TeSA News

• Fort Worth Academy of Fine Arts (FWAFA) has received a preliminary award of $100,000 for the LASO Cycle 3 grant aimed at establishing an Early College High School. FORT WORTH, TEXAS (March 11, 2025) – The Learning Acceleration Support Opportunities (LASO) Cycle 3 grant represents the latest phase of a unified application cycle designed to strategically group grant funding...Read More

Fort Worth, Texas – January, 17 2025 – Fort Worth Academy of Fine Arts’ (FWAFA) has earned the Texas Thespians Premier Communities for Theatre Education Award. This program recognizes and honors school districts that provide theatre programs with the resources to achieve above standard, as rooted in the Educational Theatre Association’s Opportunity to Learn Standards,...Read More

Academy of Fine Arts Among the 2025 Middle Schools FORT WORTH, TEXAS (Dec 19, 2024) – Fort Worth Academy of Fine Arts (FWAFA) has been ranked No. 1,064 in National Rankings among the 2025 Best Middle School rankings by U.S. News & World Report. The rankings include more than 79,000 public elementary and middle schools...Read More

Amon G. Carter Foundation Awards $85,000 to Texas Center for Arts + Academics Amon G. Carter’s enduring philanthropic contributions ensure a sustainable and promising future for students at Texas Center for Arts + Academics’ (TCA+A) schools, Fort Worth Academy of Fine Arts and Texas School of the Arts. The foundation grant received marks the initial...Read More

Texas Center for Arts + Academics (TCA+A) is pleased to announce both Fort Worth Academy of Fine Arts (FWAFA) and Texas School of the Arts (TeSA) have achieved an A rating in this year’s Niche evaluations. FORT WORTH, TEXAS (Nov 4, 2024) – FWAFA’s elementary, middle, and high school all achieved an A rating, while TeSA elementary earned an A- rating from...Read More

Texas Center for Arts + Academics (TCA+A) honors educators who earned Teacher Designations and Teacher Incentive Allotment (TIA). FORT WORTH, TEXAS (Aug. 29, 2024) – Five exceptional educators are recognized for their outstanding teaching and are allotted annual incentives to sustain their efforts over a period of five years. Four teachers from Fort Worth Academy...Read More

Date and Time-Tuesday, July 30 at 5:30 PM CST Location-Fort Worth Academy of Fine Arts’ Conference Room 3901 S Hulen St. Fort Worth, TX 76109 In-person Meeting Return: Governor Abbott’s March 2020 order temporarily suspending certain provisions of the Open Meetings Act due to the COVID-19 pandemic disaster expired August 31, 2021. Consequently, TCA+A Meetings...Read More