Central Visual & Performing Arts High School eBlast Newsletter Where Arts & Academics Share Center Stage February 19, 2015 Volume 3, Issue 11 Experience StL Community College Informaon Night Topics: admissions and tesng process, financial aid and A+ scholar- ships, how to earn college credit and career opons. February 24, 2015 STLCC @ Meramec 6-7 p.m. March 5, 2015 STLCC @ Florissant Valley 6-7 p.m. March 10 STLCC @ Forest Park 5:30 to 7 p.m. March 12, 2015 STLCC @ Wildwood 6-7:30 p.m. stlcc.edu/experience Eagle Activities: Visit www.centralvpa.com for additional CVPA news! As your contact information (email, phone number, address) changes, please contact the school and keep us updated! Counselors’ Corner: Eagle Shout-Outs: Student & Staff of the Month Congratulaons to freshman, Katrina Bridge and math teacher, Mr. Phipps for being voted this month’s Student & Staff of the Month! SCHOLARSHIP Opportunities: Missouri Gaming Association Scholarship - 3.1.15 Jackie Joyner-Kersee Scholarship Lindenwood - 3.2.15 Lindenwood Black Student Union - Black & White Ball - 3.2.15 Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc. Scholarship - 3.13.15 William Pablo Feraldo Memorial Scholarship - 3.15.15 Gamma Omega Chapter, Alpha Kappa Alpha - 3.28.15 Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Scholarship - 3.31.15 Zeta Sigma Chapter, Sigma Gamma Rho - 3.31.15 Eta Mu Sigma Chapter, Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority - 4.1.15 New Age Truth of Missouri Scholarship - 4.2.15 Abbott and Fenner Scholarship Program - 6.15.15 Congratulaons Briah Page Congratulaons to Briah Paige for being accepted in the 2015 Science and Mathemacs Academy Summer Program at Harris Stowe State University. The Associaon of the United States Army St. Louis Gateway Chapter - Scholarship Program Seniors who have: a parent who was OR is a member of any acve, guard or re- serve component of the U. S. Army a parent who currently works for a defense contractor or a de- fense agency Deadline is March 9, 2015 - www.gatewayausa.org Band Students Perform at MLK Parade CVPA drummers marched down Grand in a sign of community unity during MLK Parade. Poetry Out Loud Regional Compeon Shout out to sophomore, Os Woodard, who represented CVPA in the St. Louis Regional Compeon of Poetry Out Loud earlier this month. Os placed 4th in the compeon. He was cheered on by several members of his family, including his father, (pictured at right) who sadly passed away last week. Very proud of you, Os! Our thoughts and prayers with you and your family. 100 Black Men present - Black History Essay Contest High School Seniors - You could win a college scholarship: $1,500 1st place, $1,000 2nd place, $500 3rd place All winners will also receive a tablet Deadline for essays February 27, 2015 www.100blackmenstl.com People’s Community Acon Corporaon College Tour A college tour is the best way to really get a feel for a school and decide if it’s the right fit for you. Consider spending this spring break on a bus tour of many of the country’s top Historically Black Colleges and Universies: Morehouse University, Spelman University, Georgia State University, Clark Atlanta University, Tennessee State University, Fisk University, McHarry Medical College ** See your counselor for more informaon on this opportunity! Miss Diva St. Louis Pageant The Divine III Step Team and Mentoring Program Miss Diva St. Louis Pageant—April 17, 2015 @Jennings HS All ages welcome: registraon/interviews - March 4, 2015 Freshman Physics Students in the Lab Freshman science students are invesgang waves using a vibrang string. The vibrang string is perfect for invesgang waves because the waves are large enough to see easily. The students are then able to apply these concepts to how most musical instruments funcon! Ms. “Chaz” Holloman & Debbie Allen Dance Congrats to dance instructor, Ms. Holloman, who audioned and was accepted into The Debbie Allen Dance Academy Summer Intensive 2015 in Los Angeles. Ms. Holloman will train intensively with Debbie Allen for a month, culminang in a recital this summer. Black Rep Performs At CVPA In honor of Black History Month, actors from the Black Rep visited Central and performed their producon of “Anne and Emme,” a creave play that imagines the conversaon between teenagers, Anne Frank and Emme Till, both historical vicms of hate and prejudice. The Infinite Scholars Program Scholarship Fair February 28, 2015 at the J. C. Penney Building @ UMSL 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. Students are to register online at: www.infinitescholar.org Black History Month Performance In celebraon of Black History Month, CVPA is hosng a Performing Arts Night and Visual Art Show on Wednesday, March 4, 2015. From 5-7pm, visit the “Black Lives Maer” visual art installaon in the new art gallery. The performing arts show will take place in the theater at 7pm. Admission is $5.