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The student news site of Grand Center Arts Academy, St. Louis, MO

GCAAtoday

The student news site of Grand Center Arts Academy, St. Louis, MO

GCAAtoday

Visual art department hosts annual show, fundraiser

Visual art department hosts annual show, fundraiser

Kathleen Boesch, Staff Writer April 13, 2017
The annual visual art show of 2017 will be in the school’s main lobby and in various places in the Sun Theater on Thursday, April 20 from 6 to 8 pm. Admission is $2 for guests and free for students with ID.

Green Machine

April 10, 2017

“Kaleidoscope” Cabaret offers students an outlet for unity and diversity

Keeley Burke, Expression Editor-in-Chief March 31, 2017

Cabaret is this Friday, March 31st for middle school, and Saturday, April 1st, for high school. Both take place at 7:00pm at the Franklin Room. Cabaret stands as the biggest fundraiser for the choir department....

In a May 13, 2016 photo, Keeley Burke, 2017 Expression Editor-in-Chief (right) and Emma Iffrig, former Expression Editor-in-Chief (left), smile as they open the first box of newly delivered yearbooks. The 2016 Expression yearbook earned a first class rating from the National Scholastic Press Association.

2016 Expression yearbook wins First Class rating in national competition

Tessa Wild, Staff Writer March 28, 2017

The 2016 Expression yearbook, the third yearbook volume produced, received a score of 415 out of a possible 500 points in the Scholastic Competition, from the National Scholastic Press Association, earning...

Christine Nobbe (fourth from left) stands with recipients of the Challenger Space Centers Inspiring Teacher Award. This award is given to teachers who encourage their students to go into STEM fields.

Christine Nobbe receives Inspiring Teacher Award, encourages STEM involvement

Caroline Knapp, Staff Writer March 6, 2017
In 1986, the Challenger Space Shuttle launched in Florida with a crew of seven on board, including Christa McAuliffe who was supposed to have been the first teacher in space.
Back (left to right): Aireyona Stewart, Afiya Faatuona, Macy Machetta, Lexie Mitev, Lilli Brremerkamp, Kit Daugherty, Jacque Berra. Students pose for a photo during the rummage sale held in the south cafeteria.

Middle school STUCO holds rummage sale, funds 8th grade award ceremony

Natalie O'Dell, Staff Writer March 5, 2017

Middle school STUCO held a rummage sale to fundraise for an eighth grade awards ceremony as well as a spring dance on January 28th, organized with the help of advisors, Michele Oyola, communication arts...

View from the fourth floor of Arts Academy Plaza construction site. The Plaza is scheduled to be completed by Spring of 2017.

New park renovation offers outlet for recreation, expression

Elyse Luecke, Web Editor-in-Chief February 28, 2017

Grand Center is known to be the “intersection of Art and Life”, consisting of the Fox Theater, Kranzberg Arts Center, various ethnic restaurants, Powell Symphony Hall, and Grand Center Arts Academy...

Legacy Keepers

Tessa Wild, Staff Writer February 10, 2017

Sixteen poems written by freshmen students hang on the fourth floor. Each poem is used to express to readers what it mean to be an American.

Freshmen express what it means to be an American through poetry, “We, Too, Sing America”

Tessa Wild, Staff Writer February 9, 2017

Since the beginning of the semester, freshman have been working on a poetry unit called ‘Rhythm and Resistance’ with Amber Murphy, 9th Grade English teacher and Anna Sobotka, high school ELA teacher....

Students see different side of staff members through ‘Laramie Project’ roles

Elyse Luecke, Web Editor-in-Chief December 1, 2016

The Laramie project is based on a true story in Laramie, Wyoming where a group of artists and reporters from New York travel to Laramie to document the death of Matthew Shepard. The play portrays a word...

Close up of the third floor water fountain. Results show  that these fountains are lead free.

Tests find school water lead-free

Lyndsay McGrath, Staff Writer November 7, 2016

 School officials have tested the water in the building on Thursday, September 15th, and Friday, the 16th, at 3:00 AM. The results were expected within three to four weeks, but because of a high volume...

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