Welcome to our team resource site!

VISION
Our vision is to serve as a national model of academic excellence in teaching, learning, and professional experiences.  

MISSION
Our mission is to provide intensive training in the arts, exposure to unique enrichment experiences, and a rigorous academic program to ensure student college and career readiness for all artist-scholars.

School-wide policies      

• Swipe K12 – students are going to be swiping for morning check-in, lunch check-in, and hall/ classroom sweeps (Student pictures will also be updated in Swipe K12.)

• Complete student uniform now includes – a school ID AND a fully charged school-issued device

• Student IDs will begin to be printed with icons to identify lunch period assigned. Teachers who host students in their room during lunch periods need to check that students are in fact in lunch that period and not missing a class. 

• Smart Pass available in Clever – in lieu of movement logs moving forward, training videos here

• Bulletin Boards with student work, rubric and feedback to be updated and checked monthly based on a rotating schedule (See direct supervisor, VP Bento or Main Office staff for border, etc.)

• Remind app to have 100% participation for classes

• Schoology is to be utilized for all classes.

• AHS AI toolkit & AHS AI Policy roll-out – 100% compliance with these key items.   

  1. Every student needs to setup their Outlook NPS email.  Here is a video link with instructions.

  2. School-approved platforms only (e.g. Khanmigo (Khan Academy), Powerbuddy (Schoology)).

  3. Ethics - never share intellectual property you don't have the rights to, or are copyrighted, or trademarked.

  4. Never enter student, school, or work place personally identifiable information on any technology.

• Three training videos that continue to be extremely helpful with Schoology design, and what AI tool access exists for staff and students on the network can be found by joining Schoology Group code: XQKJ-M42R-CRZFK

• Duties, Committees, Advisor Roles and PLC schedules

2025-2026 Marking period and Report Card Dates

MP 1 - Sept 2 to Nov. 5 (October 1 - Progress reports)

MP 2 - Nov. 6 to January 29 (January 6 - Progress reports)

MP 3 - January 30 to April 15 (March 10 - Progress reports)

MP 4 - April 16 to June 22 (May 21 - Progress reports)

special assemblies      

These special assemblies provide the student body with an opportunity to perform outside of our regularly scheduled winter and spring concerts, showcases, and exhibitions. Sign-ups and selections for these assemblies will be managed by the various committees. Ensembles are welcome and encouraged to perform at these assemblies.

• Hispanic Heritage - Friday, October 3, 2025 (tentative)

• Faculty Showcase: Wednesday November 5, 2025 (tentative)

  • Open to all faculty and staff! Please reach out to Dr. Skinner if interested in performing!

• Martin Luther King, Jr. - Friday, January 16, 2026 (tentative)

• Black History - Friday, February 27, 2026 (tentative)

• Women's History - Friday, March 27, 2026 (tentative)