Big Picture South Burlington

Cole installed his art show for his senior thesis project last Saturday, and he will host a reception at the Pickering Room at the Fletcher Free Library in Burlington on Saturday, May 7th from 12 noon – 4:00pm.  This is the show announcement from the Fletcher Free Library Website:

THE ART OF YOUTH, CURATED BY COLE MCDERMOTT
Pickering Room
May 1-7, 2011
The Art of Youth is an exhibition of young talent, a showing of work from emerging artists who are younger than 25.  In collecting art for this event, high school student Cole McDermott came across some truly amazing works.  He hopes people will come and see these emerging artists and help them network and make connections so that they can grow as people and as creators.

If you are someone who is interested in working in an innovative, student-centered education setting, we want to let you know about a position available for the upcoming school year.  This AmeriCorps VISTA position is designed for someone who wants to be part of building Big Picture South Burlington as we continue to innovate and model transformative secondary educational practices.  For information about the position and how to apply, visit our classroom page HERE, and scroll down to “Class Files.”  To apply, go to americorps.gov.

Emina’s internship at Flashbags has allowed her to design a number of new bags for them.  Click HERE to see Emina’s line of bags.

Exhibitions are presentations in which Big Picture students explain their academic and personal learning. All are welcome to experience exhibitions by our Big Picture class of 2011 next Tuesday, April 12, at 7:00 PM in the South Burlington High School Auditorium.

Applications for the 2011-2012 School Year will be available by January 17th. Priority deadline for applications is February 17th, with interviews to follow. Please contact us or your guidance counselor with questions.  CLICK HERE to find the Big Picture Application on the South Burlington High School Website.

A couple of interesting conversations about changing our approach to education. This the from the Freakonomics blog, and it is composed as a riddle: “How is a bad radio station like a public school?”
When you go to the link, you can read about the story, or listen to the streaming broadcast, or download the podcast, so you can “choose your modality.”

The video below presents other ideas about what we should do to change our approach to education, in Sir Ken Robinson’s humble opinion.

Another interesting story of math being applied in the “real world,” in this case, the too-real world of roadside bombs in Afganistan.

Interesting story from “Studio 360″ about a NASA scientist who is also a hip-hop DJ.