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During fall term 5 students participated in a documentary making internship experience. Before jumping into the larger project of creating a feature length documentary, each student was asked to profile a student in the South Burlington community who is doing something interesting. In their first filmmaking experience each student planned for their profile, operated film equipment, conducted interviews and edited their footage. Chichi, Cooper, Eric, and Sandra’s episodes are available for viewing on the RETN website HERE or below. You can also catch their episodes on RETN’s cable TV channel 13 on December 25th.
Thinking about applying to Big Picture?
Here are our upcoming admissions events to consider before submitting your application.
Feb. 1 2012: Service Learning Term Exhibitions 6:30-9 pm
Attend student presentations about their experiences during our one month Service Learning Term. This year students will be focusing their service learning around trips to either Boston or Nicaragua. This event is open to the public. It will include presentations by students as well as a gallery walk.
Feb. 10 2012: Orientation Day 8:40 am-12 pm
Come be a Big Picture student for a half day. This day will be set up for new students to learn about Big Picture, see some of the activities that our students do, and have time for questions and answers with both students and staff.
March 14 2012: Orientation Day 8:40 am-12 pm
Come be a Big Picture student for a half day. This day will be set up for new students to learn about Big Picture, see some of the activities that our students do, and have time for questions and answers with both students and staff.
Big Picture South Burlington has a facebook page. Follow us for updates about what BPSB students are doing, links to interesting articles, pictures and more.
Big Picture South Burlington traveled to Moretown and Waterbury on September 2nd to help with flood relief following Hurricane Irene. It was so much worse that I had expected, with many houses seeing water levels of 5-6 feet. We hauled mud from flooded homes and basements, picked up household items littering all the yards and river beds (tires, blankets, etc that got stuck in trees when the water receded!) While there was relatively little human suffering in terms of injury or death, thousands of families were displaced from their homes and lost everything. Many were finding that their insurance coverage was not going to help them rebuild.
On the positive side, it was great to see all the volunteers working side-by-side with homeowners, so there was a wonderful camaraderie, and it was moving to hear the people who we would approach to help say, over and over, “well, we’re doing okay, but do you know who REALLY needs help?” and go on to describe a neighbor, especially elderly ones, who were probably in greater need. We worked with one young man for over an hour, hauling muddy items out of a flooded basement in almost total darkness (no electricity in the house, and no windows in the basement, so just the light from the storm cellar door). At the end of that job, on of our students asked the man we were working with, “So, do you live here?” The young man said no, that he lived next door, but the woman who owned this house was in her 90′s and he decided to help her first. He hadn’t taken a moment to attend to his own home and belongings until he had taken care of his neighbor.
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.
