On Friday, 7 buses rolled away from TSAS at 8:00 in the morning with nearly our entire staff and student body on their way to an amazing day of community building. Inside the Conference Center, small groups discussed those things that make TSAS different from other schools and upperclassmen gave advice to the underclassmen. Outside, the groups worked as teams on problem solving activities and used GPS devices to orient themselves in the camp.

A special thanks to Brian Bovaird, Terry Hendrix and the entire team at Camp Loughridge for making this such a special event in a very amount of short time. Also, thanks to all of the teachers that were so happy to spend their entire day getting sweaty and working with the amazing students from our school.

We would like to reflect on this event and the communications leading up to it, whether you were a participant of not, we would appreciate it if you took some time to take this short survey to help us with our planning for the future.

The TSAS Parent Teacher Student Association sponsored four wonderful workdays on July 31, August 1st, 7th, and 14th.  During these days both upstairs commons, the south hallway downstairs, both upstairs bathrooms, and 5 classrooms were painted. In addition six complete rooms were moved out and back in.

It goes without saying that this amazing work could not have been done without the support of our amazing community. Parents, Teachers, Students, Grandparents,  Little Kids, and Alumni  all worked together to really change the school for the better.

For example, the north commons went from looking like this

to this,

to this.

This change comes as a direct result of the strategic planning process that was undertaken in the 2009-2010 school year. These new roles will allow the school to continue the tradition of excellence that TSAS is known for and to help move the school to even greater success in the future.

Thanks for another wonderful year, school is out until August 18th, 2010. Report cards and diplomas can be picked up at the school starting June 1st at 9:00 am.

The school will be open every weekday from 9 am to 12 pm for the entire summer. If you need assistance any other time, please call ahead at 828-7727 or email info@tsas.org to make sure someone will be at the school to assist you.

See you in August.

*photo courtesy of AlexaSky

Artwork by Adrienne Owen, Senior 2010

TSAS invades downtown Tulsa in early May with an outstanding Art Show, plus a Musical event at the PAC & Jazz performances at the Tulsa International Mayfest Art Festival.

Please note the updated location and date/times.

Tulsa School of Arts and Sciences Spring Art Show featuring work of TSAS Seniors will open Friday May 7th from 6:30-8:30 pm at the Living Arts LAB, located at 308 South Kenosha. The show will feature original work by TSAS Seniors, as well as other TSAS students. In addition, several local Tulsa artists have donated pieces of their original art work which will be for sale at the show. During the event there will be a Silent Auction offering the unique work of local artist, Chris Mantle. Mantle has created ten hand painted original one-of-a-kind Birdhouses, which have been donated by Mama Trizza’s Pottery Shop. What a perfect gift for Mom on Mother’s Day May 9th!

The Grand Opening evening for the Art Show will be Friday May 7th from 6:30 to 8:30 pm, and is open to the public. Refreshments will be served. The TSAS Jazz Combo will perform during the Grand Opening evening of the Art Show. The show will also be open during Mayfest: Friday May 14th, Saturday May 15th, and Sunday May 16th from 1 to 5 pm.

“The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee” multi-Tony award winning musical, music and lyrics by William Finn, will be performed by TSAS students at the PAC Liddy Doenges Theatre at 8 pm Saturday evening May 15th, and again at 2 pm Sunday May 16th. Tickets are $12, and $10 for students and seniors. Tickets may be purchased in advance or at the Box Office through the PAC, or by phone (596-7111) or online (www.tulsapac.com)

TSAS Jazz Bands will perform in the KidZone, during Mayfest, on Thursday May 13th at 5 pm. Both the Jazz-A & Jazz-B bands will perform followed at 6:15 pm by the Student Jazz Combo.

The KidZone stage is located at 6th and Main on the Centennial Green. Click the map for a larger view. For more information on Mayfest visit http://www.tulsamayfest.org.

]]> http://tsas.org/2010/05/04/jazz-at-mayfest/feed/ 0 http://tsas.org/2010/05/04/new-principal-for-tsas/ http://tsas.org/2010/05/04/new-principal-for-tsas/#comments Tue, 04 May 2010 16:18:35 +0000 Stu http://tsas.org/?p=837 Eric Doss will be taking over the role of principal of the Tulsa School of Arts and Sciences starting June 1st. Before accepting the role of principal, he worked as the band and orchestra director as well as a computer…

Eric Doss will be taking over the role of principal of the Tulsa School of Arts and Sciences starting June 1st. Before accepting the role of principal, he worked as the band and orchestra director as well as a computer teacher at TSAS for 8 years. During his tenure, he created the jazz bands and orchestra, which have developed into award winning programs that have received superior ratings at local and state contests. He also worked at Clinton Middle School in Tulsa, and began his career at McMath Middle School in Denton, Texas.

Eric was raised in Tulsa and graduated from Edison High School in 1993. While at Edison, he was selected to participate in a pilot jazz program under the Oklahoma Jazz Hall of Fame. After graduation, he left Tulsa to study at Southwestern Oklahoma State University in Weatherford, OK and was a member of the Wind Ensemble, Jazz Ensemble, Brass Ensemble, and Orchestra. He earned a Bachelor’s of Music Education in 1999 and began teaching immediately. Eric is currently working on a Masters of Education at the University of Oklahoma and expects to graduate in December of 2010.

Eric is a member of the Oklahoma Bandmasters Association, the Oklahoma Music Educators Association, the National Association for Music Education, and is a board member of the Oklahoma Jazz Educators Association. He is married to Rachel Doss (also a teacher at TSAS) and has two daughters, Brady and Harper.

Eric believes that every student deserves the opportunity to succeed and that public education must continually improve to meet the needs of our students.

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Introducing TSAS’s first annual literary anthology, Ex Cineribus (Out of the ashes). We’re looking for submissions from all TSAS students. Literary and visual arts of all kinds, including short stories, poetry, essays, photography, and drawing/painting, can be submitted. All written works must be submitted via email. Visual art can be submitted by filling out a submission form and depositing it into the Ex Cineribus dropbox in the fishbowl. If you have questions or would like to submit your work, email us at excineribusjournal@gmail.com.

In addition, the restaurant night at Cosi has been rescheduled for Friday, February 5th from 5-9.

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