NAME:
Danyah Arafat-Johnson
SCHOOL:
George Dawson Middle School
CLASS:
Theatre Arts 7/8, Theatre II, Theatre Arts Master Class
SCHOOL PHONE:
817-949-5556
Danyah Arafat-Johnson is the DMS theatre arts director and Electives/Fine
Arts department chair. She holds B.A.s in English and Theatre Arts from Texas
A&M University, an M.Ed. in Secondary Education from the University of North
Texas, and received her administrative certification from the University of
Texas-Arlington.
Mrs."A-J" has taught theatre for fifteen years, and has worked professionally
as an actress, costume and makeup designer for the Fort Worth Theatre,
ONSTAGE, Hip Pocket Theatre, Circle Theatre, Theatre Arlington, StageCenter
in Bryan, Houston Grand Opera, and has prior acting training with Houston's
Alley Theatre and with members of the Royal Shakespeare Company. She is a
former member of the Live Theatre League of Tarrant County and STAGE in
Dallas.Mrs. Arafat-Johnson has memberships in the Texas Educational Theatre
Association, the national Educational Theatre Association, Texas Association
for the Gifted and Talented, Texas Middle School Association, and United
Educators Association. She is DMS' Electives/Fine Arts department chair.
Mrs. Arafat-Johnson is married to DMS Journalism teacher Heath Johnson. They
have two boys: Clay, a 7th grader at Dawson Middle and Brooks, a 4th
grader at Old Union Elementary. The entire family are proud to be Carroll
Dragons!
The goals of the DMS and CISD theatre arts programs are to increase
students' understanding of self and others and develop clear ideas about the
world through a variety of theatrical experiences. Students will have the
opportunity to communicate in a dramatic form, make artistic choices, solve
problems, build positive self-concepts, and relate interpersonally.