3 class was added this year.

Learning Center BAA’s home for special education services.

• 100% of juniors with Individualized Education Plans passed the English Language Arts MCAS test as 10th graders.

• All students with Individualized Education Plans graduated with Boston Arts Academy Diplomas.

• A new Math 10 course was piloted in partnership with the Learning Center for students needing extra math support. This full-year collaborative class model was created to help us assess students’ ability to use their skills across content areas.


Post-tests were administered in February of 2013 to a representative sample of students with significant read-ing challenges. 85% improved by at least one grade level at the end of one full year in the program. In

addition, analysis of the data from 2010 to 2012 reveals a steady decline in the percentage of students simply main-

taining their skills and a steady increase in the percentage of students who improved their word reading skills by one or more full grade levels.

Improving one grade level is a significant gain for students who have not been making annual grade gains in their reading. Such a gain indicates that the literacy intervention has in effect put the students back on track.

Literacy Development Initiative At Boston Arts Academy we believe that all of our students must be able to express themselves as artists, scholars, and citizens. Therefore, literacy development is a school-wide priority at Boston Arts Academy. Thirty-five percent of our students enter high school reading below grade level. Our Literacy Development Initiative succeeds in strengthening students’ reading and writing abilities. Through Seminar classes, the Learning Center, the Summer Reading Program, Literature Circles, and more, BAA students get the support they need to develop their literacy skills.

Professional development for teachers this year focused on working with English Language Learners (ELL). Consultants provided training sessions for the entire faculty on improving English language development for non-native speakers. Forty percent of our students come from homes where English is not their primary students; it is important that we help the ELL students among this population improve in their spoken, reading, and written language skills.

Boston Arts Academy has been a leader in imparting the arts across the academic curriculum, giving students the opportunity to use their artistic skills in all of their classes. STEAM takes an interdisciplinary, arts-integrated approach to math and science classes, creating learning experiences for students that blend these different disciplines together instead of teaching them as separate subjects.

This year, our 9th grade engineering classes participated in a sec-ond year of Design Comes Alive, funded by a grant from the National Science Foundation through our partner TERC, a not-for-profit education research and development organization. BAA invited three artists to conduct two-week residencies at the school, allow-ing students to combine their artistic strengths with sound, light,

and mechanical engineering. The artists – BAA alumnus Duke Atkinson, percussionist and writer Jennifer Dorris, and teachers from ProGo Learning – provided students with real-life examples of how the sciences and the arts are intertwined and essential to critical and creative thinking.

Our STEAM teachers did much to further the STEAM approach to teaching and learning by presenting their work at numer-ous national and regional educational conferences over the year, including the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics confer-ence in Denver; the Coalition of Essential Schools Fall Forum in Providence, RI; the Creating Balance Conference in San Francisco; and the BAA Summer Institute for Arts in Education.

STEAM: Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Mathematics

85%

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Senior Projects All BAA seniors participate in Senior Project – the school’s capstone experience. Seniors demonstrate their graduation credentials by creating a service project that uses their artistic training to address an identified need in the community. Students write grant proposals and give oral presentations to a review panel consisting of educators, artists, business and non-profit leaders, and BAA supporters. Students who are selected as finalists present their projects to a second review panel, and the top-rated students receive funding to implement their projects.

Emily Catalfamo, one of the senior project finalists, created a documentary film titled Can You Hear Me? to educate the hearing community about what it means to be deaf. The film addresses communication access barriers and ways to break down these barriers in order to promote understanding between the deaf and hearing communities. Emily’s film has been screened at North-eastern University, Tufts University, and at BAA. Now a freshman at Gallaudet University in Washington, D.C., Emily feels that her film succeeds in helping to bridge the gap between the deaf and hearing worlds.

For me, this project meant taking one step

towards raising awareness about equal

access. As the audience watches my film I

hope to show them a perspective they’ve never

looked through before…. When this happens

the audience comes to a realization that,

“There is a problem and there are ways I could

easily fix it.”

Graduating Class of 2013 On June 10, 2013, Boston Arts

Academy held its 13th graduation ceremony at Citi Performing Arts

Center’s historic Shubert Theatre. We were delighted to return to the Shubert,

the site of the school’s first graduation ceremony in 2001, and look forward to

continuing our partnership with Citi Per-forming Arts Center. The 76 graduates of

the Class of 2013 were inspired by the words of commencement speaker 2013 Tony Award

Winner Diane Paulus, Artistic Director of the American Repertory Theater, and student

RICO speaker Meghan O’Loughlin. Honorees

included Edmund Barry Gaither, Ex-ecutive Director of the Museum of the National Center for Afro-American Artists; Kenneth Leibler, retired chairman of the Boston Stock Exchange and BAA’s long-time financial literacy volunteer; and literacy consultant/designer of BAA’s successful reading initia-tive, Dr. Isabel Phillips. The graduates were presented by Valedictorian Ana Lemus and Headmaster Anne R. Clark.

Artists Scholars Citizens

98%of 2013 Graduatesaccepted to college $2.8M in scholarships & financial aid, including

1 Posse Scholar & 4 full-tuition scholarships

We believe in teaching our artist-scholars to be engaged members of their communities. Because of that citizenship is a core component of our curriculum. 100% of our students propose and develop a arts-based community service project. Students are encouraged to use the arts as a vehicle for social change through their Senior Grant Project, Community Service Day, advisory-led service projects, and student-led groups and clubs that focus on service. Boston Arts Academy prepares graduates to be arts and creative leaders, who bring real and lasting benefits to their communities.


In 2012-13, the Student Support Team (SST) supported students in the following ways:• Provided 1,976 individual counseling sessions for over

120 students.• Provided 78 psycho-educational, interpersonal, identity, and

support group sessions to 109 students.• Administered wellness screenings to 139 incoming students

to determine appropriate levels of support services.• Conducted peer mediation and conflict resolution in

20 incidents involving a total of 51 students.• Conducted 85 family sessions supporting 61 students.• Conducted 36 crisis assessments of 31 students.

Health Services:• Conducted 363 height, weight, and vision screenings. • Completed 1,609 physical exams and 1,338 psycho-social

histories and assessments.

Through the Boston Public Health Commission:• 107 students received one-on-one counseling for sexual

health concerns.• The Making Proud Choices curriculum, focused on sexual

health education, was administered to 143 students in seven classrooms.

• BPHC Health Educators participated in four science classes, serving 61 students. Topics included anatomy, birth control, and STDs.

• BPHC Health Educators also collaborated with math classes and led a class for ninety-nine students that used exponents to teach about the spread of infections diseases.

In 2012-13, the Student Support Clinical Team included two full-time BAA clinicians; one clinician from Children’s Hospital who was on-site four days per week; one clinician from South Shore Mental Health who was on-site one day per week; three graduate interns from Harvard Graduate School of Education’s Preven-tion Sciences Program and Simmons College; and one Psychiatry Fellow from Children’s Hospital who was on-site for one half-day per week.

Student health and wellness is a top priority at BAA. Our Student Support Team (SST) provides a wide range of services so that every student can be successful. Offering on-site nursing ser-vices, mental health counseling, family coun-seling, peer mediation, student support groups, and special services for students with a range of disabilities, SST works closely with students, teachers, and families to support students’ needs.

WellnessClass of 2013 College and Career Choices

Art Institute of BostonBarry UniversityBecker CollegeBenjamin Franklin Institute of TechnologyBerklee College of MusicBoston UniversityBunker Hill Community CollegeCareer TrainingCentre CollegeColby Sawyer CollegeDean CollegeEastern Nazzarene CollegeEmerson CollegeEmpire Beauty School Fitchburg State UniversityGaulledet UniversityGeorge Mason UniversityGordon CollegeJohnson and WalesKentucky State UniversityMassachusetts College of Art and DesignMitchell CollegeMount Ida CollegeNorth Carolina School for the Arts Norwich UniversityProvidence CollegeRegis CollegeRhode Island CollegeRutgers UniversitySalem State UniversitySanta Clara University Sarah Lawrance CollegeSuffolk UniversityUniversity of Hartford/ Hartt SchoolUniversity of MaineUniversity of Massachusetts BostonUniversity of Massachusetts DartmouthUniversity of the Arts University of the District of ColumbiaWestfield State UniversityWheelock College

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The Center hosted 138 visitors to BAA from the United States and abroad in 2012-13, welcoming visitors from the Boston area, as well as from California, Colorado, western Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Vermont. International visitors came from In-dia, Indonesia, the Netherlands, Qatar, South Africa, and Sweden.

Imagine, Innovate, Advocate, the 2013 Summer Insti-tute for Arts in Education, brought 50 educators from Boston, Chicago, Hartford, Portland (Oregon), Providence, Washington, D.C., France, India, and Qatar to BAA. Along with 42 BAA teachers, participants engaged in workshops about STEAM (arts- integrated science, technology, engineering, and math) and Peers Educating Peers (PEP), a growing international network of schools that use peer education and collaboration to empower students, break down cultural barriers, and connect students to their local and global communities.

Center staff and BAA faculty members provided consult-ing services for several schools and districts over the course of the year, including Boston Public Schools; Artist Proof Studio in Johannesburg, South Africa; Chelsea High School; Heritage School in New Delhi, India; Noel Community Arts School, Denver, CO; Nute Middle/High School, Milton, NH; and Renaissance Commu-nity School for the Arts, New Bedford, MA.

Center Executive Director Linda Nathan, Center Fellows Ramiro Gonzalez and Mark Lonergan, BAA faculty members, and students presented at numerous conferences and educational events over the past year, sharing BAA’s best practices. Speaking engagements over the past year included the Coalition of Essential Schools Fall Forum, the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, ASCD, District and School Assistance Centers Collaboration Institute, Boston University, Colgate University, and New England Conservatory, among others.

Center for Arts in Education

The Center for Arts in Education serves as a beacon for the transformative power of an arts-based education. Using Boston Arts Academy as a successful model for urban public schools, the Center advocates broadly for the inclusion of the arts as a core component of the K-12 curriculum. The Center develops programs that increase access to arts-based education for students throughout the Boston Public Schools, disseminate effective arts-based curricula, and provide high-quality arts-based professional development for educators.

A beacon for artistic & academic innovation


Alumni Creative Corps Member Mayra Hernandez

Mayra Hernandez (BAA ‘05) was one of the first alumni to sign up for the Alumni Creative Corps (ACC) program when it began in 2011. Mayra,

a dancer who graduated with a BA from Smith College, taught at Boston Green Academy, Dorchester Academy, Dudley Street Neighborhood

Charter School, and Boston Arts Academy during the 2012-13 school year. With students ranging in age from kindergarten to high school, Mayra’s goal

was to expose her students to various types of movement, including modern, jazz, hip hop, African, salsa, and improvisation. Through ACC, Mayra discov-

ered that she loves sharing and teaching her craft to others. She feels that ACC makes a real difference in schools and classrooms by giving students new op-

portunities and extra support and encouragement. “I was able to use my passion and craft to provide my students with the opportunity to try something new and

work outside of their comfort zone. I was able to challenge my students, encourage them, and provide them with support both in and out of dance. I developed relation-

ships with all of my students, and let them know that I was interested in their success and achievement.” Mayra is now serving as ACC Program Coordinator, where she

guides other BAA alumni who share her passion for arts education.

The Center was honored to be named the steward of the National Artist Teacher Fellowship (NATF) program, designed and previ-ously administered by the Surdna Foundation of New York City. NATF supports the artistic revitalization of arts teachers in public schools. This grant offers arts teachers the opportunity to im-merse themselves in their own creative work, interact with other arts professionals, and stay current with new practices. Begin-ning with a convening of 2012 Fellows in October. A total of 65 arts teachers from 39 U.S. schools applied for the 2013 round of fellowships, of which 20 were awarded. 80% of the applications were from first-time applicants, including two Title 1 schools. This program is made possible through the generous support of the Surdna Foundation.

Students often learn best from each other. Peers Educating Peers (PEP) promotes student teaching as among the most effective ways for students to demonstrate their understanding and share their passion with their peers. In a PEP class, students develop lessons about local history based on their own research. They teach these lessons to their peers from their own school and other schools in the PEP network through “expeditionary learning” tech-niques that break free of the traditional classroom. This year, a to-tal of 90 students participated in PEP from Boston Arts Academy; Washington Latin Public Charter School in Washington, D.C.; Al admin Wakra and Musab admin bin Omair in Doha, Qatar; and Lycée Joliot Curie in France

17 8 300ACC Members in providing arts

access toBPS Schools K-12 Students

The Alumni Creative Corps (ACC), trains Boston Arts Academy alumni to support art teachers in Boston Public Schools, increasing access to arts-based education for more students, and providing alumni with mentorship opportunities and workforce development. The Center trained 17 BAA alumni as teaching artists, preparing them to work in Boston Public Schools classrooms. Our alumni worked in eight Boston schools: Boston Green Academy, Dever-McCormack K-8, Dorchester Academy, Dudley Street Neighborhood Charter School, Edwards Middle School, Higginson-Lewis K-8, Josiah Quincy Elementary School, Margarita Muniz Academy, and the Orchard Gardens Pilot School. ACC members served 300 students in grades pre-K-12 over the course of the year.

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BAA Foundation

Annual BAA Benefit Gala Over 350 guests gathered for the 15th Annual BAA Benefit Gala on May 21, 2013 to support the work of Boston Arts Academy. Chaired by Sandra and Philip Gordon and Mike Douvadjian and Lynne Brainerd, the event was held at Northeastern University’s Curry Ballroom, then moved to the beautiful Blackman Auditorium for a wonderful

concert and a celebration of Apollo Award honoree Bill Schawbel. BAA’s music stu-dents wowed the audience as they performed with Grammy Award-winning fiddler Mark O’Connor and composer/conductor Darin Atwater. In accepting the Apollo Award, Bill Schawbel reaffirmed the many reasons for

supporting Boston’s only public high school for the arts. He ended his remarks by generously pledging a $75,000 challenge match in support of next year’s BAA Marathon runners. We are very gratified to report that $658,884 in gifts and commitments were raised at the Benefit.

Boston Marathon Over the past three years, Boston Arts Academy has been proud to be an official charity of the Boston Marathon. In that time, our team of dedicated runners has raised over $275,000 for the school. In 2013, the 16 runners of Team BAA raised $100,280 from over 800 generous donors. While the events of April 15, 2013 will stay with all of us in Boston, we were fortunate that our runners, their families and friends, and BAA staff and students were all safe. Those runners who were prevented from crossing the finish line will have the opportunity to participate in the 2014 Marathon. We are grateful to that Boston Athletic Association (the other BAA!) for honoring Boston Arts Academy as an official Marathon charity.

Though communities throughout the country recognize the importance of the arts in student development and achievement, arts programs remain among the first to be cut and the last to be funded, especially in the public school setting.

Boston Arts Academy established the Boston Arts Academy Foundation in 1999 to ensure that the arts forever remain in Boston Arts Academy.

The Foundation bridges the gap between the school’s public allocations and the true cost of a full arts and college-preparatory curriculum, which includes at least 2.5 hours of arts instruction a day. Private donations go to pay for the school’s core arts faculty positions, arts adjuncts, production costs, and art supplies not covered by public funding. And this additional investment is delivering huge returns.

We are grateful for the generosity of individuals, foundations, corporations, government agencies, and community organizations that provide essential resources so that Boston Arts Academy can continue to nurture the lives, artistic expressions, and ambitions of over 420 students of Boston.

(left to right) Apollo Award Honoree Bill Schawbel, with Carmen Tor-res, Benefit Chairs Sandy and Phil Gordon, Headmaster Anne Clark, Founding Headmaster Linda Nathan, and Superintendent Carol Johnson.


82% Salaries

*Preliminary, unaudited results.

6% Center for Arts in Education

4% Special Projects

3% Instructional Supplies2% Fundraising Costs1% Administrative Costs1% Information Technology1% Outreach Programs

Expenses / $5,748,635 *

47% Individual Support

43% Foundation Support

7% Fees2% Reserves1% Corporate Support

Revenue / $5,748,635 *

62% Public Funds$3,591,252Includes Boston Public School allocations, Title 1, Federal Perkins Grant, and Massachusetts DESE Expanded Learning Time (ELT) Grant* funding.

*ELT Grant is applied for and managed by the BAA Foundation.

38% External Fundraising $2,157,383

July 1, 2012 through June 30, 2013

July 1, 2012 through June 30, 2013

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DONORS

$100,000 and aboveTerry and Eva HerndonQatar Foundation InternationalThe Surdna FoundationAnonymous

$50,000 to 99,999Fay M. ChandlerRichard Grubman and Caroline MortimerThe Ruth Ray Hunt Fund at the Women’s Foundation of Colorado, Swanee Hunt, Trustee

$25,000 to 49,999Doe Family FoundationThe Klarman Family FoundationKrupp Family FoundationChristopher and Sally LutzLiberty MutualPritzker Pucker Family FoundationDan and Sue RothenbergRowland FoundationShippy FoundationWilliam and Juliana Thompson

$10,000 to 24,999Abrams FoundationAnonymousCabot Family Charitable TrustRon and Ronni CastyThe Clowes FundCogan Family FoundationMichael and Barbara EisensonSandra and Philip GordonHorizon Beverage CompanyAnonymousKen and Marcia LeiblerMary and Robert Lentz

Linde Family FoundationJoAnn McGrathJack and Elizabeth MeyerAllison and Roberto MignoneFaith and Glenn ParkerElizabeth and Robert PozenRalph Bradley Prizes, Eleanor GoudEve Smith Rounds and Jonathan RoundsRichard Rudman and Karen GreenbergSchrafft Charitable TrustJim Supple and Mary McDonaldWellington Management Foundation

$5,000 to 9,999 Anne and Peter BrookeRick and Nonnie BurnesBerkshire Partners, Kevin and Julie CallaghanCharles and Virginia ClarkClipper Ship FoundationLinda and Michael Frieze

Hunt and Diane Harris Family Foundation, Jenn Harris, TrusteeKaren Kames and Christopher GaffneyFlorence KoplowJudith and Douglas KruppChuck and Susie LongfieldThe Alchemy FoundationFarhad and Karen NanjiThe Nellie Mae Education FoundationSue and Bernie PuckerRasky Baerlein Strategic Communications, Larry Rasky, President, Ann Carter, CEORed Sox FoundationJonathan RobertsRoy A. Hunt FoundationSusan and Robert SchechterAnonymousTiny Tiger Foundation

On behalf of the students, faculty, and staff, the BAA Foundation gratefully acknowledges the following individuals and organizations that have contributed to our school during the 2012-13 school year. Gifts listed were made between July 1, 2012 and June 30, 2013. While great care has been taken to include donors and list them correctly, the Foundation apologizes in advance for any errors. If your name has been omitted, or if your name has been listed incorrectly, please call us at 617.308.0700 so that the necessary corrections can be made.

THANK YOU!


$2,500 to 4,999Gordon, Liza and Robbie Bemis,

in memory of Jane MarrowCity of Boston Employee CampaignMichael Douvadjian and Lynne BrainerdAlan DynnerCesar and Gabriela HernandezFay LewisJoyce LindeLyle and Anne MicheliMill River FoundationLinda Nathan and Steve CohenPioneer InvestmentsDorothy and Jerome Preston, Jr.Adelard A. Roy and Valdea Lea Roy FoundationSteven Samuels and Ami CipollaAlfred and Gilda SlifkaArthur and Dora UllianSusan Werbe and John Bates

$1,000 to 2,499Mark AndreassonThe Atlantic Philanthropies Director/Employee

Designated Gift FundRobert BealKaren Bressler and Scott EpsteinCatherine and Paul ButtenwieserAnn Carter and Philip JamesonBrian and Ellie ChuFrederic and Barbara CliffordMichael and Joan ContompasisDeborah and Timothy Diggins

Judith and John FeltonDonna and David FriezeTamar and Kenneth FriezeDozier and Sandy GardnerDr. Carl GeorgeCarol R. and Avram J. GoldbergWyc and Corinne GrousbeckHarvard Pilgrim Health CareAnthony James and Wanda McClainClaire MallardiKristin and Paul MarcusThe MathWorksAbigail Johnson and

Christopher McKownJo Frances and John MeyerJohn Monks JrAnonymousSara and Nii Ofosu-AmaahThe Paul and Edith Babson FoundationJonathan and Amy PoorvuPeter and Suzanne ReadWendy Shattuck and Samuel PlimptonEllen Slaby and Bruce RichardsonPatricia and David SquireDan and Leslie SullivanCarol and Elliot SurkinElizabeth Taylor and Tim BarclaySandra Urie and Frank HerronMarcia Walsh and Eric BlockJ. Curtis Warner Jr.Wilson Butler ArchitectsDonald Winter

The Wolk Family and the Cross Country Group$500 to 999Linda and Mark BordenJohn and Jane BradleyRuth and Shelly BramsonEos FoundationDavid Eppstein and Deborah FosterKaren and David FirestoneRosalind E. Gorin and Matthew Budd, M.D.Grantham, Mayo, Van Otterloo & Co. LLCJames and Carol HerscotGeorgia JohnsonAdrienne and Chris KimballBernice KruppHarris KruppBara LevinMatthew LiPuma and Cathy MoylanRuth LittlechildKatherine and Richard LoweDoris Lowy and Paul ZigmanHarriet LundbergMassachusetts College of Art FoundationCharles MerrillSusan Passoni and Malcolm McDonaldBruce PriceBradley Russell and Jayme IernaMark and Marie SchwartzGreg and Michelle ShellKim Sawyer and Robert ShermanKatherine and William SloanCheryl and Steve SmithEpp Sonin

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C O R P O R A T I O N

Thank You to our Sponsors and Partners

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$500 to 999, cont.Francis and Sandra StoneJoan and Herman SuitRick Tagliaferri and Jill MackaveyBen and Kate TaylorMichael K. TookeEmilie Welles

$250 to 499Pam AllaraLee and Susan BerkBoston Carmen’s Union Local 589Boston Cultural CouncilCommunity Labor UnitedEdVestorsCatherine EnglandCorey Evans and Mark HoranTmomas M. Feeley, Feeley & Driscoll, P.C.Fidelity Foundation Matching Gifts to Education

ProgramBink and Weezie GarrisonEleanor GoudEllen and Steve HoffmanDr. Carol R. JohnsonEllen Kaplan and Bjørn BieShirley and Jim MartenDr. Robert and Jane B. MayerKathy and Jim McHughJenny Netzer and Ellis SeidmanSung Joon Pai and Jocelyn Stanton

Ellen and Thomas PayzantWilliam Perkins and Mary BattenfeldMary and Joseph ReganRobert and Ruth RemisSusan RittscherJoshua Rubenstein and Jill JanowsDoris Howell-Samuels and Anthony SamuelsMarjorie Schaffel and Peter BelsonJoan and Lawrence SiffMargot Stern and Terry StromDeborah TarantinoLynne Vadala-Doran and Jim DoranLaura Weisberg and David Wong

Up to $249Jill and James AckermanBarbara Ann AffinitoMonika AldarondoAbdi AliMarie and Jim AllenLaurie Alpert and Barry WeissEdna AlvaradoDavid and Estelle AndelmanMichael AnsaraDr. and Mrs. W. Gerald AustenBeth Balliro and Joe DouilletteBetty and Arthur BardigeJoy BautistaMr. and Mrs. Peter J. BegleyEleanor Bemis

Douglas and Cheryle BiggarLinda BlackLaura Blacklow and Peter FougereBoston Latin School AssociationSonya BrownStephanie BurgessKaty BurnsLinda B. CabralHerbert and Dorothy CarverRobert ChambersMaha ChourafaAnne R. Clark and Christopher MonksKenneth and Virginia ColburnDeborah ConstantineLou CorsiniAndrea d’Amato and Michael SchofieldShella DenneryKitty and Mike DukakisBarrington S. EdwardsBrenda S. EngelJohn and Katherine EstyGail and Bill FineDan French, Center for Collaborative EducationDeborah Lang FroggattHoward Gardner and Ellen WinnerOrietta GehaErnestine GianellyLenore GlaserRebecca S. GuentherJanet Guerra

DONORS


Calos GutierrezMaria K HanssonElin and John HarrisNeil and Lona HarrisHarvard University Community Gifts CampaignSusan Hayes and Chris MullenTom HehirSusan HeidemanLinda Hill and Roger BreitbartSophia HinshelwoodHMFH Architects Inc.Robert J. and Phyllis E. HoffmanJane Wegscheider Hyman, PhDMary Eliot JacksonIbeth JaimeAllyssa JonesKPMGStephen Buck and Dawn KramerRoger and Myrna LandaySusan A. LandersCarol and Alan LisbonDennis and Joelle MaguireJan M. Sprawka and Theresa Malo-SprawkaJennifer and Kevin MannKathleen Marsh and John O’BrienGail MazurBeatriz McConnie ZapaterMicrosoft Matching Gift ProgramAnnette MillerBeth Miller

AnonymousJackie MoranEmily NeillP.E.O. Chapter EGJoyce and Bruce PastorEllen M. PossJoseph and Tania PowersJudy and Donald QuinnAdrienne and Mitchell RabkinChris RifkinSteven M. RothsteinPeter Norris and Amy RugelHelen and Jenny RussellMary Rutkowski and Gideon AnsellJen and Scott SalmanCorinne SchneiderSchool of the Museum of Fine Arts, BostonDigna ScottMarc SeidenEileen ShakespearFreema ShapiroLeila Simon HayesJoe Ann SmithRobert SperberSusan Squire and David HirsheyAndrew St. JohnGail and David StrykerMichael and Annlinnea TerranovaToai ThachJoan and Edwin Tiffany

Deborah TuckerMr. and Mrs. Edward L. TuckerNan Tull and Frank WezniakMirna Vega-WilsonSusan VernickDorothy Walsh and Andrew CelleyTom and Jacqueline WangJanie WardEllen Weiner and Michael PeckDavid Weinstein and Laura FonerSandy WeismanWells Fargo Foundation Educational Matching

Gift ProgramElaine B. WhiteWomen in Development of Greater BostonFrancis and Judith Wright

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$50,000 Challenge Match DonorAnonymous

$5,000 and aboveRon and Ronni CastyJim Supple and Mary McDonald

$2,500 to 4,999Fred Levin and Nancy LivingstonThe Alchemy FoundationKenneth and Marianne NovackDorothy and Jerome Preston, Jr.Richard and Susan Smith 1990 Charitable TrustEve Smith Rounds and Jonathan RoundsRichard Rudman and Karen Greenberg, M.D.Anonymous

$1,000 to 2,499Debbie ArlesThe Boston ConservatoryTheodore H. Cutler Family Charitable TrustSandra and Philip GordonEmily KahnMcCall & Almy, Inc.Linda Nathan and Steve CohenSoo Hwan Pai and Moon-Hee YooAnne L. Peretz

Sue and Bernie PuckerAnonymousSamuels & AssociatesElizabeth Taylor and Tim BarclayRalph Winter

$500 to 999Jane Holmes BernsteinThe Boston Foundation, Paul S. GroganThe Charlotte FoundationAnna and Peter DavolPaula FazliGiovanni and Jolie GreciJohn W. HumphreyPaul KopperlAnne and James LaPlanteJulia LivingstonFaith and Glenn ParkerEd RedlichPrudence SteinerMurray and Marilyn Waldman

$250 to 499 Frederic AlperCharles and Jeannette AtkinsonAnita BalliroLee and Susan Berk

Amanda Bowen and Fred SuttonMichael Douvadjian and Lynne BrainerdEmerson CollegeRobert and Iris FangerEleanor GoudMarian and Winlow HeardSarah and Winston HindleAnthony James and Wanda McClainMartha H. JonesCarol KinsleyDenise KornDavid Lapin, Community Music Center of BostonMichael LeeDoris Lowy and Paul ZigmanMassachusetts College of Art FoundationNancy and Richmond Mayo-SmithAlexander MeiklejohnDr. and Mrs. MicheliThe Nellie Mae Education FoundationKitty PellHarold PrattBruce PricePeter and Suzanne ReadMartha and Tom SieniewiczJosiah and Joyce Spaulding, Jr.Rick Tagliaferri and Jill MackaveyMichael Thompson and Theresa McNally

DONORS

LINDA F. NATHAN FUND FOR TEACHERS On March 11, over 330 friends of BAA, including Keynote Speaker Robert Pinsky, came together to celebrate Founding Headmaster Linda F. Nathan in the beautiful lobby of the Citi Wang Theater. Our deepest thanks go to all whose efforts helped to raise over $100,000 for the Linda. F. Nathan Fund for Teachers. The income from this permanently-endowed fund will be used in perpetuity to help pay for summer professional development courses and programs of study for Boston Arts Academy teachers.


$250 to 499, cont. Wheelock CollegeAnonymous

Up to $249Lawrence AaronsonCynthia and Yoshiharu AkabaneMónika AldarondoTricia and Dave AldrichAbdi AliPam AllaraMeg AndersonSmoki Bacon and Richard ConcannonNicole BahnamBeth Balliro and Joe DouilletteKrystal BanfieldMary BarnettLynn and Stephen BaumJoy BautistaKen and Linda BeardsleyBeate BeckerSusan R. BergerKim BermanJudy and Alan BernsteinLinda BlackLaura Blacklow and Peter FougereSteve BlossomLawrence BlumBirgit and Charles BlythThe Fenway AllianceSteven and Linda Brion-MeiselsBarbara BrownChristina BrownJan Waldman BrownSonya BrownKaty BurnsTino CadetZadina CadymaMargaret CampbellMarlon Carey and Emily BuckbeeWendy Dunning CarterHerbert and Dorothy CarverIlene CarverFernadina ChanMirko ChardinDeborah and Michael CharnessLaurie ChassinPria ChatterjeeMaha ChourafaAnne R Clark and Christopher Monks

Mary and David ClarkeMaura ClarkePeeJay Clarke and Jessica LiderMatt ClauhsFrancesca CollettiHarry CollingsSandra Copman and Ken BurdulisAfton CottonAmy and Ethan d’Ablemont BurnesSue Dahling SullivanPixita del Prado HillKatherine DeMarcoElena and Ted DoddDeborah Donahue-KeeganKim DraperBetsy DrinanMary DriscollDorothea V. EnglerDavid Eppstein and Deborah FosterJohn and Katherine EstyCorey Evans and Mark HoranDiane Fiedler and Peter AgoosLorraine FineJudy Flam and George UlrichLaura FlaxmanMarilyn FordFRED ForumDeborah Lang FroggattDiane and Arthur FulmanGill Garb and Colin SieffAyla GavinsNadine GerdtsElizabeth Brodbine Ghoniem and Ahmed

GhoniemErnestine GianellyMark Goldberg and Phyllis EmsigRamiro G. GonzalezHenry GoodrowMartha Gray and Jerel CatheyKevin GroganDavid Gute and Ann TousignantChris HarrisStephen HaugeJane HaughneyGeorge HeinMaarten HemsleySharon HessneyAlbert HollandChristine and Charles HughesMaria Ialuna

Nicole IrelandHaydee IrizarryEmi IwataniCharmain Jackman and Jeff LahensElena JamesAllyssa JonesJoyce KazanjianAnonymousKatharine Kilbourn and Scott ShearDavid KnightCleo Knight-WilkinsCarol T. KortyPatricia KrolRosanna LaBonteShawn LaCountDiana LamTheodore LandsmarkFrancesca LionTom LoeserKatherine and Richard LoweHarriet LundbergLinda and Steven Luz-AltermanPeggy LynchHannah MacLarenEsteniolla MaitreKathleen Marsh and John O’BrienShirley and Jim MartenPeter McCafferyRonald and Maureen McCaffreyBeatriz McConnie ZapaterJohn McDonoughDeborah MeierJo Frances and John MeyerBeth MillerMyron MillerJanet MinerHeavenly MitchellMill River FoundationMargaret and William MortonFrannie MoyerHubert MurrayHy Murveit and Leslie Airola-MurveitLarry and Leslie MyattGeoffrey G. Nathan, Esq.Heather Nelson and Larry KolodneyAn NguyenBill NigreenNina NolanVera NordalJayne Ogata and Matthew Bernstein

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Up to $249, cont.Ryan OliverCatherine OpoixDonald and Barbara OppenheimerRoslyn and Stuart OrkinOriana PackerSung Joon Pai and Jocelyn StantonMyran Parker-BrassValerie PastorelleHenry PaullEllen and Thomas PayzantBelen PereyraRoberta and Terry PerlinCarmel PerroneIsabel Phillips and Peter RamseyLeslie PinePaul PittsCicy PoVincent PrechtLisa Pred-SosaBruce PriceNancy PurbeckJohn and Mary QuinnLeonard RappaportJames and Marchelle RaynorPeter and Suzanne ReadCarrie RedlichMary and Joseph ReganDuncan and Sarah Remage-HealeyAndrea RiedyThe Right Question Institute

Alexis RizzutoKay George RobertsKathy RochefortSusan RodgersonVanessa Rodriguez and Devin MannLarry RosenstockBarbara SalisburyDoris Howell-Samuels and Anthony SamuelsLuz SantanaMarjorie Schaffel and Peter BelsonWilliam SchechterMolly SchenJanna SchwartzMarc SeidenAnonymousLibbie ShufroMartha and Tom SieniewiczGenevieve SimonNancy SizerKatherine and William SloanCheryl and Steve SmithJoan SobleCecilia SorianoJosiah and Joyce Spaulding, Jr.Robert SperberEmilie D. SteeleVan StefanakisLiza and Keith SternTracy Strain and Randall MacLowryGail and David StrykerDaniel Sullivan

Katherine SullivanRick Tagliaferri and Jill MackaveyGuy TelemaqueMichael Thompson and Theresa McNallyThe Walnut Hill SchoolMaura TigheCarmen TorresMiren UriarteLynne Vadala-Doran and Jim DoranJennifer VarekampMirna Vega-WilsonCarla WalshJanie WardAnonymousJ. Curtis Warner Jr.Beth WarrenEllen Weiner and Michael PeckLaura Weisberg and David WongSusan Werbe and John BatesWheelock CollegeMatthew WilsonAnonymousEdmond and Dr. Deborah WuBlaine YesselmanVirginia and Mark Zanger

DONORS LINDA F. NATHAN FUND FOR TEACHERS


In Kind Donations and ServicesIn addition to generous contributions, Boston Arts Academy is grateful for the many in-kind services and donations provided by the following organizations and individuals:

Michael and Kohar AllenAXA EquitableBarbara LevkowiczBob SinicropeBoston Arts Academy Board of Trustees,

Tony James, ChairBoston Arts Academy Council of Advocates,

Sandy Gordon, PresidentBoston Arts Academy Family CouncilBoston Ballet, Eve Rounds, Trustee and

Zakiya Thomas, Director of Education and Community Initiatives

Boston Center for the ArtsBoston City CouncilBoston Classical OrchestraBoston College School of Social WorkBoston Lyric OperaBoston Playwright’s TheatreBoston Psychoanalytic SocietyBoston Public LibraryBoston Red SoxBoston UnversityBrain GravelBroadway Across AmericaBrookline High SchoolCalling All CrowsCarlos I. GutierrezCelebrity Series of BostonChildren’s Hospital, BostonCiti Performing Arts Center,

Josiah Spaulding, PresidentCity YearColor MagazineConstellation EnergyDana Farber Cancer InstituteDispatchDLA Piper, Richard Rudman, Partner

Dr. Glorai White-Hammon and Reverand Ray Hammond

Dr. Isabel PhillipsEastern StandardEdmund Barry GaitherEdVestors, Laura Perillle, Executive DirectorEliot Hotel, Dora UllianEzra “Eddie” ShammayFairmont Copley Plaza HotelFay ChandlerFresh CityGail MazurHarvard University Graduate School of EducationHawthore String QuartetHoward FrazinHunt Alternatives Fund, Swanee HuntHuntington Theatre CompanyJessica DanielJim SchantzJoanne KaliontzisJocelyn Ajami and James SugdenJohn Barnes and Josianne HudicourtJoyce CohenKenneth Leibler, KRL Investment AssociatesLa VerdadLandsdowne Street PubLauren HowardLinda BeardsleyLinsey Onishuk, City of BostonLiza VollLombardo’sLyons Management GroupMarian L. HeardMASCO, David EppsteinMassachusetts 2020Massachusetts Film OfficeMassacusetts Institute of Technology, Gayle M.

Gallagher and Martha Eddison SieniewiczMaureice VanderpolMax Ultimate Catering, Dan Mathieu and

Neal Balkowitsch, OwnersMayor Thomas M. MeninoMcCall Almy, Mary LentzMichael Blanchard

Museum of Fine Arts, BostonNancy and Joseph SerafiniNortheastern UniversityPhyllis BretholtzPucker GalleryRasky Baerlein Strategic Communications,

Larry Rasky, President, Ann Carter, CEORestaurante CesariaReuning & Sons ViolinsReyna GrandeRichard Grubman and Caroline MortimerRobert Pinsky Ronald MevsRussell C. TeebagySandra and Philip GordonSarah MayperShorey, Krentzel, and Dalgin FamiliesSimmons CollegeStanhope FramersSusan BergerSusan FreidmanSusan WerbeSweet Caroline’s The Boston Foundation, Paul Grogan, PresidentThe Fram GalleryThe House of Blues FoundationThe ProArts Consortium:

Berklee College of Music, Boston Architectural College, The Boston Conservatory, Emerson College, Massachusetts College of Art and Design, School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

The Yard HouseThomas Oboe LeeTufts UniversityTwig FloristWilliam F. ThompsonWilson Butler Architects

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Community PartnersBoston Arts Academy is proud that our students are represented in outstanding arts and community organizations throughout the City of Boston. Our community partners provide important resources for our students such as enrichment programs, internships, curricular support and other vital services.

During the 2012-13 school year, BAA partnered with:

Arts and Business CouncilAct 2Actor’s Shakespeare ProjectAmerican Community SchoolsAnna Myer and DancersArticulationArtist Proof StudioArtists for HumanityArtWorks for KidsBerklee City Music ProgramBerklee College of Music,

Roger Brown, PresidentBoston Area Health Education CenterBoston Athletic AssociationBoston Center for the ArtsBoston Classical OrchestraBoston Cultural CouncilBoston Neighborhood Network Boston Partners in EducationBoston Police DepartmentBoston Public LibraryBoston Public SchoolsBoston Public Schools Arts OfficeBoston Red SoxBoston Symphony Orchestra, Boston PopsBoston University: African Studies Center,

REACH Program, Tanglewood Institute, Dance Theatre, Creative Scholars

Boston Youth FundBoys and Girls Clubs of BostonBrandeis University, New Rep TheatreBroadway Across AmericaCalling all CrowsCapoeira Casa de la Cultura, Center for Latino ArtCatalyst ConversationsCelebrity Series of Boston

Charles River CIT ProgramCharles Street AME ChurchChildrens Hospital Neighborhood PartnershipCiti Performing Arts Center, Wang Theatre and

Shubert TheatreCity YearCollective NextCommunity Music Center BostonCompany OneConcord Academy Summer StagesConstellation EnergyContropose Dance CompanyCooking MattersDeloitteDepartment of Children and FamiliesDiablo GlassDispatchEmerson College, Lee Pelton, PresidentEmmanuel MusicFacing History and OurselvesFenway AllianceFidelity FutureStageGriffin Museum of PhotographyHarvard University: Crimson Summer Academy,

Graduate School of Education, Office of the Arts, American Repertory Theatre, School of Public Health

Hispanic Writers Week ProjectHuntington Theatre CompanyHyde Square Task ForceInstitute of Contemporary ArtIsabella Stewart Gardener MuseumJose Mateo Ballet TheatreLemuel Shattuck HospitalLouis Brown Peace InstituteLyric StageMassachusetts Advocates for Arts, Sciences, and

Humanities Massachusetts College of Art and Design,

Dawn Barret, PresidentMassachusetts Cultural CouncilMassachusetts General HospitalMassCreativeMuseum of Fine Arts, BostonMuseum of Science, BostonNew England ConservatoryNew England Spirituals EnsembleNortheastern UniversityOrigiNation Cultural Arts CenterOxbow School

Peer Health ExchangePutney SchoolRoxbury Center for the Arts at Hibernian HallSchool for the Museum of Fine Arts,

Chris Bratton, PresidentSimmons CollegeSociedad LatinaSpontaneous CelebrationsState Street CorporationSwensenrud Depressions Prevention Iniative at

Children’s HospitalTechnology Goes HomeTERCThe Boston Architectural College,

Ted Landsmark, PresidentThe Boston ConservatoryThe Boston Conservatory,

Richard Ortner, PresidentThe Boston FoundationTheatre OffensiveTufts University, Office of the President and

Department of EducationUrbanoWinchester Public Schools,

Winchester High School

PARTNERS

2012-13 Council of Advocates The Council of Advocates is a diverse group of community, educational and business leaders whose common goal is to support the mission and advance the success of the school. Members of the Council of Advocates act as well-informed ambassadors for the school, advocating for it in the broader community, contributing to its financial strength and providing ongoing advice to the Leadership, Trustees, and the community.

Sandra Gordon, President

Pam Allara / Imad Atalla / Craig Bailey / Phyllis Betholtz

Roger Brown / Paul Buttenwieser / Ronald Casty / Harry Collings / Michael Contompasis

Jessica Hoffmann Davis / Michael Douvadjian / Ernest Dudley / Iris Fanger / Gail Flatto

Kay George Roberts / Rev. Gregory Groover / Rev. Dr. Ray Hammond / Rev. Dr. Gloria White-Hammond

Christopher Harris / Liz Harris / Jackie Jenkins-Scott / Cleo Knight-Wilkins / Denise Korn

Shawn LaCount / Ken Leibler / Nancy Livingston and Fred Levin / Kathy Lowe / Jose Masso

Peter McCaffery / Dr. Yannis Miaoulis / Robin Morgan / Caroline Mortimer / Jermaine Myrie

Alexandra Oliver-Davila / Richard Ortner / Myran Parker-Brass / Ellen Payzant / Jonathan Poorvu

Suzanne and Bernie Pucker / Elizabeth Reilinger / Marita Rivero / Lois Roach / Emilie Steele

Francis and Sandra Stone / Rosalind Thomas-Clark / Dora Ullian / Susan Werbe

Linda Whitlock / Tony Woodcock

2012-13 Family Council School-Family partnerships are critical to the success and achievement of our students. All parents/caregivers of BAA students are members of the Boston Arts Academy Family Council. The goal of the Family Council is to develop strong communication and support for all families. BAA would not exist without the support of our students’ families. We need your continued energy and support as we continue to fulfill our mission of educating Artists, Scholars and Citizens!

Ginny Brennan, Co-Chair / Amy Ross, Co-Chair / Cheryl Smith, Co-Chair

2012-13 Impact Report Editorial Team Anne R. Clark, Akshata Kadagathur, Duncan Remage-Healey, and Rick Tagliaferri

Writer Ellen Weiner

Design and Layout David Dines

Photography Mónika Aldarondo, Craig Bailey, Michael Blanchard, Phyllis Bretholtz, Akshata Kadagathur, Liza Voll, and Robert Torres

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