Excellence in ARTS Scholarships have been awarded to talented art and music students participating in the AP Incentive Program™ administered by the Dallas-based non-profit corporation Advanced Placement Strategies™, Inc. The students where honored at a reception at the Communities Foundation of Texas on Monday, May 7, 2006 in Dallas, Texas.
2007 scholarship recipients are: Jaclyn Baker from Coppell High School, Rose Martin from Booker T. Washington HSPVA, Liza Pflughoft from Booker T. Washington HSPVA, and Helena Thompson from Booker T. Washington HSPVA. The $2500 scholarships were made possible through the generosity of the O’Donnell Foundation.
In addition to recognizing outstanding Advanced Placement™ art and music students, the scholarship is designed to assist students in attending and earning a degree from college. The award is to be used for full-time study at a four-year accredited college or university in the United States. Nominated by their AP arts teachers, scholarship recipients were selected based on their commitment to pursuing arts excellence in higher education, strong knowledge and application of their chosen arts discipline, outstanding school and community leadership, and leadership potential in their chosen field of study and future profession.
2007 Scholarship Recipients
Jaclyn Baker
Coppell High School
Nominating Arts Teacher: Monica Winters
Future: The University of Texas at Austin
Monica Winters reveals that there is “no ‘senioritis’ here; Jaclyn continues to soak up learning and translates it into creative projects and insightful essays. Jaclyn Baker is front-row-center in AP Art History class, leading the way. [She] is a powerhouse of intellectual ability, diligence, attention to detail, and personal integrity.”
Jaclyn refers to the future where she sees “the arts in general as an aspect that I will always enjoy and continually grow fonder of. Throughout AP Art History just this year, I have learned a multitude of facets of painting and sculpture, as well as a dynamic history of my doting pleasure, architecture. Field trips to local art museums and sculpture centers especially have enhanced my interest in the arts. Rooms of unique and uncommon artwork provide an atmosphere for me that I cannot appreciate anywhere else. . . .I hope to master and convey throughout my life span the difference between art on a wall and art on a wall that enhances the character of a space.”
Rose Martin
Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts
Nominating Arts Teacher:
Future: Harvard University
or The University of Texas at Austin
Charlotte Chambliss speaks of Rose’s role in the AP Art History class: “She is an enthusiastic learner who exhibits a true interest in the subject. Rose has maintained close to a 100 average in the class throughout the school year—a testament to her motivation, dedication, and personal interest. Rose is a valuable contributor to class discussions, bringing a wealth of historical knowledge to the table. She is a very giving person in terms of her time and abilities—often tutoring classmates on a variety of subjects.”
Rose looks forward to her college experience: “The college environment seems like the perfect training ground for ‘the rest of my life,’ meaning my career. And, college often acts as a stepping-stone between the unimaginable world of reality and practicality (what adults like to call ‘the real world’) and the present world of high school, a world of ideas, ambitions, and hopes. . . .College for me will also function as a bridge between the academic and artistic. My academic studies have always been important to me, but my study of the arts has always been my passion.”
Liza Pflughoft
Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts
Nominating Arts Teachers:
Charlotte Chambliss & Nancy Miller
Future: Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design
Nancy Miller refers to Liza’s artistic development: “Liza’s figure drawing has improved tremendously because of her dedication and commitment to her figure class. Liza has the strongest command of figurative skills of any student that I have ever taught in my figure classes. Her observational figurative work is very powerful, much beyond the typical high school student.”
Liza reveals her approach to art: “This is the artist in me . . .I allow a whole other world to go on in my head at all times. Like all other artists, I see things differently from what everyone else sees. My teachers have helped me in doing so, and I love them for this gift. I want to continue to open my mind up even further by prolonging my education in the arts.”
Helena Thompson
Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts
Nominating Arts Teachers:
Charlotte Chambliss & Kent Ellingson
Future: Oberlin College
Kent Ellingson’s letter of recommendation describes Helena as “a wonderful vocalist and performer. She composed and sang lead on one of the tunes which was part of our (BTWHSPVA) CD recording last spring. . . . She is enthusiastic, focused, driven, and well liked and respected by students and faculty alike.”
Helena expresses her gratitude for her education at BTWHSPVA: “Attending a performing arts high school has afforded me the opportunity to dabble in all areas of music study, and I’ve enjoyed every bit of the opera rehearsals, the composition seminars, the master classes, and of course, the theory courses. Taking AP Music Theory has definitely made me a more consummate musician and has helped me to discover my passion for composition.”
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