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Fine Arts
Secondary Students Selected for KC Metro All-District Choirs Thirteen secondary choir members have earned a spot in the Kansas City Metro All-District Choirs for 2020-21. The students selected include sophomores Olivia Truesdale and Catherine Cramer, junior Hudson Harris, and senior Ryan Wagy for Mixed Chorus; sophomore Keyler Quessenberry and seniors Annie Harsch, Mackenzie Madsen, Alysa Ward, and Grace Filer for SSAA Chorus; and sophomore Caleb Harold, juniors Brennen Ross and Elijah Burns, and senior Ben Schwab for TTBB Chorus. Students submitted audio auditions and were selected by a panel of judges. Due to COVID-19 restrictions, these Honor SCA students named to the TTBB KC Metro All District Chorus (LChoirs are on paper only this year.
R): Junior Brennan Ross, senior Ben Schwab and Elijah Burns, and sophomore Caleb Harold.
SCA students named to the SSAA KC Metro All District Chorus (L-R): Seniors Annie Harsch and Mackenzie Madsen, sophomore Keyler Quessenberry and seniors Alysa Ward and Grace Filer.
SCA students named to the KC Metro All District Mixed Chorus: sophomore Olivia Truesdale, junior Hudson Harris, sophomore Catherine Cramer, and senior Ryan Wagy.
International
SCA International Progr am Director Meets with 31 Countries Kathy Tharp, International Program Director, spent three days holding 56 Zoom meetings with international student recruiting agents from 31 countries around the world. Nanette Flynn, who has been interning at SCA to fulfill hours for her K-12 Educational Leadership degree, assisted Mrs. Tharp with meetings and follow up. “It was so interesting speaking with people from
various countries and learning about each country and how COVID has impacted them. Some countries were barely impacted and other agents shared that student education has been minimal the past year. There are still lots of students wanting to study abroad but parents are waiting to see how things will settle down,” shared Mrs. Tharp.
Take Aways from the Meetings and Webinars • New countries with strengthening economies sending significant numbers of international students are Vietnam and several countries in Africa, like Ghana, Zambia, Nigeria, and Uganda. • Eastern European countries like Belarus, Kazakhstan, Ukraine, and Russia also have a good number of students
interested in study abroad. China remains a strong sending country but has diminished numbers. • While Brazil has a struggling economy, it remains in the top sending countries. Although Spain’s economic growth was impacted by COVID, there are many students waiting to study abroad. (continued on p. 11)
