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Feb
25

Bak and Suncoast Receive Prestigious National Magnet Award

Posted by: Vickie Middlebrooks

Bak Middle School of the Arts and Suncoast Community High School have been recognized as 2011 Magnet Schools of Excellence by Magnet Schools of America.   Magnet Schools of America (MSA) established the Magnet Schools of Merit Award to recognize the top magnet schools in the United States.  The Magnet Schools of Merit Award recognizes magnet [...]

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Feb
22

Prestigious Juilliard School Summer Jazz Camp To Be Held At Bak Middle School Of The Arts

Posted by: Vickie Middlebrooks

The prestigious Juilliard School Summer Jazz Camp will be at Bak Middle School of the Arts June 13 -17, 2011. The camp is a one-week program for students ages 12 to 18, who are dedicated, disciplined, and passionate about jazz. The program is designed to give young jazz musicians a taste of what a Juilliard [...]

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Feb
3

Actor George Hamilton Visits Bak Middle School of the Arts

Posted by: Vickie Middlebrooks

George Hamilton visited the rising stars at Bak Middle School of the Arts (MSOA) in West Palm Beach on Friday, January 28, 2011. Mr. Hamilton, a renowned film and television actor with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, first found his acting chops in high school at Palm Beach High School (now named [...]

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Jan
31

Bak Middle School of the Arts Student in Finals of Paula Abdul’s “Live to Dance”

Posted by: Vickie Middlebrooks

Bak Middle School of the Arts student EddieOmar Gonzalez-Castillo is currently in Los Angeles preparing to perform for the finals of Live to Dance with Paula Abdul.  He is the youngest dancer in the group “Dance Town Chaos”, which is a group composed of twelve male dancers ages 14-24. America will have the chance to [...]

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Jan
25

Middle School Of The Arts Foundation Invites You To A Concert With A Cause

Posted by: Vickie Middlebrooks

The Middle School of the Arts Foundation at Bak invites you to a star studded Jazz Brunch at B.B. King’s, Saturday, February 26, 2011, 11am-2pm featuring the award-winning Bak Jazz Band in concert with legends from Dave Matthew’s Band, Saturday Night Live, and a Grammy Award Nominee featuring Ron Blake on Saxophone, Jim Gasior on [...]

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Jan
20

Bak Middle School Of The Arts Presents 14th Annual Dance Concert

Posted by: Vickie Middlebrooks

The Dance Department at Bak Middle School of the Arts presents the 14th Annual Dance Concert January 28 and 29.  The concert will take place on the Mainstage of the school.  General admission is $10 and student admission with I.D. is $5.  Dates and times are: January 28 at 7 pm (Grades 6, 8 and [...]

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Oct
13

Bak Dancers Perform In Concrete Jungle

Posted by: Vickie Middlebrooks

Six members of Bak Middle School of the Arts Dance Repertory will perform with PGK Project, a professional contemporary dance company based in San Diego, California.  The performance titled Concrete Jungle takes place October 16th at 7:30 PM at Downtown Dance in Lake Worth.     This is an exciting opportunity for Bak young dancers to [...]

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Oct
13

Bak Advanced Band Side-by-Side with Florida Atlantic University

Posted by: Vickie Middlebrooks

Florida Atlantic University Wind Ensemble is presenting Serious Repercussions! with special guest, the Bak Middle School of the Arts Symphonic Band.  This bushel of big, bold and brassy band blockbusters will take place Tuesday, October 19th at 7:00 PM at the Eissey Campus Theater, 11051 Campus Drive, Palm Beach Gardens.   H. Owen Reed’s dramatic La Fiesta Mexicana [...]

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Jul
8

William I. Koch Helps Parents Save the Arts at Bak MSOA

Posted by: Connie Ludemann

In mid April Bak Middle School of the Arts’ magnet budget was reduced by 10% for the 2010-2011 school year, significantly impacting its Artist in Residence Program. Artists in Residence provide vital small group and individual arts instruction in addition to reducing student-to-teacher ratios and offering additional course offerings, a vital component of Bak’s tremendous [...]

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May
18

Bak Middle School of the Arts Designated An Arts Achieve! Model School

Posted by: Vickie Middlebrooks

The Florida Alliance for Arts Education (FAAE) recently renewed Bak Middle School of the Arts as an Arts Achieve! Model School. The recognition will be presented at FAAE’s annual Leadership Summit on June 17 in Lakeland, FL.  The Arts Achieve! Model Schools program recognizes exemplary schools in Florida that have done an outstanding job making [...]

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Mar
29

Bak Middle School Of The Arts Students Winners In Debate, Band, Jazz, Odyssey of the Mind, Art and Community Service

Posted by: Vickie Middlebrooks

Bak’s Odyssey of the Mind Critical Thinking and Problem Solving team recently won the Regional competition and the team is moving to State competition on Saturday, April 10, at the University of Central Florida in Orlando. Team members are: 8th Graders-Reed Rabideau, Meredith Padgett and Michelley Gonzalez 7th Graders-Craig Carrier, Angelo Sierra and Alana Ladd [...]

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Feb
9

Middle School of the Arts Foundation Announces Star Studded Mardi Gras JazzFest February 20, 2010

Posted by: Vickie Middlebrooks

The MSOA Foundation will host it’s first ever Mardi Gras JazzFest at Bak’s MainStage Theatre on February 20, 2010. The star studded evening will feature Bak MSOA and Dreyfoos School of the Arts’ band students in concert with music legends Ron Blake, Dion Parson, Ruben R. Rodgers, Lasim Richards, Jim Gasior and other surprise guest [...]

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Jan
25

Bak Student Scores Big In Debate Contest

Posted by: Vickie Middlebrooks

Bak Middle School of the Arts 8th Grade Forensics Club President, Carlton Bone has scored the biggest win on record yet for a middle school debate team in Palm Beach County.  On Saturday, January 23, Carlton competed at the Florida Forensic League Varsity Regional Qualifier in Wellington. Carlton took first place in Lincoln Douglas debate, qualifying [...]

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