TeSA Families, April is a busy month with lots of fun activities. Be sure to check out the information in this newsletter about Cowtown and Field Day. Also, we are working hard to keep kids reading and raise critical funds for our school with our spring Scholastic Book Fair. We are so excited to be...Read More

Greetings FWAFA Family, Just wanted to give a big shout-out to everyone who made the Kids Take Over the School event a huge success last Friday! It was so much fun to see all of the “mini-me” people hard at work. Because of the tremendous support of this event, all of our middle school and...Read More

Tomorrow, Tuesday, April 6th is the 4th Grade Writing STAAR. Our 4th grade At-Home and In-School students will be testing at TeSA. All other grade-levels will continue instruction as normal. While it will be a typical day for most of our In-School students, we will have a few changes to help provide a successful testing...Read More

Hope everyone had a great long weekend! I can’t even believe it, but Monday begins the first week of the last six weeks of school. We only have 38 days left of the 2020-2021 school year. Of those 38 days, 2 days are half days, 19 are test days, and 4 are “asynchronous learning” days....Read More

It’s a busy week here at FWAFA with lots of performances and art to enjoy! The National Art Honor Society Show went up last week. Don’t miss the video that students made highlighting the exhibition. The Happiest Pets on Earth, a musical written and directed by our very own fabulous elementary theatre teacher, Rebecca Magnus...Read More

We are getting closer to our spring performances! All of our performances will launch virtually in May. We will send out more information on how to access these shows as we get closer. For now, save these premiere dates: May 7th – TeSA Presents (At-Home Students & All Art) May 14th – Welcome to the Jungle (In-School K-1st Students)...Read More

March madness is a little different at a fine arts school. Instead of a basketball focus, we’re focused on rigorous classroom instruction, testing and reviewing data, and jumping into all of our spring productions! In-School and At-Home Learners will start to see a shift in their Fine Arts curriculum from process to product. Our teachers...Read More

I am so excited to announce that the month of March is Theatre in Our School month. Jackson Layton, FWAFA Thespian President, and Secretary Maya Michalski recently requested a proclamation from Mayor Betsy Price to name March as Theatre in Our Schools (TIOS) Month, a program promoted by the Educational Theatre Association. A current Texas...Read More

I hope this finds all of you safe and without too many damages from the extreme weather last week. If your family is still experiencing power outages or lack of water, or is struggling in any other way, please reach out to me or our School Counselor, Ms. Kiera Wallace. We want to make sure...Read More

Greetings FWAFA Family, I just want to say thank you to all of our students and families for your patience and flexibility last week as we navigated the winter weather; and subsequently, the moving around of events that we had scheduled. Please take note that Student Council’s Mardi Gras Madness Mixer that was scheduled for...Read More