Promotion of the AP Program at the Alabama School of Fine Arts

To:  Administration of the Alabama School of Fine Arts

Mr. John Northrop, Executive Director
Ms. Kristy Lundstrom, Director of Curriculum and Instruction
Ms. Pat Taylor, Director of Student Support
The Board of Trustees of the Alabama School of Fine Arts

We, alumni of the Alabama School of Fine Arts, strongly urge the administration of the Alabama School of Fine Arts to continue the tradition of a strong AP program for the current students of the Alabama School of Fine Arts.

We strongly believe that the AP program provides numerous benefits for students including (but not limited to):

(1) Provides an intellectual challenge for students
(2) Promotes reasoning and communication skills
(3) Enables deeper exploration of subject material
(4) Builds a stronger foundation for further studies at the undergraduate level

"The mission of the Alabama School of Fine Arts, a community of explorers, is to nurture impassioned students by guiding and inspiring them to discover and fulfill their individual creative abilities in an atmosphere distinguished by the fusion of fact and feeling, risk and reward, art and science, school and community." - Mission Statement

"ASFA strongly emphasizes performance and learning." - from the ASFA website (http://www.asfa.k12.al.us/index.cfm?event=about)

Without an AP program, we believe that ASFA will fail in its mission and lose its identity by not continuing to provide students with every opportunity to challenge themselves both artistically and academically. Please do not make this mistake by ending the strong AP program that ASFA students have enjoyed for decades.

Sincerely,

The Undersigned

The Promotion of the AP Program at the Alabama School of Fine Arts Petition to Administration of the Alabama School of Fine Arts was created by Alumni and Friends of the Alabama School of Fine Arts and written by Moneer Helu (mhelu@berkeley.edu).  This petition is hosted here at www.PetitionOnline.com as a public service. There is no endorsement of this petition, express or implied, by Artifice, Inc. or our sponsors. For technical support please use our simple Petition Help form.