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=NAHS News=

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NAHS News is the official newsletter of the National Art Honor Society. Published twice a year (December and April), it contains feature articles on careers in art, preparation of portfolios, news on NAHS chapter activities, student artwork, and information on financial aid. Each NAHS member receives his/her own digital copy; each chapter sponsor receives complimentary copies. Total circulation is over 35,000. Experts in selected topics and 7-12 teachers are encouraged to submit papers. Topics might include careers in art, preparing portfolios, college admissions procedures, financial aid information including scholarships, and other news or information relevant to middle and/or high school students. Articles should be limited to around 1,000 words. Submissions of images that enhance the text are encouraged. APA style is preferred. NAHS News Article Submission Deadlines Winter issue: October 1. Spring issue: March 1.

NAHS News Guidelines
All NAHS and NJAHS chapters are encouraged to submit chapter reports, photos, and images of artwork following the guidelines below. Please contact the NAHS Office if you have any questions, nahs@arteducators.org.

Chapter Report:
• Limit your chapter report to no more than 400 words, and submit it electronically. • Include school name, sponsor’s name, city, state, and chapter number. • Submit on time! If you miss the deadline, your chapter report will be held for the next issue or returned to you.

Photos and Images of Artwork:
•• You may submit 2 photos (short captions may be included) and 5 pieces of artwork per chapter. • E-mailed submissions of black-and-white or color photos and images are acceptable. • Include the student’s name, chapter number, school name, city, and state with each artwork. • NAHS News encourages students to submit their artwork for publication. We will do our best to represent all chapters who submit artwork, based on the space available. Submit by E-mail: • E-mail chapter reports to nahs@arteducators.org • E-mail images as JPEG or TIFF attachments only. Please make sure the resolution is 200 dpi or higher for the equivalent of a 4"x 6" image. • In each e-mail, include chapter number, sponsor’s name, school name, city, and state.

Suggestions for Chapter Reports:
Chapter activities: Election of officers, chapter meetings, field trips, special classroom projects, and school or community projects. Fundraising projects: Share your fundraising ideas and results. Special accomplishments: Share information on scholarship or award recipients or any other special accomplishment by NAHS or NJAHS students and sponsors. Photos and Artwork: You may submit up to 2 photos (activities, events, projects, etc.) and 5 images of artwork per chapter. Deadline Dates for Submissions: November 1st and March 1st

Chapter Update in progress:

Elkton High School NAHS Elkton, MD

National Art Honors Society Headquarters:

Elkton High School’s NAHS chapter is off to a brand new start. Our old advisor Mrs. Blazeck has stepped down to pursue her Masters in Arts Education, so photography teacher Ms. Fox has agreed to take her place and has brought this organization back from the dead with a whole new roster of members. Our new officers are Megan Heishman (President), Tiffany Engman (Vice President), Akayla Mazza (Secretary), and Steph Sturgeon (Historian). At this point in time we’re still busy getting ourselves established, with a formal induction for all new members planned for sometime in March, but we’ve also been hard at work on many school improvement projects in the last few months. Earlier this year we received a small unused classroom from the generous administrators and with a little bit of TLC we’ve transformed it into a really great studio space. Now fondly known as the “Room of Requirement”, it’s become a space for students to work on art projects after school and where we’ve been busy painting ceiling tiles for teachers and other staff. These commissions act as a fundraiser so we can earn our honor cords for graduation, and also provide the school with some much needed pizzazz. Last year our school finally finished renovations and it was looking a little bland, but now there are dozens of colorful ceiling tiles lining the halls. We’ve been working with the school’s literacy group to create READ posters featuring our very own teachers reading their favorite books as well. We’ve also been electing an artist of the month since September. The selected artist displays one artwork, a portrait of the artist, and interview in the office. Our adviser has procured donated frames and professionally mats and frames the artist of the month artwork images before returning them to the artist. So far this year has been a good one for us and we hope that next year we’ll see more new faces and get to work on some fundraisers for good causes as well. It’s been a long hard road trying to get our teachers and peers to recognize us as a real organization with a real mission, but with any luck I think we’ve succeeded, and I’m looking forward to what the next year will bring.

Chapter 2717 Sponsor, by Steph Sturgeon (that Ms. Fox hopefully sent in)