Ladies and Gentlemen! Save the date —June 1st, 2012— for our end-of-year showcase where you will be able to see music and theater performances, art, photography and video!!
Stay Rappin’
The latest video from the one and only, M.S.M!!!
This video was a serious group effort. Emi and our young emcees, Kimani, Darius and Malik, worked diligently in the music lab to come up with the song. Miss Jill taught everyone how to make a storyboard and plan the video. And the amazing Arin worked with a revolving crew of young filmmakers to produce this beautiful video. Great work everyone! Stay Rappin.
Acronyms
How do you think students communicate with each other on social networks using acronyms affect their work performance in school and their writing?
Girl’s Club at the Tribeca Film Festival
We attended the Tribeca Film Festival’s Youth Showcase, “Our City, My Story” on April 26th at the BMCC Tribeca Performing Arts Center. We saw student-produced films about the Dream Act, bullying, home foreclosures, sagging, teen pregnancy and what it’s like to be a gay teenager in NYC. The young ladies from Walt Whitman Middle School were thrilled to walk the red carpet and be a part of it all (they also got a bunch of autographs and pictures with the filmmakers).
Alison Mercure, Barbara Pierre, Adia Carvey, Chianne Chariandy, Carine Nelzy, Latea Lewis, Denisia Bowen, Masha Yakovenko, Jennifer Golterman, Destinee Bowrin, Kristelle Louis, Medjine Exantus, Claire Rachel Danies
Black Angels Over Tuskegee
Guest Blogger: Atika Ghumman
On Saturday, April 21, 2012, we attended a Broadway show called Black Angels Over Tuskegee with the BCCP. It was an amazing opportunity to learn about the Tuskegee Airmen who were African American pilots during World War II. I thought the show gave great historical background during the war. One of my favorite parts of the play was how most of the men kept secrets. One of the men was married, another brought records along with him, and lastly another one had these epileptic attacks out of nowhere. The significance of the play was to let the audience and myself know that everybody is equal and can become whatever they want. The whole point was you shouldn’t judge somebody by their color or how they look. It is the inside that really matters.
Interviewing the cast members
The BCCP with the director of Black Angels Over Tuskegee, Layon Gray
Group picture on off Broadway
- The girls with David Roberts (actor)
