The AEMS Alliance honors individual Maryland public schools for Outstanding Achievement in Arts Education through the Maryland Schools of Excellence in Arts Education Award (MSEAEA). The MSEAEA program provides an important outlet for expanding recognition of the role individual public schools play in providing a creative learning environment for outstanding student achievement. Further, MSEAEA provides a platform for AEMS to highlight and honor public schools that have developed exemplary arts education programs. MSEAEA recognizes public schools at the elementary, middle and high school levels that have done an outstanding job of making the arts essential to the education of their students and encourages and celebrates outstanding work that incorporates the arts as an essential part of every student’s education. Nomination documents, guidelines, and applications are available in October of each year. AEMS is pleased to honor these extraordinary schools during the Cultural Arts for Education (CAFE) conference each year.
AEMS Alliance also provides the opportunity for Maryland school boards of public school systems to be selected for state recognition and subsequent nomination for consideration of the Kennedy Center/ National School Boards Association (NSBA) $10,000 national award. Maryland school boards that have demonstrated support for and commitment to high-quality arts education in their school district, community, state or special jurisdiction are invited to submit nomination materials for this annual award.
AEMS is proud to partner with dance advocates from across the state in the presentation of the Maryland Public High School Dance Showcase (MPHSDS). The MPHSDS showcases excellence in public school dance education in Maryland. High schools submit audition materials, attend a full day of master classes, share with other dancers from around the state, and are exposed to college and university dance programs in Maryland. Showcase also provides the additional opportunity to celebrate student achievement with the presentation of the All-State Dance Awards and the Showcase Award for Professionalism and Performance.
