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VAC merch!
Let¡¯s face it: you could donate money to the Visual Arts Center quietly¡­ Or you could do it while wearing a tote bag that screams ¡°I support local art and have impeccable taste.¡± Every purchase from our merch shop helps keep the VAC alive ¡ª funding classes, supplies and weird but beautiful things made with hot glue and too much glitter (ok, maybe not the last one). So go ahead. Wrap yourself in creativity. Cover your body in purpose. Buy VAC merch. Save the arts. Look amazing doing it. https://www.bonfire.com/store/patrons-of-the-arts-community--einstein/
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Help still needed for the VAC Art Show!
Greetings generous parents! Many thanks to those of you who have already volunteered! However, we still need some help next week to make this show a success! Take a look and see where you might be able to help out! https://www.signupgenius.com/go/409044BA9AC2AA57-56071721-vacart#/ Thank you so much! Erica and Lauren
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VAC 50th Anniversary Celebration May 16, 2025
Just a reminder that VAC turns 50 this year, and we're celebrating on May 16, 2025! Come join us!
Started by Erica Spotts @
VAC Parent help needed for Art Show!
Greetings generous parents! Thank you to all those who have signed up to provide goods and volunteer at the art show. We are in desperate need of volunteers to run the concessions stands for both nights and provide food at the food tables. Please look over this sign up and volunteer where you can: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/409044BA9AC2AA57-56071721-vacart#/ Thank you so much! Erica and Lauren
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Request for VAC Donations
Hello illustrious parents! Our fabulous VAC teachers want to create a cloth backdrop with our logo for the art show and for future events. It will make a great photo backdrop! This will cost $769 and we need help funding this endeavor. Please make donations to one of our VAC liaisons Lauren Pacuit¡¯s Venmo: @Lauren-JayPacuit (last digits of phone number 5479) Thank you for all your help! Lauren and Erica
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[UMDParents] Fwd: Please share! Limited Time Scholarship for Terp Young Scholars class Women, Art, and Culture
Sharing in case anyone is interested in this summer course at the University of Maryland. Scholarship available! ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Briana Barner <bbarner1@...> Date: Thu, Apr 24, 2025 at 4:25 PM Subject: [UMDParents] Fwd: Please share! Limited Time Scholarship for Terp Young Scholars class Women, Art, and Culture To: commptk <commptk@...>, commten <commten@...>, commstaff <commstaff@...>, UMDParents <umdparents@...> Dr. Briana Barner (she/her/hers)| University of Maryland, College Park Assistant Professor, Department of Communication Douglass Center Public Engagement Fellow 2024-2025 Faculty Affiliate: Black Communication and Technology Lab| Department of African American and Africana Studies| Harriet Tubman Department of Women, Gender and Sexuality Studies| Department of American Studies Schedule a meeting with me here Check out the Black Pod Class podcast, the student-run Black Podcasts course podcast Remember to un-hunch your shoulders, relax your tongue from the roof of your mouth, blink and breathe.* (*Thank you to Nikesha Williams for this sentence!) Managing Email Expectations: I, like most of you, receive a volume of email that is beyond my capacity to manage. My goal is to prioritize responding to emails that require my specific, unique, and time sensitive insight within 24-48 hours. I welcome your gentle reminders when your email meets these criteria and I've missed a 72 hour response window. I also appreciate your patience when my responses to less urgent emails take a bit longer. ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Gwen Warman <gwarman@...> Date: Thu, Apr 24, 2025 at 11:33 AM Subject: Please share! Limited Time Scholarship for Terp Young Scholars class Women, Art, and Culture To: <wgss-aff@...>, WGSS-Faculty <wgss-fac@...>, Jessica Lloyd Krenek <jkrenek@...>, Audran M. Downing <audran@...> Cc: Kelly E Blake <kellyb@...>, Kristopher Andrew Oliveira <kao@...>, Marshal F. Washington <lahsram9@...>, Dana Marie Persaud <dpersaud@...>, Robert Alan Burgard <[email protected]>, Shantala L Thompson <shantala@...>, Jennifer Smith <smithjl@...>, Robert Edward Crane <rcrane@...>, Betsy Yuen <myuen@...>, John C. Pfeifer <pfeifer@...> Hello! This is a special announcement about the UMD Terp Young Scholars (TYS) program and the course WGSS 250 Women, Art, and Culture that is being taught this summer! We have a new scholarship for $200 and a waiver of the TYS application fee that is only open until May 1st and is only for this class! Email wgss@... for the scholarship application code today! Please share this limited time offer with the high schoolers, 2025 graduates, and anyone else you think might be interested! Terp Young Scholars offers high school students (rising grade 10 to 2025 graduates) the opportunity to challenge their academic curiosity, connect with UMD departments, and earn credits useable at UMD or as transfer credits at other institutions. WGSS 250 Women, Art, and Culture How has art activism helped us understand and challenge systems of inequality? Get ready to think deeply, engage passionately, and participate in artistic production as we examine how artists have responded to the pressing social justice issues of their eras in this course which explores visual art, music, literature, and digital art. This course fulfills the Humanities (DSHU) and Understanding Plural Societies (DVUP) General Education requirements at UMD. Course runs July 14 - August 1, 2025 Email wgss@... by May 1st for the scholarship code to apply for $200 and a application fee waiver! To learn more and register go.umd.edu/WgssTYS2025 Please note! Dependents of eligible UMD employees can use tuition remission for the Terp Young Scholars program. Please reach out to wgss@... if you have any questions! Best regards, Gwen Gwen Warman, Pronouns She/They Academic Program Manager Harriet Tubman Department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies To schedule an advising or informational appointment please visit my Google calendar page. Visit our website, wgss.umd.edu, for more information on our programs and
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Sign up to help out with the VAC Art Show!
Hello VAC Families! THe VAC Art Show is right around the corner: May 15-16! To make this event a success, we could really use the help of time and/or food. Take a look at the link below to sign up. Let Lauren (laurenjay@...) or Erica (erica.spotts@...) know if you have any questions. Thanks in advance for helping out and supporting our VAC kids! https://www.signupgenius.com/go/409044BA9AC2AA57-56071721-vacart#/
Started by Erica Spotts @
Email correction! VAC Art show---sign up to help out!
Just a quick email correction: Lauren: laurenjay@... Erica: erica.spotts@...
Started by Erica Spotts @
VAC Art show---sign up to help out!
Hello VAC Families! THe VAC Art Show is coming up May 15-16. Below is a link to the sign up to help out with time, food, and/or contributions. Let Lauren (laurenjan@...) or Erica (erica.spotts@...) know if you have any questions. Thanks in advance for helping out and supporting our VAC kids! https://www.signupgenius.com/go/409044BA9AC2AA57-56071721-vacart#/
Started by Erica Spotts @
Would you like to be the next VAC Liaison(s)?
Hello, VAC parents, especially parents of 9th and 10th graders! Lauren Pacuit and I (Erica Spotts) are the current VAC Liaisons and are planning on doing it through next year when our kids are seniors. But we¡¯d love to start passing on our knowledge to the next parent(s) who will take our place. It¡¯s a great way to get involved with AEHS and VAC and it¡¯s a pretty minimal lift. Here¡¯s what we do: -A social/fundraiser for parents in the fall and spring -Organize the concessions for the annual VAC art show -Serve as a liaison to PACE (Patrons of the Arts Community at Einstein) -Other small things that help out VAC teachers Reach out to Lauren (LaurenJay@...) or me (Erica.spotts@...) if you have questions and/or are interested!
Started by Erica Spotts @
VAC has merch!
Hello, VAC families! We now have merch so you can show off this great program! Proceeds go to VAC, of course. https://www.bonfire.com/store/patrons-of-the-arts-community--einstein/?utm_source=copy_link&utm_medium=store_page_published_share&utm_campaign=patrons-of-the-arts-community--einstein&utm_content=default
Started by Erica Spotts @
Don't forget the raffle! VAC Parent Social October 22
Don't forget to purchase raffle tickets! You don't have to be in attendance to win, and all the funds go directly to your students! See the attached flier to purchase.
Started by Erica Spotts @
Hope to see you tonight! VAC Parent Social October 22
Good morning, VAC parents and guardians! It's going to be a beautiful evening for the VAC Social tonight at Karlee's! Hope to see you there! Erica and Lauren
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Reminder : VAC Parent Social October 22
Hello, VAC parents and guardians! We wanted to remind you about the VAC Social next week, October 22. Please see the attached flyer for more details about this great event where you can meet each other and help raise money for our VAC students! Erica and Lauren
Started by Erica Spotts @
VAC Parent Social October 22
Hello, VAC parents and guardians! Please see the attached flyer for information on an upcoming event where you can meet each other and help raise money for our VAC students! Erica and Lauren
Started by Erica Spotts @
VAC Supplies Needed 3
Hi, VAC Parents! Below is a VAC wishlist. These items go above and beyond what can be purchased with the lab fee, and will help your students reach new artistic heights! Check out my list on Amazon
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VAC Student Breakfast: Sept. 5 - 7:00am-7:40am
Happy new school year! There is a VAC Student Breakfast (for students only) on Thursday, Sept. 5 at 7:00 a.m. for those who can be dropped of a bit early. Students will hear about it in VAC class.
Started by Kim Hodges @
Carpool from Olney, anyone? 2
Hi everyone! I am a new VAC parent and we live in Brookeville, MD. Is anyone interested in setting up a carpool for drop-offs and/or pickups between Olney and AEHS. MCPS doesn¡¯t offer any magnet bus routes to VAC. Thanks!
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Listserv Moderator needed, not a tough job, I promise! 4
Hey VAC fam, Sorry you are being inundated with emails! We need two people to sign up to help moderate the Listserv. I am not a techy by any means, so if I can do it, so can you! All the moderator really has to do is approve members. Our Listserv does not get a lot of traffic so it is not a demanding role at all! Will you help us out? Eva and I are outta here in 22 days so we need someone to step up! Best, Lainey Sidlowski
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Supplies for 9th Graders
Hi all! Does anyone know where I can find the list of school supplies needed for incoming freshmen? Thanks!
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