PS 192 Buffalo Academy for Visual and Performing Arts

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Are you looking for something exciting, interesting, and full of growth for your student this summer? Seek no further as the University at Buffalo and Liberty Partnerships Program (LPP) have teamed up to offer FREE Middle School and High School programs!

Middle School program includes:
- Engineering for Kids: Making connections between real-world problems, their communities, and education to further development in the literacy of STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Math)
- Free breakfast, lunch, and snacks
- Sports: opportunities to engage and play in different sports together
- Available field trips for all students who successfully participate in LPP's Summer Program

Session 1: July 20-24, 2026
Time: 9 AM - 3 PM
Location: Hayes Annex A, UB South Campus

Session 2: July 27-31, 2026
Time: 9 AM - 3 PM
Location: Hayes Annex A, UB South Campus


High School program includes:
- Working directly with LPP staff through the understanding of public transportation
- Free breakfast, lunch, snacks
- Workshops through Youth in the Center, UB Professor Dr. Adewale Adebayo Fadugba, UB Sustainability and more
- Minimum of two (2) college tours and two (2) field trips

Session 1: July 6-10, 2026
Time: 9 AM - 3 PM (end time subject to change)
Location: Hayes Annex A, UB South Campus

Session 2: July 13-17, 2026
Time: 9 AM - 3 PM (end time subject to change)
Location: Hayes Annex A, UB South Campus

Students are welcome to participate in more than one session.

For more information call: (716) 829-5678

Help save lives by donating blood at the ConnectLife's Spring Blood Drive at BAVPA, tomorrow, Tuesday, 4/14. This will be in the parking lot of our school, 450 Masten Ave.

Meet the cast of Beautiful: The Carole King Musical for BAVPA's high school musical!

These artists have been working tirelessly for months to bring this story to life. Tickets are $3 for students & senior citizens, $6 for adults.

Showtimes are:
March 25th at 9:50 AM
March 26th at 7:00 PM
March 27th at 7:00 PM
March 28th, 2:00 PM

See you there!

This week BAVPA has the wonderful opportunity of learning through tolerance in the Mobile Museums of Tolerance bus. This mobile museum will be here all week visited by various social studies classes.

The purpose of this bus is to "move students from dialogue to action to have them recognize their own personal responsibility in making a positive difference in the world."

Parents and guardians, reminder that Quarter 3 Progress Report Grades close tomorrow, March 5th. Take this opportunity to sit down and check in with your student to see what assignments may be missing/incomplete on Schoology and/or Infinite Campus.

Buffalo Public Schools wishes our students, families, and staff a joyful and colorful Holi! Let’s celebrate the festival of colors, happiness, and togetherness.

March is Women’s History Month. BPS proudly celebrates the achievements, leadership, and impact of women in our schools and community — past and present.

Today, February 24th, 2026 from 3 PM - 4 PM, Arts Academy will be hosting its monthly SBMT meeting virtually on Zoom.

This meeting is particularly important as it pertains to the school-based budget. Any and all are welcome and encouraged to attend the meeting via the information below. We look forward to having your support.

Site-Based Management
Team Virtual Meetings

Zoom Meeting ID - 619 689 0225

Passcode - BAVPASBMT

Parents, Guardian, and Families - From all of us at Performing Arts, we look forward to meeting/seeing you tonight for our Parent Teacher Conference Night.

This event starts at 5:30 PM and promptly ends at 7:30 PM. You will follow your students schedule throughout the night.

See you later!

Did you miss the premiere of the Multimedia Broadcast on February 9th? Fear not!

Click on this link for the digital program for the event that includes: information regarding the event, footage of the full event and additional student videos!

Thank you to all the students, friends, and families who came out to support. Our next film fest will be on May 29th, 2026 - mark your calendars!

Have a great weekend and stay warm! For extra cold weather safety tips visit: https://www.weather.gov/safety/cold

Happy Groundhog Day! A tradition in folklore where a groundhog, specifically Punxsutawney Phil, emerges from his burrow to "predict" the weather. If he sees his shadow, six more weeks of winter are predicted; if not, an early spring is expected.

World Hijab Day, observed on February 1st, raises awareness about the hijab and promotes religious tolerance. It encourages women of all backgrounds to wear a hijab for a day to foster understanding and combat stereotypes.

Have a great weekend and stay warm!