Meet AMA Students, Casey P. & Katie M.! Casey P., Age 5 Fun Facts About Casey! ♦ Her Favorite Food: Strawberries. Her favorite ice cream is chocolate covered banana! ♦ Her Favorite Color: Pink, Red, & White ♦ Her Favorite TV Show: Wild Kratts ♦ Her Favorite Activity: Playing games Quick Q&A ♦ What lessons do [...]
I have heard the phrase “character counts” for my entire school life. Posters in elementary school hung everywhere: in our classrooms, lunchrooms and hallways. Let’s start with what it means. Character is defined as “a concept that can imply a variety of attributes or virtues to describe a person.” Growing up, my mom greatly valued [...]
Meet AMA Students, Dian M. & Gali G.! Dian M., Age 11 Fun Facts About Dian! ♦ Her Favorite Food: Sushi ♦ Her Favorite Color: Blue ♦ Her Favorite TV Show: The Amazing World of Gumball ♦ Her Favorite Activity: Playing with her dogs Quick Q&A ♦ What lessons do you take at AMA? Piano [...]
On Saturday, January 18, several of our AMA Dance Force left for the Hyatt Regency O’Hare and attended the “JUMP” Convention! The JUMP Convention is a dance workshop that is taught by the industry’s top choreographers, including So You Think You Can Dance choreographers Mia Michaels and Mandy Moore, and So You Think You Can [...]
How dance and tumbling lessons prepared me for my freshman year of college (part 2), by Jessie Frank Last week I began to tell you about how dance and tumbling lessons prepared me for my first year in college. This past fall, faced with recovering from two blood clots in my left lung and missing [...]