<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;">There are 862 educators on the Arts Ed. List-serve! Yesterday I launched the new MEARTSED blog! Out of the 862 who received the launch email, 429 of you went to the blog and some of you made comments. A GREAT BIG THANK YOU to those who visited! For those who did not get there, I hope you have time today. Also, for all of you, there are new posts that you might find interesting.</span></font> <div><br></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;">Please bookmark it <a href="http://meartsed.wordpress.com/">http://meartsed.wordpress.com/</a></span></font></div><div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;">or subscribe to the RSS feed so it comes to you automatically. (I will do a blog post on this in the future). </span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"><br></span></font><div><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;">This is a great opportunity to know what is happening in Arts Education in Maine and to join the conversation! Each of you has something to offer the field, so please share your knowledge and expertise!</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"><br></span></font><div><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;">CELEBRATE Maine ARTS students accomplishments - </span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;">Music in Our Schools Month, Youth Art Month and Arts Ed Advocacy Month!</span></font></div><div><br><div apple-content-edited="true"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; border-spacing: 0px 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: auto; -khtml-text-decorations-in-effect: none; text-indent: 0px; -apple-text-size-adjust: auto; text-transform: none; orphans: 2; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; -khtml-line-break: after-white-space; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; border-spacing: 0px 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: auto; -khtml-text-decorations-in-effect: none; text-indent: 0px; -apple-text-size-adjust: auto; text-transform: none; orphans: 2; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; border-spacing: 0px 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: auto; -khtml-text-decorations-in-effect: none; text-indent: 0px; -apple-text-size-adjust: auto; text-transform: none; orphans: 2; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; border-spacing: 0px 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: auto; -khtml-text-decorations-in-effect: none; text-indent: 0px; -apple-text-size-adjust: auto; text-transform: none; orphans: 2; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; "><div>Make it a great MARCH,</div><div>Argy</div><div><br class="khtml-block-placeholder"></div><div>Argy Nestor</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Visual and Performing Arts Specialist</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Maine Department of Education</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">23 State House Station</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Augusta, ME 04333-0023</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">207-624-6825</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">fax: 207-624-6821</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><a href="mailto:argy.nestor@maine.gov">argy.nestor@maine.gov</a></div><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 14.0px"><a href="http://www.maine.gov/education/lres/vpa/">http://www.maine.gov/education/lres/vpa/</a><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: pre; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: pre; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: pre; "> </span></span></span></span><br><br class="khtml-block-placeholder"></p><div><br class="khtml-block-placeholder"></div><div><br class="khtml-block-placeholder"></div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"></span></span></span></div></span> </div><br></div></div></div></div></body></html>