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Gala 2012 to benefit Children’s Cove

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On Friday, January 27 (7:30 to 10:00 p.m.), FA will host its annual Gala charity event. Organized by the Student Council, Gala is an extravaganza of family fun, food, games, dancing, and a silent auction. All of the Gala proceeds will benefit Children’s Cove in Barnstable, a local charity designed to assist children who have been victims of sexual and physical abuse.

Above is a photo of FA students enjoying our 2011 Gala.

Gala is open to everyone, so please join us and help support a wonderful cause. Cost is $10 per person, which includes 20 tickets to use for games, food and fun. 




Eleven FA students awarded prizes in Scholastic Art Awards

The 2012 Boston Globe Scholastic Art Awards recognized Falmouth Academy students with 11 prizes, including two gold medals and three silver medals.  Eight prizes were in photography; three were for drawings.Below is “Self portrait” by Lela Sethares, winner of a gold medal. image



 

Lights, Camera, Action! We invite YOU to be in the FA alumni video

How has your FA experience influenced your current life? You are invited to answer this and other questions in “Because of FA,” a video we are producing to capture messages from FA alumni around the world! The video will debut Friday, June 8 at FA’s 35th Anniversary celebration. Click here (and then click Falmouth Academy) to see a sample of the first few interviews, done at the Alumni Soccer Game. Twenty alumni have participated so far! We would really like to represent FA alumni from every decade and walk of life, from around the world.We invite you to submit footage and the deadline to submit is March 30, 2012.



Alumni Event in Boston

We’ve added a twist to our traditional regional networking social this year – appetizers, drinks and a special tour of the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston. It takes place Wednesday, February 1 and our guide will be Cady Cummings-Audette ‘98, an MFA Gallery Instructor, who will lead us on a “Discovering the MFA” tour which focuses on the museum’s greatest hits. On Wednesday nights, admission is by voluntary contribution and college students are free. Join the FA group at the New American Café at 5:30 p.m. in the Shapiro Family Courtyard area for light appetizers and drinks, courtesy of Falmouth Academy. The tour, beginning in the Linde Family Wing for Contemporary Art, starts at 6:30.