Welcome to the Acalanes High School Performing Arts Website
The Acalanes High School Performing Arts Boosters (APAB) is a parent-run organization that represents the entire performing arts department at Acalanes and is the umbrella organization for the individual parent booster groups for the choral, instrumental, and drama departments. We are dedicated to the prinicpal that all the performing arts at Acalanes are worthwhile, provide students with invaluable skills and confidence that will last them a lifetime, and are worthy of the community's support of time and money.
|
|
Read more...
|
|
|
Congratulations to Mr. Dea! |
 Norm Dea, Director of Acalanes High School Bands and Orchestra has been recognized nationally in SBO Magazine (School Band and Orchestra, December, 2010, page 30) as the single Calinfornia representative in their 50 Directors Who Make a Difference report. We are very proud of him and honored to have him in our community! |
|
Update from the California Alliance for Arts Education |
|
This is of interest to all of us that support the arts in California:
The California Alliance for Arts Education promotes, supports and advocates visual and performing arts education for preschool through post-secondary students in California schools.
They are the only statewide organization that unites all primary constituencies for arts education, serving and representing over 100,000 individuals and organizations across the arts, education, public, and private sectors.
Check out their latest newsletter here. |
|
Acalanes High School Recognized for Music Contributions to the Community |
|
The Acalanes High School Music Department was recognized by the National Association of Music Merchants (NAMM) as one of the “Best Communities for Music Education” in the Nation. The ceremony took place on June 10, 2010 at Lamorinda Music. Instrumental Music Teacher, Norm Dea and Choral Music Teacher, Bruce Lengacher were present along with many students, parents, and friends, to receive the certificate of recognition from Colleen McCormick, owner of Lamorinda Music.
This national recognition would not be possible without the supportive and generous community in which we live, a community that embraces the performing arts as an integral component in our school's comprehensive curriculum, and the wonderful elementary & middle school music program that feeds the high school. In essence, this award recognizes the ENTIRE Lafayette community! |
|
|
