ARTS SCHOOLS NETWORK AWARDS
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ARTS INNOVATION AWARD
Bluffton Elementary School, Animate Me
Bluffton, SC * Christine Brown, Principal
Designed to recognize commitment to taking innovative artistic risks, this award is presented to a member school that has "broken the mold" in using the arts as a vehicle for teaching academics and making a positive difference in the lives of students and/or the community.
ARTS INTEGRATION AWARD
Ramsey School, Performing Arts Magnet
Minneapolis, MN * Sharon Engle, Principal
This award is presented to a member school that has demonstrated exceptional leadership and accomplishment in bringing arts integration strategies into the curriculum.
COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIP AWARD
Sheridan Arts Magnet - YMCA Beacons
Minneapolis, MN * Gabrielle Bliss, Fine Arts Coordinator
Intended to recognize arts schools and/or businesses that implement unique artistic and/or educational partnerships, this award is presented to a school or business that embraces the community by utilizing the arts and education as a vehicle for fostering artistic and educational understanding and community enhancement.
OUTSTANDING ARTS SCHOOL
North Fort Myers Academy for the Arts
North Fort Myers, FL * Dr. Douglas Santini, Principal
This award is presented to an Arts Schools Network member school with an outstanding record of overall excellence in the categories of faculty and student achievement, community recognition and involvement, arts and academics integration, curriculum innovations, continuing growth and development, and state and national recognition.
RESEARCH INITIATIVE - INDIVIDUAL
Craig S. Collins, Ed.D., Principal
Harrison School for the Arts, Lakeland, FL
The Disproportionality of Student Enrollment in Intensive Reading Courses and its Effect on Access to Public High School Arts Courses
This award recognizes an individual who has completed important research to further the goals of arts education, either in an Arts Schools Network member school or about issues pertinent to ASN schools.
OUTSTANDING ARTS SCHOOL ALUMNUS ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Trent Creswell, 2009
Graduate Center for Creative Arts, Chattanooga, TN
Created for the purpose of fostering artistic and academic achievement in talented young people, this honor is bestowed annually upon one former ASN member school student whose commitment to excellence is demonstrated through outstanding accomplishment in the areas of citizenship, arts, and academics.
TEACHER OF THE YEAR AWARD
Barry Wilson
Douglas Anderson School of the Arts, Jacksonville, FL
Eileen Montgomery
High School for the Performing and Visual Arts, Houston, TX
Because the foundation of an excellent arts education lies in
the talents and dedication of outstanding artist mentors
and teachers, this annual award recognizes an Arts Schools Network teacher whose dedication, talent, and achievements are exemplary.
DR. DENISE DAVIS-COTTON EMERGING LEADER AWARD
Terri Milsap, Principal
ChiArts, Chicago, IL
Designed to recognize excellence and achievement among rising arts schools administrators and to highlight the educational innovation practices or programs of those leaders.
THE JEFFREY LAWRENCE AWARD
Jacquelyn Henson Cornelius, Principal
Douglas Anderson School of the Arts, Jacksonville, FL
Named in honor of the long-time head of the Professional Children's School in New York, this award is granted to the head of an Arts Schools Network school who exemplifies an uncompromising commitment to excellence in arts education and arts training.
Ashley River Creative Arts Elementary School
FILMMAKING 
MUSICAL THEATER/ACTING 
VISUAL ARTS 
CLASSICAL VOICE 