BOSTON ARTS ACADEMY 2017 AnnualReport · We are in a celebratory mood for so many reasons here at Boston Arts Academy (BAA). We are pleased to share with you many of our successes

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We Are Better Together!2017 AnnualReport

2017 Annual Report Contents2 2016-17 Highlights4 Our Successes6 Artists8 Scholars

10 Citizens12 Health and Wellness14 Founding Faculty and Staff18 Boston Arts Academy Foundation

19 Center for Arts in Education20 Our Donors21 Financial Summary24 Leadership and Governance

As Boston Arts Academy (BAA) celebrates its 20th school year, we are honored to address the BAA community together, representing board leadership of both the school and the newly independent BAA Foundation. As the school is preparing for a number of exciting growth opportunities, including expanding the student body to 500 arts-talented teens, developing a state-of-the-arts facility at 174 Ipswich Street, and moving to a temporary

school home in Dorchester, we are committed to ensuring success for the BAA community—students and their families, faculty and staff, and our many partners and supporters.

In order for BAA students to reap the full benefits of dual arts and academic curricula that include holistic sup-ports, we are working together to raise $5,000 per student each year through our Sponsor an Artist effort. These funds support what makes BAA unique among its peers, such as extended hours of daily instruction, health and wellness support, our exceptional school leadership and teaching staff, and the many unique curricular compo-nents that attract students and then prepare them as the next generation of artists, scholars, and citizens. As our student body grows, so, too, does our need to raise funds to support students’ educational endeavors so that they are best prepared for what lies ahead.

We hope that as you review BAA’s recent accomplishments and learn about the school’s 20-year history that you will find more reasons to engage with us. We have a weekend of celebratory events coming up in May 2018, Boston Arts Academy Honors, and we hope to see you there. We are better together!

Gratefully yours,

Dr. M. Lee PeltonBoard Chair, Boston Arts Academy

Eve S. RoundsBoard Chair, Boston Arts Academy Foundation

ON THE COVER Jade Mitchell (2019) as Evilline from The Wiz!, photo by Ella Snyder (2017)

We are in a celebratory mood for so many reasons here at Boston Arts Academy (BAA). We are pleased to share with you many of our successes from the 2016–2017 school year, provide a then-and-now snapshot of the remarkable growth the school has experienced since its founding, and ask you to join us in celebrating our 20th anniversary during a weekend of festivities—Boston Arts Academy Honors, May 18–20, 2018.

In reflecting on our growth since the school’s founding in 1998, we are so pleased that…• Our student body has grown from 158 freshman and sophomores to 447, soon to be 500,

high school students.• The number of arts majors and concentrations has increased from four to 14, providing stu-

dents with more options to specialize in various and new art forms.• Our applicant pool has grown almost five-fold.• Our teaching faculty, arts and academics, is four time the size it was when the school opened.• All the while, our students have maintained a more than 90% acceptance rate for college and

career training—which has remained constant at 97% for the last three years.

We have more than 1,200 graduates pursuing a range of diverse goals, some of whom are highlighted in this report. We are proud to report that BAA ranks first among public arts high schools in the state and 12th in the country (niche.com). This comes at a moment of resolve and confidence in our ability to provide students with a facility in the coming years that will be built to better enable BAA to support students’ academic and artistic goals.

Anne R. ClarkHeadmaster, Boston Arts Academy

Denella J. ClarkExecutive Director, Boston Arts Academy Foundation

These results can only occur through the hard work of many. We hope that you will join us as we celebrate these accomplishments, while working to maintain and continually improve our students’ experiences at BAA. We have launched our Sponsor an Artist campaign, to raise the $5,000 per student needed each year to support our dual arts and academics curricula. To help us grow the financial resources needed to support our students, we are grateful to an anonymous donor who has offered to match $125,000 for each new, increased, or multi-year dona-tion from an individual as part of our campaign. We will celebrate this and our 20th anniversary during Boston Arts Academy Honors, and we hope that you will help us continue to reach for and achieve our goals by joining us. We are better together!

With gratitude,

Headmaster Anne R. Clark and BAA Foundation Executive Director Denella J. Clark, (center left and right) with BAA alumnus (2011) and faculty Gregory Groover, Jr. (far left) and BAA music students.

2 BOSTON ARTS ACADEMY 2017 ANNUAL REPORT

Boston Arts Academy (BAA) is the city’s only public high school for the visual and performing arts, serving a growing student body of 447 students. BAA’s student population reflects the rich diversity of the city of Boston, with the majority coming from low-income families. BAA offers our students pathways to success, ensuring that they have access to a college-preparatory education that focuses on the arts and academics, alongside holistic supports such as social and emotional services via our Health and Wellness program, innovative curriculum such as our STEAM Lab, and our college admission and retention guidance support. Our mission is to prepare a community of aspiring artist-scholars-citizens to be successful in their college or professional careers and to be engaged members of their communities.

Our innovative arts and academic curriculum yields impressive results, including the following highlights:2016

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BAA ranks 1st for Best Public High Schools for the Arts in Massachusetts and 17th out of 165 in the country at niche.com. (Ranking is based on rigorous analysis of academic and student life data from the U.S. Department of Education along with test scores, college data, and ratings collected from millions of Niche users.)

As part of BuildBPS, the 10-year educational and facilities master plan, Boston Public Schools in collaboration with the City of Boston, is actively working to make the vision of a new Boston Arts Academy a reality.

A new Fashion Technology major was approved for fall 2017 launch, offering a second Career and Technical Edu-cation (CTE) program, continuing efforts to give students a competitive edge as they further their education and enter the workforce.

BAA’s Summer Reading Program received the Goldin Foundation for Excellence in Education Exemplary Projects Award for its effectiveness in assisting a subset of students in achieving grade-level and better reading skills.

For the third year in a row, 97% of BAA graduates have been accepted to a 2- or 4-year college or a career training program. Graduates earned more than $2 million in scholarships and financial aid, an increase of more than $200,000 from the prior school year.

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We believe that rigorous sequential arts education alongside academics, combined with

• targeted student supports, • constructive engagement with adults, • opportunities for college and career exploration, such as Career and Technical Education

programs, enrollment in courses at partner colleges, and internships,

create successful artists, scholars, and citizens.

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Our Students

FULL INCLUSIONWe welcome all students to BAA. As the school district’s first full-inclusion high school, BAA accepts students regardless of their academic performance or special needs. Bringing our learners together enriches our classrooms and our community.

STUDENT RECRUITMENTWe work hard to recruit students from across the city of Boston through admissions presenta-tions at BAA, and visits to schools, community organizations, and religious organizations. Over the last 10 years, on average, 800 students apply to BAA each year.

41% African American

13% White5% Asian3% Multi-race

39% Hispanic

70% come from economically disadvantaged families

33% enter high school reading below grade level

40% speak a language other than English at home

13% have documented special needs requiring instructional accommodations

772 Applicants141 Enrolled

130 9th graders 7 10th graders 4 11th graders

Hyde Park9%

Roslindale5%

West Roxbury2%

Allston/Brighton6%

Dorchester29%

South Boston2%

Downtown2%

South End5%

Roxbury15%

Jamaica Plain6%

Mattapan5%

Mission Hill2%

Fenway/Kenmore3%

Charlestown1%

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Students travel to BAA from all neighborhoods of Boston, but half of the student population comes from Dorchester, Roxbury, and Mattapan.

East Boston8%


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Boston Arts Academy held its 17th commencement ceremony on June 12, 2017, at the Shubert Theatre, Boch Center. Together, we celebrated 89 graduates and heard inspiring words from BAA Foundation Director, Michael Bivins, CEO of SportyRich Enterprises, a founding member of New Edition and Bell Biv DeVoe, and manager/producer of Boyz II Men. Valedictorian Kaila Gibson-Okunieff introduced Honorary Award recipients Marianne Harkless and Sory Diabate, for their commitment to dance education and performance as co-directors of the West African Dance com-pany, Benkadi Drum & Dance, and Ann Rosebery and Beth Warren, for their work as co-directors of the Cheche Konnen Center at TERC, where they infuse the arts and consider a cultural lens on educational research focused on improving math and science education.

We believe our success is contingent on our students’ success.

Class of 201789 Graduates

17Elma Lewis Graduation with Distinction Awards, given to students who successfully

completed their Senior Grant Projects, have a sound academic and artistic record, and embody the tenets of BAA Habits of the Graduate: Refine,

Invent, Connect, Own

20Honors in the Arts, given to students who achieved Proficient in Sophomore Reviews,

maintained a 3.5 GPA in the arts for junior and senior years, demonstrated evidence of

personal discipline and commitment to the arts outside of class

7National Honor Society Inductees, given to

students who demonstrate outstanding character, scholarship, leadership, and a

commitment to service

9 Graduates earned

two of the three above awards

2Graduates earned all three awards

Graduates of the Class of 2017 with Commencement Speaker and Boston Arts Academy Foundation Director Michael Bivens.

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COLLEGE SCHOLARSHIPS The graduating class of 2017 earned more than $2 million in scholarships and financial aid, an increase of more than $200,000 over the prior year.

PATHWAY TO COLLEGE AND CAREER BAA students are given various opportunities to participate in activities that have specific work-related skill development as targeted goals. For example, 30% of our students participate in one of our Career and

Technical Education programs, receiving training on industry-standard equipment and software. Participating CTE programs include: Design and Visual Communications, Filmmaking, Music Technology, and Technical Theatre. During the 2016–2017 school year a new CTE affiliated major was approved for fall 2017 – Fashion Technology. This is the only program of its kind in the school district.

Additionally, BAA juniors and seniors may participate in dual enroll-

ment partnerships we have with a number of nearby colleges, taking

college-level courses for credit. Last year, 29 students took 36 courses ranging from Intro to Music Business at Berklee College of Music to Ballet at Boston Conservatory to French at Bunker Hill Community College. These opportunities enable our students to further their academic and artistic training while providing a window on expectations and demands related to the college experience. Our students benefit from gaining a competitive edge as they navigate life beyond BAA.

SUMMER PROGRAM SCHOLARSHIPS Not only do BAA students work to develop their artistic skills during the school year, but a number of students participate in competitive and in-tensive summer programs as well. With scholarship funds raised through the BAA Foundation, 23 students received more than $18,000 to cover tu-ition for arts programs across the country, such as Assisi Performing Arts Program, Bates College Dance Intensive, Berklee-Brown Creative Entre-preneurship Summer Program, Berklee Five-Week Summer Performance Program, Boston University’s Visual Arts Summer Institute, Debbie Allen Dance, Earl Mosley’s Institute of the Arts, Snow Farm, and Putney School.

We are pleased to report that 97% of the Class of 2017 was accepted to college and career train-ing programs, an exceptional statistic that has been maintained for the past three years.

BAA students enroll in college at a rate that is 10% higher than the Boston Public School district average, and on par with the state average. Looking at our high needs (low-income, English language learners, students with dis-abilities) graduates, BAA students are enrolling in college at a rate that is 15% higher than the district average and 13% higher than the state average. We believe these results are truly impressive!

Career TrainingBenjamin Franklin Institute of Technology

Berklee College of MusicBoston University

Bunker Hill Community CollegeClark University

Colby-Sawyer CollegeDean College

Denison UniversityEmerson College

Fitchburg State UniversityFordham UniversityHampshire College

Lesley UniversityMassachusetts College of Art and Design

Massasoit Community CollegeMiami Dade Community College

Musician’s InstituteNew York University

Newbury College North Shore Community College

Northeastern UniversityParsons School of Design

Ringling College of Art and DesignSalem State University

Sarah Lawrence CollegeSuffolk University

University of HartfordUniversity of Massachusetts AmherstUniversity of Massachusetts Boston

University of Southern MaineUniversity of the Arts

Wheelock College

COLLEGE ACCEPTANCES FOR THE CLASS OF 2017


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We believe in the transformative power of the arts. We believe that the arts help young people find their voices, build creative problem-solving skills, and engage in meaningful ways with their communities leading to success in college and careers.

ARTS MAJORSStudents choose from 14 combined arts majors and concentrations, spending an additional three hours at school each day to accommodate our dual focus on arts and academics.

RIGOROUS BENCHMARKSIn all arts majors our students must reach very specific and rigorous benchmarks of arts mas-tery, professionalism, and regulations, before moving on to higher levels of study and, ultimately, graduation. These benchmarks involve presenta-tions of art work to internal and external audienc-es and self-assessments and teacher evaluations at various stages of learning.

Theatre 92

Visual Arts 95

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DANCEThe study of classical ballet, modern dance, jazz, and West African dance forms prepares students for further studies at post-secondary institutions or careers in dance. The rigorous curriculum includes choreography, composition, dance history, healthy living, dance production, and technology.

Dance students learned from numerous professional dancers

and partner organizations, including: Andy Fernandez (BAA ’13), Heather Stewart, Belen Pereyra-Alem (BAA ’05), Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, Boston Children’s Hospital Sports Medicine Clinic, Boston Conservatory at Berklee, Boston Sports Medicine, Boston University Dance Theater, Celebrity Series, Dance Theater of Harlem, Earl Mosley’s Institute for the Arts, and World Music/CRASHarts.

The Dance department presented its 19th annual SpringFest at the Boston University Dance Theater. The performance featured work choreographed by the BAA Dance faculty and included our largest number of students, with a total of 40 dancers (grades 10–12), and six 9th graders assisting backstage with technical aspects of the performance.

Ten students attended and performed at the Regional High School

Dance Festival in Norfolk, VA, and were awarded scholarships to a number of renowned summer dance programs.

MUSICThe study of classical and jazz musical forms for both instru-mentalists and vocalists prepares students for further studies at post-secondary institutions. The rich program of study includes music theory, history, technique, and music technol-ogy. Fourteen music ensembles are available to students on an elective and invitational basis each year.

A new woodwind ensemble was created for students playing clarinets, flutes, and French horns, which was led by faculty Mariana Green-Hill, Jason Juliano, and Chris Rivelli.

Music students participated in a number of competitive summer

programs. Twenty-five students received full-tuition scholarships to Berklee’s Five-Week Summer Performance Program and eight students received full scholarships to Boston Conservatory’s Summer Program.

THEATRE The study of acting, film, production, technical theatre, directing, and playwriting prepares students for post-secondary conservatory programs, college or professional careers as theatre artists. The rigorous curriculum fosters cross-cultural understanding, emphasizes the collaborative nature of theatre arts, and engages students in theatre as social change.

For the first time, Film students worked with advertising agency

Mullen Lowe. The 13-week course focused on the business and creative sides of advertising and resulted in a highly visible print and video campaign. The course was part of the 25Forty Project, which seeks to diversify the advertising industry by partnering with high schools. As one of the top three campaigns chosen as part of the project, BAA received a $10,000 award.

From the front to the back of the house, BAA students put on sold out performances of The Wiz! over a January weekend at the Strand Theatre in Dorchester. BAA Theatre faculty Maura Tighe directed the produc-tion, which resulted in rave reviews. The performance was enjoyed by over 3,000 students, teachers, and community members, including students from 21 Boston public schools. The show was made possible by sponsors, including Massachusetts Cultural Council, iCapital, and Eaton Vance Management.

VISUAL ARTSThe study of drawing, painting, printmaking, photography, sculpture, digital art, design, visual communications, and mixed media prepares students for a liberal arts, technical, or arts-focused college. Those students who complete the four-year sequence of courses as part of BAA’s Career and Technical Education program receive industry-specific certifications and are ready to enter the workforce.

Seniors curated their culminating exhibit, It’s Not You, It’s Me, which included work from a new project piloted by BAA Photography teacher Guy Michel Telemaque, which allowed students to create a body of work focused on a defined concept rather than the traditional trajectory of exhibiting work made over the course of their junior and senior years.


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We believe that interdisciplinary learning prepares students for college and careers. Our Humanities, STEAM, World Languages, and Seminar curricula explore the connections between arts and academic disciplines, building our students’ critical thinking, creativity, and communication skills. Interdisciplinary learning is evaluated through students’ STEAM portfolios, which are reviewed by a panel of BAA STEAM teachers at the close of each school year.

Our academic curriculum is rigorous, requiring students to take the following year-long courses to graduate: Humanities (4), Math (4), Science (3), World Language (2) Seminar (Reading, Writing, and Research Skills) (4).

BAA’S STEAM LABIn October 2014, BAA opened the STEAM Lab, the first of its kind in an urban public arts high school. Since then faculty and students across academic and arts departments have engaged in project-based learning that includes physical computing, communication technology, digital and media arts, and more. The STEAM Lab is motivating students to reevaluate academic subjects that they may have otherwise dismissed, and explore new areas that they never considered.

The Lab and our increasingly sophisticated STEAM curriculum plays a role in addressing a lack of access our students have to STEM careers. Eighty-three percent of our students are among the underrepresented minorities found in STEM fields. Our STEAM Lab is preparing BAA students for the cross-disciplinary thinking, research, and analysis that is required for 21st century careers. The BAA STEAM Lab was initiated with support from The Barr Foundation and the Smith Family Foundation.

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2017 MCAS ResultsWhile we believe in broadly assessing the arts and academic skills of our students, the MCAS exam is a measure that the state of Massachusetts requires of all students. We believe that MCAS scores offer a snapshot of specific content knowledge and are a barometric on how well we are teaching our students and providing the necessary supports for them to succeed.

All public school students in Massachusetts are assessed using the Mas-sachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System (MCAS) test. Students must pass this standardized test in order to graduate from high school. BAA students are tested in English Language Arts (ELA), Mathematics, and Science and Technology/Engineering.

In each exam, BAA students outperformed their peers in other

Boston Public Schools. We are proud that our students also

performed better in ELA than the state average.

2016-17 freshman class is the first cohort to build STEAM portfolios over their high school experience, which is in the process of becoming a high school graduation requirement.

Engineering Open Honors students created cyberborg appendages in the STEAM Lab for the first time.

Eight BAA students participated in several STEAM summer programs, including a gifted math program at Boston University called PROMYS, Project Link at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, North-eastern University’s Bridge to Calculus program, and internships in Biomedical Science and Health Career at Tufts University School of Medicine.

The Arabic department welcomed the Consult of the United Arab Emir-ates (UAE) and his staff who presented to Arabic 1 students on UAE culture. Arabic 2 curriculum was brought to life as students hosted a Harvard History PhD candidate who has worked directly with refugees for a discussion about the Syrian refugee crisis.

Ninth grade Humanities students contributed to the annual Afrika Lives! Exhibition, which integrates Humanities, dance, and vocal music curriculum. Guest artist and Afro-Haitian Drummer Peniel Guerrier helped students prepare for the event.

Compared to67% of Boston Public School students79% of Massachusetts students



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We believe that artists should use their voices to advocate for themselves, their communities, and for the good of society. We teach our students to be engaged citizens and active members of their communities.

COMMUNITY SERVICE DAYBAA collaborates with other nonprofit organizations; students volunteered at 27 nonprofit organizations, schools, and community sites throughout Boston.

This year’s community partners included:

Benefit Walk for HaitiBoston ABCDCambridge Ellis PreschoolCatholic Charities: Cathedral of the Holy Cross Food Pantry, St. Ambrose,

Yawkey Child Care CenterCommunity ServingsCondon ElementaryConservatory Lab Charter SchoolDaily TableEllis MemorialEthosFenway Community HealthFenway Victory GardenGLASSHale HouseHaynes Early Education CenterLilla G. Fredrick Pilot Middle SchoolMission Hill SchoolMorville HouseNeighborhood Beautification: Lower Roxbury and Mildred

Avenue Community CenterRoger Clap Innovation SchoolSandwiches for the Homeless: Boston Common, Downtown Crossing,

South StationSarah Greenwood Middle SchoolSelf-arranged project: House chores for elderlySusan B. Bailis Assisted LivingUrbano ProjectUUCC Margaret Mosley Cooperative

SENIOR GRANT PROJECT BAA’s capstone experience and graduation requirement enables students to present a concept and potentially receive funding to implement a community service project using their arts training to address a community need. One hundred com-munity volunteers serve as judges.

As a result of successfully completing their Senior Grant Projects, 17 seniors were honored as Elma Lewis Graduates of Distinction, in recognition of their achievements. As part of her project, Selomith Sanchez hosted a fundraiser at the Blessed Sacrament Church Plaza in Jamaica Plain, during which she performed alongside local musicians while participants were asked to donate school supplies for students in the Dominican Republic.

Nearly 100 juniors presented their proposals to more than 50 com-munity judges, from which 23 juniors were named finalists and invited to compete for funds based on their final presentations. Ultimately, 21 juniors received funds to implement their projects during their senior year and began blogging about their journey shortly thereafter.

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ALUMNI PROFILEAndy Fernandez, BAA class of 2013, is a member of the Young Company of Nuremberg Ballet in Germany. He recently returned from Israel where he studied Gaga Technique with Ohad Naharin. He graduated from the North Carolina School of the Arts (NCSA), where he worked with choreographers Susan Jaffe, Helen Picket, Ethan Stiefel, and Alexei Kremney. During his last semester at NCSA, Andy danced “Alrededor no hay nada,” a part of Goyo Montero‘s “Benditos Malditos.” Andy furthered his study of ballet at Dance Theatre of Harlem, American Academy of Ballet, American Ballet Theatre, Brookline Ballet School, and Orlando Ballet.

Andy offered his talents to the BAA community during the 2016–2017 school year by teaching a series of Master classes for Lower and Upper House BAA dance students.

INTERSESSIONStudents and teachers co-designed and constructed 30 different learning experiences, which took place during a week devoted to interdisciplin-ary learning in January known as Intersession. Classes ranged from Fashion that Communicates in the STEAM Lab to Modern Architec-ture to AfroFlow Yoga to BAA Film Production Company: Write, Film, Produce.

STUDENT AMBASSADORS Students are trained to represent the school and Boston Public Schools at internal and external events. Ambassadors act as emissaries for BAA, welcoming international, national, and local visitors to the school, as well as representing BAA at community events.

In all, 30 students became Student Ambassadors in the 2016-17 school year. Twenty students joined the group for the first time and were trained and mentored by existing Student Ambassadors. They worked together to represent the school in a professional manner, learning criti-cal leadership and communication skills.

STUDENT ARTS ADVOCACYBAA Student Ambassadors made their voices heard, alongside 600 arts leaders and supporters, at Arts Matter Advocacy Day hosted by Mass Creative in March. The event began at the Paramount Center and included an “Arts Matter March” through the Boston Common to the State House for meetings with legislators on the critical roles the arts play in the lives of those living throughout the Common-wealth. Several BAA students presented during the event, including Nalany Guerrier who shared a spoken word piece on seeing the world through the eyes of an artist, and Alexis Maxwell who gave a speech about BAA and why the arts matter in the education of young people.


Ensuring that our students have all the tools that they need to succeed is at the top of our mind at BAA. We are committed to helping students reach their full potential and to developing an accept-ing and supportive school culture. In addition to the many challenges presented by adolescence, as young artists BAA students are delving further into self-reflection as they search for artistic voice, learning to balance individual and collaborative work, all while engaging in new and challenging tech-niques to develop mastery in their art form. Coupled with pressures related to urban, economically distressed communities—70% of our students are considered economically disadvantaged—many BAA students are vulnerable and in need of social-emotional supports.

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Services provided in 2016–17 229 Student Encounters for Triage

(Initial Assessment) of Student Need136 Hours of Triage (Initial Assessment) of

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875 Student Encounters for Individual Therapy509 Hours of Individual Therapy

18 Student Encounters for Crisis Assessments 24 Hours of Crisis Assessments

21 Psychiatric Hospitalizations16 Students involved in Psychiatric Hospitalizations

17 Student enrollments in the Bridge program, helping youth re-enter daily life following hospitalization

Partner Institutions Boston Children’s HospitalBoston College School of Social WorkBoston Private Industry CouncilBoston Public Health CommissionHarvard Graduate School of EducationLesley UniversitySouth Shore Mental HealthThe Brookline CenterWilliam James College

Our Health and Wellness department provides a range of clinical services, such as on-site individual and group counseling, family therapy, and case management provided by licensed clinicians from BAA’s nine-person Health and Wellness Team (HWT), and our partner institutions. All services are offered free of charge, and are supported by funds raised by the Boston Arts Academy Foundation.

An increasing number of Wellness education programs are being of-fered in BAA classrooms. HWT clinicians are partnering with BAA teachers to support students’ participation in class. In 2016–2017, the HWT team offered two classes in partnership with the school’s Learning Center in an effort to support students with particular social-emotional needs. The more concentrated involvement in individual classes has led to fewer student visits to the HWT office. Our clinicians are also co-teaching a number of courses with arts and academic teachers, including grade-level Seminar teams, which are focused on the development of reading, writing, and research skills.

The important work being done by the HWT is supported by funds raised by the Boston Arts Academy Foundation, which includes support from the Cummings Foundation, Klarman Family Foun-dation, I Am Strong Foundation, and Boston Children’s Hospital, which provides significant discounts for services.

47% struggle with anxiety and depression

27% identify their sexual orientation as something other than “straight,”

32% experience community violence

25% seriously considered harming themselves in the past 12 months

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Dr. Charmain Jackman Dean of Health & WellnessAs Dean of the Health and Wellness department, Dr. Charmain Jackman leads a nine-person team of clini-cians and staff and manages partner-ships with a number of institutions that provide mental health services to BAA students. She has been af-filiated with BAA since 2005 when she came to BAA as a clinician from

Boston Children’s Hospital. She took on leadership of the depart-ment, formerly called the Student Support Team, in 2011.

Dr. Jackman has focused her career on working with clients and communities of color in schools, courts, hospitals, and community mental health centers. In her work, Dr. Jackman engages a variety of approaches that are strengths-based, culturally competent, and trauma-sensitive, and she strives to teach these skills to other profes-sionals who work with communities of color.

She earned a doctoral degree in Counseling Psychology from the University of Southern Mississippi (USM) and has been licensed in Massachusetts since 2003. She completed her pre-doctoral intern-ship at Boston Children’s Hospital and a post-doctoral fellowship in Forensic Psychology at Massachusetts General Hospital. Dr. Jackman has worked in the community-based school consultation program at Boston Children’s Hospital and in the juvenile court clinics in Suffolk & Norfolk counties. Additionally, she held an academic appointment as an instructor at Harvard Medical School for 10 years.

Stacy Swasey, LicSW School-Based Clinical Social Worker and Family Engagement CoordinatorStacy Swasey, LICSW, is School- Based Clinical Social Worker with the Health and Wellness Team, and BAA’s Family Engagement Coordi-nator. She has worked at BAA for

the past six years, and has previous experience in home- and community-based social work in Boston. Fluent in Spanish, she offers individual and group clinical support services at BAA, and pushes in to classrooms to support social emotional learning work that happens in this setting. Stacy wholeheartedly believes in the transformative, therapeutic power of the arts as it impacts adoles-cent growth and development. She is inspired and motivated by the bold, hard work BAA students commit to every day to further themselves academically, artistically, and as young people.

DONOR PROFILE Lisa K. Sussman, Ph.D., a Director of Boston Arts Academy Foundation Board, is an avid supporter of BAA’s Health and Wellness Team. She comes to BAA with a deep and very personal interest in the arts as a mother of a teenage son who has been working as an actor pro-fessionally in New York and Boston from a very young age. She notes, “As a parent and a mental health professional I have developed an interest in the psychological impact of performance on children and families. Issues such as self-esteem and identity, as well as challenges related to performance anxiety and self and body esteem for young performers.”

Last year, Dr. Sussman was a clinical fellow in BAA’s Health and Wellness department, alongside Dr. Jackman. The placement reflected the “perfect blend” of Dr. Sussman’s interest in the arts and the complex set of issues that arise as young people engage in serious arts study.

“I am deeply committed to helping to support and even expand mental health services at BAA and, along with Dr. Jackman, am working to forge relationships and potential partnerships with some of Boston’s academic medical centers and community health programs. I believe that these relationships will allow BAA to continue to be informed of best practice and up-to-date research, allowing BAA to continue to deliver high quality and comprehensive services.

Dr. Sussman earned a doctorate degree in Psychology from Northeastern University in Boston and a Master’s degree in Counseling Psychology from Harvard University. She was a post-doctoral fellow in the Department of Psychiatry at MetroWest Medical Center in Natick, and also received clinical doctoral training at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston and UMass Memorial Medical Center in Worcester. She has expertise in Dialectal Behavioral Therapy, counseling young performers in the performing arts, and obesity and disordered eating.

THEN AND NOW | Growth since our opening year Student Supports 1998-99: 7 2016-17: 12INCREASING STUDENTS’ SUPPORTSWhile we have always been committed to providing a range of supports to our students and families, in recent years our capacity to support these needs has grown. Among the supports we have always offered but have been able to expand are college and career guidance, family outreach, an on-site school nurse, a Dean of Students and Dean of Health and Wellness, and a number of trained support staff—all of whom help our students achieve at their highest levels.


ANNE R. CLARK HeadmasterWHAT HAS CHANGED THE MOST AT BAA? We have always been a school that endeavored to prepare students for a world that we couldn’t imagine—a world that our students would help create. Our greatest challenge is keeping

up with our students’ imaginations and ambitions and preparing them to be leaders in a world that is rapidly evolving. So BAA is, by definition, about change...almost everything has changed over the years, and that’s a good thing! I think the greatest trends of change are in the increasing role of technology in all of the arts forms, interdisciplinary program-ming, most especially STEAM, and connections to career and technical opportunities in the arts.

WHAT HAS CHANGED THE LEAST OR REMAINED A CONSTANT OVER THE YEARS?The core values and habits we teach have remained constant, and we have held onto some traditions that reflect those values and habits. For example, we had our 19th Afrika Lives! exhibition this year, an interdis-ciplinary 9th grade project where students weave together history, cul-ture, and art of ancient African kingdoms. That exhibition has remained relevant because it is centered on the core of our vision of education: authentic demonstration of learning, interdisciplinary connections, and exploration of essential questions like the role of the artist in society throughout history.

A FAVORITE MEMORY RELATED TO A STUDENT, STAFF MEM-BERS, AND/OR SCHOOL PARTNER?I keep a photo in my office from the summer of 1998, about three months before we opened the doors of BAA and welcomed students for the first time. The photo is of a brainstorm of questions--written in chalk on a chalkboard that the founding faculty and staff had, questions like: • How will we connect to the larger community?• What skills and content do we want our graduates to learn?• How do we help our students understand the contributions they

can make as artists to the world?While the school was built as an effort to answer those questions, we continue to ask those questions today.

WHAT COULDN’T YOU HAVE IMAGINED WHEN YOU BEGAN AT BAA THAT EXISTS NOW?I would not have imagined I would be the Headmaster of Boston Arts Academy! I came to BAA as a young Humanities teacher who grew up through music, looking to join a team that was building a new kind of school in Boston. I could not have imagined I would still be building that school 20 years later. We always say that we want BAA to be a trans-formative experience, and it’s certainly been that for me.

ANY SPECIFIC TURNING POINTS THAT YOU HAVE EXPERI-ENCED AT THE SCHOOL?Maybe this is as much a comment on my age as it is on the age of the school, but the most beautiful turning point to me is that we now have many alumni, my former students, teaching at the school. That’s so moving to me because these are people who not only felt BAA was important to their development, they’ve come back to invest in the next generation. I never get over walking into a classroom and seeing a former student teaching; that kind of moment encapsulates every dream I ever had about BAA.

WHAT DO YOU SEE FOR BAA’S FUTURE?BAA’s best years are yet to come! I truly believe that. Just as we teach our students that the process of learning is about exploration, critique, and goal setting, we are always, as a school community, examining where we are now and setting new benchmarks for where we need to be. We have built a strong foundation, but we have also built a community that is always seeking growth. The new facilities, partnerships, and curricular strands we are planning today will bring us to the next stage of transfor-mation. It’s going to be great!

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We are proud of our faculty and staff who excel at their craft and are so committed to the BAA students and community. At this moment of reflection, we asked four staff who have been at the school from the beginning to reflect on their experiences since they first stepped into 174 Ipswich Street 20 years ago.

Anne R. Clark, 1998

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KATHLEEN MARSHArtistic DeanWHAT HAS CHANGED THE MOST AT BAA? The world has changed, and therefore the school has evolved to meet that need. When we first opened, we didn’t have email. People com-municated through phone calls

and Linda and Carmen would leave little notes in our mailbox. It was pre-cell phones, and before classroom practices relied on computers for attendance and grading.

WHAT HAS CHANGED THE LEAST OR REMAINED A CONSTANT OVER THE YEARS?BAA has always been a place for people--kids and adults--who are invested in the arts. Most people in our community cannot imagine life without the arts and feel compelled to make art and I’m happy to say this has been a constant for 20 years.

A FAVORITE MEMORY RELATED TO A STUDENT, STAFF MEM-BERS, AND/OR SCHOOL PARTNER?I have too many to count! We have been so fortunate to know great people--from our early days, when we were small enough to know everyone--to the medium sized school we are now. Memories are being made at BAA every day.

WHAT COULDN’T YOU HAVE IMAGINED WHEN YOU BEGAN AT BAA THAT EXISTS NOW?I am surprised that it has taken us this long to get a building that is suitable for the arts and learning. We are in our “temporary building” 20 years later.

It was hard to imagine our kids as working artists and adults 20 years ago; so many of our alums have gone on to worthwhile things and are

working to make our world a better place. It’s been immensely gratifying to witness and we are proud of this legacy that has begun to take root in our community: internationally, nationally, regionally, and locally.

ANY SPECIFIC TURNING POINTS THAT YOU HAVE EXPERI-ENCED AT THE SCHOOL?Every time one of our alums has a moment of success, we rejoice with them. So many of those moments have been validation of our work and evidence of seeds planted to ensure a future that is bright.

WHAT DO YOU SEE FOR BAA’S FUTURE?The work we have done over the past two decades is evidence of a strong commitment, teamwork and always putting students at the center of our work. I see a continued commitment to this, and deepening roots as the result of more and more alums spreading this good work to their communities. My hope is that this work can continue in a new, ap-propriate facility in a few years and that we can continue to be a place of which the city is proud. I hope we can continue to change the landscape of the arts and leadership in Boston to be more reflective of its residents and I think we’re off to pretty good start.

Kathleen Marsh, 1998

THEN AND NOW | Growth since our opening year

Teachers in Arts and Academics

1998-99: 4 Arts 8 Academic 2016-17: 30 Arts 25 Academic

GROWING ARTS AND ACADEMIC FACULTYOur teaching staff has nearly quadrupled since we opened our doors, growing alongside our student population. While our aca-demic faculty has tripled, our arts faculty has grown five-fold in an effort to meet the expanding needs and interests of our students.


BLANCA BONILLA Admissions DirectorWHAT HAS CHANGED THE MOST AT BAA? Sometimes I say, “OMG, I have been part of BAA for 20 years. Impossible!” Time just flies by when you are engaged and committed to your job. We have gone through many

changes, but that is simply who we are: EVOLUTIONARY- always changing, evaluating, and reflecting. The biggest lesson I have learned from BAA is that student recruitment strategies constantly change—what worked 20 or even 10 years ago does not necessarily work now. So, we have to be reinventing ourselves all the time!

A FAVORITE MEMORY RELATED TO A STUDENT, STAFF MEM-BERS, AND/OR SCHOOL PARTNER?My adventure at BAA began in the summer of 1998. Throughout the summer, before the opening of the school, we held meetings at Massa-chusetts College of Art & Design to build a strong “Arts and Academics” foundation to serve our new generation of artists and scholars. We were all committed and so grateful for the opportunity to be part of the very first public arts school in Boston.

I began as a Family Coordinator, working with strong and dedicated par-ents who moved quickly and were not afraid of voicing their concerns. There was a time at BAA that if it rained outside, we would all get wet inside of the building as well. One parent said, “My child deserved to be treated with dignity, in a safe building where the arts can take place.” In the role of Community and Admissions Coordinator, I enjoyed meeting with political leaders and community organizers on behalf of the school. A few years later, I became BAA’s Admissions Director. I truly love going out in the community and meeting children who are looking for an op-portunity to focus on the arts.

WHAT HAS CHANGED THE LEAST OR REMAINED A CONSTANT OVER THE YEARS?Many times I meet students who don’t even know what good artists they are. I feel my job is to hold their hands and walk them through the admissions process. Our children come from all walks of life but have one thing in common—the arts. That is just beautiful.

ANY SPECIFIC TURNING POINTS THAT YOU HAVE EXPERI-ENCED AT THE SCHOOL?My biggest remorse is not having enough seats to welcome more students into the BAA community. We make dreams come true for a percentage of Boston’s youth who are admitted to our school each year, but those who are not admitted must seek alternatives to fulfilling their dream of attending an arts school.

WHAT DO YOU SEE FOR BAA’S FUTURE?I see BAA in a new state of the art facility, running a community arts center for the adults and children of Boston, producing a once a week arts show hosted by BAA students and creating the best annual musical in Boston where people come from everywhere to see THE SHOW.

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THEN AND NOW | Growth since our opening year Student Enrollment Applicants1998-99: 158 2016-17: 447 1998-99: 158 2016-17: 772INCREASING ENROLLMENTS OVER TIMESince our founding year, our student population has nearly tripled in size. By 2020, BAA will enroll its full complement of 500 stu-dents. Our future growth, determined by the school district, comes as a result of BAA’s successes and accomplishments, including our students’ high school graduation rates and college and career plans.

Our applicant pool has increased almost five-fold since our inaugural year.

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HENRY “BUDDY” PAULLFacilities ManagerWHAT HAS CHANGED THE MOST AT BAA? There is no handbook for facility management for a school for the arts. Artists have unique needs and they don’t always line up with those of facility

managers. The first year that we did Afrika Lives! hay bales were brought into the school so students could build huts. A few years later, a pile of mulch was delivered to our exhibit space for an artist. Another year a dozen recycled barrels appeared at the front door. These materials presented safety hazards and had to be removed or modified. What can be a great idea for artistic expression sometimes needs to be adapted for our environment. We have learned a lot over the years.

WHAT HAS CHANGED THE LEAST OR REMAINED A CONSTANT OVER THE YEARS?The friendliness and fellowship within the BAA community has been a constant. I feel like I go to work and spend time with my friends and family here.

A FAVORITE MEMORY RELATED TO A STUDENT, STAFF MEM-BERS, AND/OR SCHOOL PARTNER?When I first arrived the building was barely ready for students. An unus-able rear stairwell sat unattached in a hallway because it was discovered to be code non-compliant. There was a cement mixer in the Assembly Hall, which had no flooring. The building was in rough shape. Half the roof was repaired prior to the school’s opening but we had a roof drain failure shortly after which demanded the remaining roof to be repaired. We had water pouring out of the ceiling and into the third floor studios. It was crazy. I was unfamiliar with this type of situation and it required all hands on deck and teamwork. There was always some kind of con-struction going on for the first five years of the school. Because of this I learned a lot about working with a number of city offices and agencies, and outside partners.

There are a number of people who I remember fondly. Daniel Lewis, a student with a hearing disability interacted with me a lot and after four years he developed a knack for imitating me in hilarious ways. He would pretend to pick up radios and phones and chirp orders into them. Deidre O’Halloran, who sadly passed away from cancer, worked with me to coordinate events at the school. She was such a pleasant person to be around, so humble and willing to do her part. Susan Werbe from the BAA Foundation allowed me to help her envision space needs for events and performances. I talked to a lot of donors and even gave tours

of the building. I was especially proud to speak with visitors through BAA’s Center for Arts Education who wanted to learn about facility needs for similar schools around the country.

We have solved a lot of challenges that have been presented to our department. It was exciting when Wen-Ti Tisen created the art work for the outside of this 100-year old building. Together, with the artist, we developed a number of solutions before we arrived at the right way to secure the large metal sculptures on the 100-year old brick façade. This was a huge and successful undertaking.

WHAT COULDN’T YOU HAVE IMAGINED WHEN YOU BEGAN AT BAA THAT EXISTS NOW?I never would have foreseen Fenway High School leaving the building before BAA. The building was considered a temporary space when the school opened. For me, there was a remarkable change when Fenway High School left the building a few years ago. Before, I was servicing the needs of both schools, two administrations. In the earliest years we even had a third school in the building, Hyde Park High School, which stayed while their school in Dorchester was being renovated. With just one school, our work was simplified and became more streamlined.

ANY SPECIFIC TURNING POINTS THAT YOU HAVE EXPERI-ENCED AT THE SCHOOL?My plan was to come to the school and stay for maybe five years. I had been at another school for 13 years before coming to BAA. Then I was going to head to a more “organized” school, which wasn’t in transition. But I got pulled in to BAA—in a nice way. I began to see myself staying at the school. I developed relationships and I was appreciated here. I even got a few awards. I really have felt valued here, which is why I have stayed.

WHAT DO YOU SEE FOR BAA’S FUTURE?I have a lot of pride in my school and in our accomplishments over 20 years. We have done amazing things over the years. But, the new building is going to be one of the greatest achievements of Boston Public Schools. It’s rewarding to look at where we are now.

Henry “Buddy” Paull, 1998


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The Boston Arts Academy Foundation is an independent, 501c3 nonprofit organization that raises essential funds for Boston Arts Academy. BAA is a pilot school, and when the school was founded 20 years ago, the city agreed to fund the academic part of the school. The Foundation bridges the gap by raising funds for an arts education, Health and Wellness, College preparation and retention, and special academic programs such as our STEAM lab.

Thanks to the generosity of individual, foundation, and corporate donors, BAA students have the opportunity to receive a high-quality arts-based education.

DONOR PROFILE | Sandra GordonBAA supporter since 1998There is not one supporter in the history of the Boston Arts Academy (BAA) whose name is more synonymous with the school than Sandra (Sandy) Gordon. Sandy has been here from the beginning. Her vision for the school and willingness to take on important leadership roles have helped others to see the value of a BAA education. Headmaster Anne Clark attests to the essential role Sandy has played in the develop-ment of BAA. Anne states, “There is no greater champion of Boston Arts Academy than Sandy Gordon. We call her our guardian angel. She has been a fierce advocate for the school for 20 years, from the initial opening to the planning of our new facility. We wouldn’t be the school we are today without Sandy!”

In the earliest years of the school, Sandy was Chair of the BAA Founda-tion, and took a critical role in ensuring that the school had the financial resources and capacity to achieve its dual focus on arts and academics. Since that time Sandy has been a member of the BAA Board of Trustees, and is now a lifetime trustee. In 2000, with her husband Philip, Sandy created the Sandra & Philip Gordon Gallery, which exhibits student work alongside artists from around the globe. On behalf of our students, families, faculty, and staff, we salute Sandy for her role in making BAA the excellent school that it is today.

2017 APOLLO DINNER CABARET On May 23, 2017, over 350 Boston Arts Academy supporters came together at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston to celebrate our achieve-ments—an increase of almost 50% over the prior year. We were delighted to honor Diane Guerrero, BAA Class of ’04, with the 2017 Apollo Award.

Chaired by Lee Pelton with Eve Rounds as Honorary Chair, the evening featured outstanding performances from students and compelling words from leadership, students, and our honoree. Together as a com-munity dedicated to Boston’s next generation of urban artists, we raised $578,380 in support of Boston Arts Academy.

Top: Student performers at our Apollo Dinner Cabaret. Bottom: Trustees Chair M. Lee Pelton, Honoree Diane Guerrero, and Headmaster Anne Clark

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The BAA Center for Arts in Education, established in 2003, actively works to strengthen public education, believing that all students should have access to the transformative power of the arts in learning. As a pilot school, BAA was created to be a model of educational innovation and serve as a research and development site for effective urban public schools. In light of this, the Center was created as the dissemination, outreach, and advocacy arm of the school. The Center delivers programs that highlight innovative practices that make BAA a proven leader in both arts and urban education.

SCHOOL VISITS Educators from around the world visited BAA to gain insight into our best practices in arts and urban education. The Center hosted 316 visitors this year, a 10% increase over the prior school year, involving 35 national and in-ternational visits. Educators came from all regions of the U.S., China, France, and the Netherlands. Our 30 BAA Student Ambassadors facilitated school tours throughout the year.

TEACHER WORKSHOPSThe Center hosted the 2016 Summit Series: Foundations in Culture, which offered sequential workshops on Building Healthy School Culture, led by BAA’s Dean of Students Edgar Vasquez. Based on strategies that have been developed at BAA, the workshop assisted participants in developing norms and practices to address the needs of their school communities, using Circle Practice and Restorative Justice methodologies.

SUMMER AT BAAThree summer programs were offered this year, including a two-week Summer Dance program, a two-week Film program, and a one-week STEAM Lab program, serving 57 youth ages 12-18, including more than a dozen returning students.


ARTISTS$100,000 and aboveAnonymousRichard Grubman and

Caroline MortimerTerry and Eva Herndon

SCHOLARS$50,000 to 99,999Lang Lang International

Music FoundationMabel Louise Riley FoundationRowland Foundation

CITIZENS$25,000 to 49,999AnonymousThe Martin FundDeborah Munroe Noonan

Memorial Fund, Bank of America, N.A., Trustee

The Janey FundEve and Jon RoundsRichard Rudman and

Karen Greenberg, M.D.Susan and Bob SchechterJames D. Supple and

Mary McDonaldThe Boston FoundationThe Clowes Fund

HEADMASTERS$10,000 to 24,999Anonymous (5)The Ashurst FoundationBerklee College of MusicBoston Schools FundStephanie L. BrownRonald G. CastyCogan Family FoundationConstellation, an Exelon CompanyDavid and Helen DrinanBPS Arts Expansion Fund

at EdVestorsEmerson College

Esther B. Kahn Charitable Foundation

Goodwin LLPSandra GordonKen and Marcia LeiblerMary and Bob LentzBerklee College of MusicLinde Family FoundationJack and Elizabeth MeyerKelly and Charles NowlinFaith and Glenn ParkerLiz and Bob PozenQatar Foundation InternationalRalph Bradley PrizesRed Sox FoundationSamuels & AssociatesWilliam SchawbelWilliam E. Schrafft &

Bertha E. Schrafft Charitable TrustKathy and Gary SharplessMaura TierneyTrans National Properties

DEANS$5,000 to 9,999Anonymous (3)Pamela AllaraAndersen TaxKevin and Julie CallaghanThe Cathedral FundMaria CirinoCharles and Virginia ClarkBarry CohenEastern BankEaton Vance ManagementLinda and Michael FriezeGraham and Ann GundHarris Family Charitable Gift FundHATCH Marketing LLCPaul and Tina HendersonBuilding OniCapital LLCSusan KirkVihann and Julie KongJames ManziMassachusetts Cultural Council

Massachusetts General HospitalMassArt FoundationSteven and Cynthia MeyersThe Alchemy FoundationLinda Nathan and Steve CohenBeth NeustadtNew England ConservatoryLee PeltonSantander BankWilliam J. SchnoorSkanska USA Commercial

Development IncEllen Slaby and Bruce RichardsonSubaru of New EnglandLisa and Andrew SussmanTiny Tiger FoundationLisa Tung and Spencer GlendonKatie and Tiffany UmileMarillyn Zacharis

TEACHERS$2,500 to 4,999Anonymous (2)Paula and Peter Bentinck-SmithBoston Benefit PartnersCharles River Realty Investors Jonathan and Margot DavisDeloitte & Touche LLPMark FlahertyHenry GoodrowEmily G. KahnJoAnn McGrathNew England Dairy and Food CouncilNorthStart Asset ManagementPerkins EastmanSusan SimonDora and Arthur UllianJerry Wheelock and Elizabeth WoodWilson Butler Architects

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On behalf of the students, faculty, and staff of Boston Arts Academy, the BAA Foundation gratefully acknowledges the following individuals and organizations that contributed to Boston Arts Academy between July 1, 2016 and June 30, 2017. Please contact us at [email protected] or 617-594-7956 with any questions.

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Audit of Boston Arts Academy Foundation FY’17 revenue and expenses was performed by Burke & Associates.

Support & Revenue$5,923,640

45% Individual Support

27% Foundation Support

9% Corporate Support10% Investments Gain8% Program Fees1% Other

64% Public Funds $3,802,351

36% External Fundraising $2,121,289

Includes Boston Public School allocations, Title 1, Federal Perkins Grant, and Massachusetts DESE Expanded Learning Time (ELT) Grant* funding.*ELT Grant is applied for and managed by the BAA Foundation.

82% Salaries

10% Program Expenses

8% Fundraising Expenses

Expenses $5,944,195

Boston Arts Academy Trustee J. Curtis Warner, Jr. and Anna Foster.

Nila Gray, Kelly Nowlin, and Anne Schneider.

Boston Arts Academy Foundation Directors Richard Rudman, Jennifer Harrington, and Kathy Sharpless.

Wanda McClain and Boston Arts Academy Advisory Council Co-Chair Tony James.

Boston Arts Academy FY’17 Financial Summary


ADVOCATES$1,000 to 2,499AnonymousAnne & Paul Marcus Family

FoundationGordon BemisGary BlankBoston Architectural CollegeBoston Theater Critics

AssociationKathleen Rose BrowneKatie and Paul ButtenwieserKay CalvertAnn Carter and

Philip JamesonLaura and Michael CashelEugenia ChanThe Charlotte FoundationTasneem ChiptyCitizens BankAnne R. Clark and

Christopher MonksCommonwealth CaresSteve Corkin and

Dan MaddalenaScott CoutoDavid Eppstein and

Deborah FosterIris and Robert FangerFenway Enterprises LLCGrace and Ted FeyFiduciary Trust CompanyJames FiegerMaura Fitzgerald and

Allen CarneyThe Frank M. Barnard

Foundation, Inc.Carol FrisciaHenrietta GatesCarol and Avram GoldbergRamiro G. GonzalezCorinne GrousbeckTony James and

Wanda McClainGeorgia and Bruce JohnsonKaren Kames and

Christopher GaffneyDavid P. KelleherSara Lawrence-LightfootMax Leiserson and

Robin SocolDoris Lowy and Paul ZigmanRichard A. MacMillanMcCall & Almy, Inc.Christopher McKown and

Abigail JohnsonMicrosoft Matching Gift

ProgramCarmen MonksJohn P. Monks

Neighborhood Health PlanDavid and Kimberly NelsonMaryanne and Chris NewellMargaret NibbiRonald NordinMarie PalandjianSteven PatrickPTCSue and Bernie PuckerJoe RaffaelePeter and Suzanne ReadPamela and Peter ReeveMagnus and Maria RenéDavid and Sybil RichardsonGerard RiveronSchool of the Museum of Fine

Arts at TuftsMarie and Mark SchwartzWendy Shattuck and

Samuel PlimptonScott SipplePat and David SquireSt Boniface Haiti FoundationDan and Leslie SullivanRick Tagliaferri and

Jill MackaveyDorothy TerrellChiara TrabucchiKenneth TutunjianDianne C. WaltersJ. Curtis Warner, Jr.Caroline and Mark WeldWilliam and Lia G. Poorvu

Family FoundationLynne B. WilsonLissa WinstanleyYuanbo Education Group

FRIENDS$500 to 999AnonymousAbrams Artist AgencyChristine AltieriCourtney and Josh ApgarDavid Arnold and Ann MortizChristopher and Jennifer

AvilesLynn BabingtonDonald Nelson and

Neal BalkowitschNancy BauerElizabeth BolandJennifer K. BrownJoan E. ChristelMeghan MahoneyD & R General ContractingJessica Henderson DanielCeleste DayRichard DaynardMary Eich

Cindy ElmekiasJane FeigensonDeborah and Ron FeinsteinJudith and John FeltonNancy FitzsimmonsBill and Joyce FletcherRosalind E. Gorin and

Matthew Budd, M.D.Nila GrayCarlos GutierrezJohn HaggardKathryn and Richard

HassingerElizabeth HurleyWesley KargerKathy KlinglerLynne KortenhausLee KrasnerAnn LagasseAnne and James LaPlanteFred Levin and

Nancy LivingstonKaren LieffPaul MalnatiPatrick McGearyDiedre NectowKathleen NortonMarjorie O’MalleyIsabel Phillips and

Peter RamseyAspen QuallesAudrey RenyTalia and Danny RiveraDr. Michael and Patricia

RosenblattAnne and Neil SchneiderMark Files SchwallerGilda SlifkaGinni and David SpencerDeborah TarantinoBen and Kate Taylor Carmen TorresRosemary and Richard UmileBeth WarrenEmilie WellesScott and Celeste Wilson

SUPPORTERSUp to $499Anonymous (3)Jonathan Abbott and

Shari MalynAidan AckermanDebi and Ashley AdamsTina AdolfssonMarcia AllenLaurie Alpert and Barry WeissRobert AltshulerAmazonSmile FoundationEileen Amy

Arlene AshRemy Austin-TuckerNicole BahnamDarrin BallKrystal BanfieldJacinda BarbehennJeri BayerMarie BeamDennis and Meryl

BeckinghamBed Rock Productions LLCMaggie and Peter BegleyRobert BellEleanor BemisSandrine BenevidesLee and Susan BerkLinda C. BlackPatricia BonsignoreDolores BoogdanianChristian BorgsAngelica Breece-SullivanPhyllis BretholtzDiane BrickleyAlice BruceBonnie BruggerRenée Marie BurnsChristopher ButtimerCarol and Angelo CappuccioElaine CaprioClaire CarswellEmily CatalfamoCatherine Tan ChanFernadina ChanSonia Chang-DiazChildren’s Hospital BostonChill on Park LLCLibby Lai-Bun ChiuRachana ChoubeyAllison ChowSteven ChristensenMelissa ChuCity Feed and SupplyMatt ClauhsAnne CodyJonathan CohnKenneth and Virginia ColburnJackie ConnallyMarcelina CorreiaLouis CorsiniKen CostaMimi CurranIo CyrusAndrea d’Amato and

Michael SchofieldPierre d’HemecourtAnna L. and Peter B. DavolSandra DeBowJoseph DeitchKatherine DeMarcoRichard and Hang Demers

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SUPPORTERS, cont .Brian DohertyKathleen DonahueMichael H. Douvadjian and

Lynne BrainerdJoe DrownDuke Corporate EducationNicole Dumas-LittleGenevieve DusingSusan EliotTodd EstabrookMaribeth FargnoliBernard FeldsteinJohn FernandesFidelity Foundation Matching

Gifts to Education ProgramBill FineMichael FlahertyDeborah FlaschenNewell FlatherAnna FosterFranklin H. Moore and

Nancy S. Moore FoundationFreedom Trail Realty SchoolBeth and Grant FreelandKim Friedman and

Tom ReddenNicole Fyvie and

Karin GemeinhardtHoward Gardner and

Ellen WinnerDozier and Sandy GardnerSophia and Quincy GardnerBink and Weezie GarrisonBarbara GibsonKate GilbertChristine GilmanDudley GoarJeffrey GoldbergIsabel GrunerAmanda HahnBeverly HallidayHamill Gallery of African ArtBobbi HamillDona HamiltonMaria HanssonChris HarrisElin HarrisNeil and Lona HarrisBarry HazardTom HehirSusan HeidemanAbbe HershbergHighfields Capital

ManagementRebecca Hildebrand and

Aaron ShaferSarah HindleAlbert and Socorro HollandRussell Holmes

Gerlinde Hossain-EndlMichelle HoughtonDavid HowseEmi IwataniMary Anne JankeLisa and Steve JenksAlden JonesCarleton JonesWayne JonesSarah L. KaplanFarida KathawalaBernice KatzAlicia KerstenAndrew KesslerKatharine Kilbourn and

Scott ShearSue KimShannon KnightTracie KonopinskiKPMGDonna KyedBarbara LamotheMargaret LarkinRon and Gillian LarsonRichard and Linda LawlerTheresa LawyerLinda LeahyPamela LeinsMark LeisersonDebrajane LentzSharan LeventhalAllison LevyMichele LevyRuth LewisBetty LiouMatthew LiPuma and

Cathy MoylanDennis LivingstonKatherine and Richard LoweHarriet Lundberg and J

udith McLernonMarlene LynchDennis and Joelle MaguireClaire MallardiRon MallisChristobal MarquezBarbara MartinGail MazurPeter McCafferyTimothy P. McCarthyMichael McCulloughShunda McGaheeJames McGaughTanya McMahonNora McMillanJames McQueenShellee MendesAnnette MillerMichael MirabellaMaureen Monks

Richard MonksThomas MonksShannon MontanezSandra MooseEllen MootShirley MorelliFrannie MoyerMatthew MrachekPatrick Mulvey-WelshJinx NolanTony OlivaLola OmolodunRichard OrtnerRonald A. Pagnini, Jr.Cosmo and Jane PapaEugene PapaGeorge and Melissa

PapayannisMyran Parker-BrassJoan ParkerBill and Margot ParsonsEllen and Thomas PayzantMiriam PembertonWilliam Perkins and Mary

BattenfeldLois PettiMaureen Phillips and

Douglas HorstSusanna Place and Scott StollAlicia PowellLisa RaffertyBarbara RasselGreta RasselJames and Marchelle RaynorJanet ReckmanArnold Reisman and

Paula LyonsDuncan and Sarah

Remage-HealeyElizabeth Remage-HealeyJean ReynoldsChris RifkinPatrizia RinkoDavid RoaneIlyse RobbinsKay George RobertsAnn RoseberyJames RowanBradley Russell and

Jayme IernaTara SandlerJoseph SantosMarilyn Wise and

Ted SchirmacherJodi SchmidtGerd SchmietaHelen SchultzElizabeth ShadeFreema ShapiroSarah-Ann Shaw

Mara SidmoreBarbara SiftarMark SilisJana SilsbyJill SilversteinPatrick SingletonKay and Bill SloanDenise SnyderKaren SolomonJonathan SquireEmilie D. SteeleChristine StewartGail and David StrykerStudio TKM Associates, IncKatherine SullivanCarlena SuttlesJonas SvedlundMagnolis TejedaGuy Telemaque and

Vivian PoeyMark CiommoThe Strategy GroupAndrea ThomasStephen ThomasDiana TigheMaura TigheFrederic TorzsJanetis VassiliadesVocal RevolutionEllen Weiner and

Michael PeckDavid Weinstein and

Laura FonerLaura Weisberg and

David WongBenjamin WellsSusan Werbe and John BatesNan TullValene WhittakerMatthew WilsonNeal WinnegSusan WinningKatherine WinterMaureen WolffSidney and Deanna WolkPamela Woodley AlexanderChristopher WrightMilton WrightRobin WrightJennifer J. YancoJoEllen and John YannisYMCA of Greater BostonCathy YoungBenjamin ZanderVirginia and Mark Zanger


ADMINISTRATION Anne R. Clark, Headmaster Denella J. Clark, Boston Arts Academy Foundation Executive Director Kathleen Marsh, Artistic Dean • Joy Bautista, Academic Dean • Edgar Vasquez, Dean of Students Charmain Jackman, Dean of Health & Wellness

BOSTON ARTS ACADEMY FOUNDATION BOARD OF DIRECTORS Eve S. Rounds, Chair James D. Supple, Vice Chair • Katie Umile, Treasurer • Richard Rudman, Secretary Peter S. Amenta, M.D. • Michael L. Bivins • Denella J. Clark, (Ex Officio) • Ashley Webb Colleary • Jennifer Harrington Shellee Mendes • Steven D. Meyers • Talia Rivera • Susan Schechter • Kathy Sharpless • Lisa K. Sussman, Ph.D.

BOSTON ARTS ACADEMY BOARD OF TRUSTEES M. Lee Pelton, Chair David Nelson, Vice Chair • James D. Supple, 2nd Vice Chair • Dara Bayer • Trayce Booth • Tynika Booth, Board Clerk (Ex Officio) Ann Carter • Robert Chambers • Anne R. Clark (Ex Officio) • Sam Dreyfus • David Eppstein • Chris Flaherty • Sandra Gordon Jennifer Hayes • Mary Lentz • Tyler Luong • Linda F. Nathan • Mary Regan • Eve S. Rounds Richard Rudman, Legal Counsel (Ex Officio) • Kathy Sharpless • Katherine Sloan • Tonya Tedesco • Maura Tighe • Katie Umile Vivian Ward • J. Curtis Warner, Jr.

ADVISORY COUNCIL FRIENDS OF BOSTON ARTS ACADEMY (FOBAA) Pamela Allara, Co-Chair • Tony James, Co-Chair Vihann Kong, Chair

BOSTON ARTS ACADEMY FAMILY COUNCIL Ebony Morrison, Co-Chair • Tonya Tedesco, Co-Chair

PROARTS CONSORTIUM Berklee College of Music • Boston Architectural College • The Boston Conservatory at Berklee • Emerson College Massachusetts College of Art and Design • New England Conservatory • School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

CITY OF BOSTON BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS Martin J. Walsh, Mayor Tommy Chang, Superintendent

BOSTON SCHOOL COMMITTEE Michael O’Neill, Chair Dr. Hardin Coleman, Vice-Chair • Michael Loconto • Alexandra Oliver-Davila • Jeri Robinson • Regina Robinson • Dr. Miren Uriarte

CONTENT Meredith Eppel Jylkka

DESIGN AND LAYOUT David Dines

PHOTOGRAPHY Mónika Aldarondo • Craig Bailey • Barbara Banks • Michael Blanchard • Phyllis Bretholtz • Katherine Castro Carlos Gutierrez • Jen Kozin • Camilo Restrepo • David L. Ryan • Ella Snyder (2017) • Robert Torres • Liza Voll

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