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Right now, most of us are faced with more isolation than we’ve known before. This health crisis that even just a year ago seemed inconceivable is forcing everyone to look at humanity and re-evaluate the ways we’ve ALL been living. It’s giving us a chance to look at how much we’ve lost touch with our...

This Saturday, March 14th, young people will speak up about the issues they care about most. The second annual Bonior Soapbox Challenge will be held at the Detroit Institute of Arts.  Middle and high school students from the Detroit Metro Area will give speeches answering the questions: What is the most pressing issue facing young...

Artists are no strangers to standing up on behalf of the political views they espouse. But when we say an AAW student gets political, we aren’t so much referring to that notion. While many Arts Academy in the Woods students certainly have and share their political views through their art, what we’re addressing here is...

How did the AAW Wildcats come to be?  Last year, digital arts teacher Brett Guay had an idea to start a basketball club. That may not sound like a revolutionary idea. But Guay is a teacher at Arts Academy in the Woods in Fraser – a school that has traditionally not had much of a...

AAW PTA: Suckers grams will be available for purchases at lunch Today and tomorrow!!!. One dollar includes a gourmet sucker and specially delivered message. STUDENT COUNCIL: The war of pennies continues!!!! During all lunches, there will be a jug for each grade. Fill it up with pennies! However, dollars, quarters, dimes, and nickels count against...

Are you interested in attending an arts academy middle/high school? If so, you may have heard of Arts Academy in the Woods and are wondering how AAW is different from other schools. AAW Senior Rebecca Kahn was recently scheduled to attend a board meeting at the school. She was disappointed when her work schedule intervened...

Author Pearl S. Buck once said, “The truly creative mind in any field is no more than this: A human creature born abnormally, inhumanly sensitive.” Can you relate to this? The often highly sensitive nature of artists allows them to find beauty and joy in places that others may not. But the trade-off is that they’re...

If you’ve ever wondered what arts integration education looks like, you’re not alone. Sure, it’s something that educators at arts academy middle and high schools are more than happy to demonstrate. It’s more difficult to put it in words though. Even so, we’re going to step up to the challenge. This Is What Arts Integration...

The end of the year is winding down. But the advanced acting students at Arts Academy in the Woods in Fraser, Michigan, are gearing up for an unusual January performance. Well, it’s only unusual if you compare it to other high school acting performances around Southeast Michigan. Because this arts-integrated high school combines literature and...

As a blogger for Arts Academy in the Woods, this is a topic that’s close to my heart. So for this post, I’ll speak from that very place. Being a teenager is no cakewalk. But being an artistic and sensitive teenager is a sports-obsessed culture is even more challenging. Not having an affinity for sports...