Director’s Notes May 31, 2019

And there goes May…

Pics of our seniors

Check out the senior’s pics on my blog site! Nesadirector.edublogs.org
Most of the seniors came out to celebrate their journey from high school to college and the excitement was palpable!

 

I would like to introduce the NESA community to our new Creative Writing Teacher!

Mrs. Charney will be starting with us in the fall and we couldn’t be more excited. She has both a passion for teaching kids and a huge passion for creative writing.

Amie Charney has an MFA in Creative Writing from the University of California Riverside PD, and a BA in Literature and Writing, with a minor in theater, from California State University SM. She has been teaching high school AP English, AP Seminar, American Literature and World Literature for the past seven years, most recently at the International School of the Americas. She also teaches creative writing fiction workshops for adult writers. Amie is a published author and has short stories and poetry published in literary journals as well as a chapbook. Her first full length novel is due for publication in the Summer of 2020. Amie studied fiction at UCR as her main discipline, but also screenwriting, playwriting, and poetry. This year, she won the San Antonio Writers Guild Award for fiction, and most recently appeared at the Tobin Center in Listen to Your Mother, a staged reading of original work. Amie is originally from Seattle, Washington, and is a proud Marine Corps wife (her husband, Michael, just retired). She is mom to Lauren, a sophomore at Texas A&M, and Alex a junior at NESA.

 

Announcements:

JR Class Rank

Information about Junior class rank over the summer will be sent out in the LEE Principal newsletter next week so current Junior parents keep an eye out for that info!

Summer School Registration Deadlines

Thursday, June 13th:

High School Summer School (online only)

There will be no on-site or late registration at the summer school campuses.

Chinese Summer Camp

For Incoming 9th Grade at LEE and ISA (JUNE 10-13, 2019 from 8:00AM- 4:00PM)
Camp Location: ISA
Cost to students: free, the students will bring their own lunch from Monday to Wednesday, Thursday we will have lunch at a Chinese restaurant after the San Antonio Museum of Art visit.

Overview of the program: The Chinese Summer Camp provides the immersive learning experiences for the students from our filter schools (Nimitz, Jackson, and ISA admitted freshmen for the school year 2019-2020.
The camp provides our students with a unique opportunity to have a first-hand experience of Chinese language and culture. Students study Chinese each day in the morning and engage in a range of fun activities in the afternoon. The last day of camp we will go to San Antonio Museum of Art (Asian Wing), and we will go to a local Chinese restaurant to have Chinese food.

For questions on the Chinese Summer Camp Contact Information via email preferred: xxu@neisd.net
Xueling Xu

Writer’s Camp

Check out the flyer from UTSA .
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 NESA Summer Camp

Our multi-major summer camp is meant for 6-9th graders and should be a lot of fun! More information and registration is available at http://www.tinyurl.com/nesasummercamp2019

 

One more school week to go. I know everyone is checking grades and attendance. Last chance for Saturday school is this Saturday. Please contact me or come see me if you need anything!

 

Sarah Pagona

Director of the North East School of the Arts

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