Project Report
| May 17, 2010
College Readiness Program
By Liz Roy | Communications and Community Outreach Manager
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Dear Friends,
We're happy to share with you that Walking the Path and Partnership with Children have been collaborating in a unique College Readiness Program for 11th and 12th graders at Maxwell High School in East New York, Brooklyn for the past few months. Students in the program created autobiographies that focus on telling their personal stories of growth and hopes for the future. After writing and editing their stories, the students visited Partnership with Children's office in Manhattan during a two-day, intensive workshop in which they completed the audio components of their digital films using Final Cut Express. The program culminates in June, when the students will present their autobiographies to their families and teachers. What a wonderful way to end the school year!
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Apr 12, 2010
Helping Children and Teens Tell Their Stories
By Liz Roy | Communications and Community Outreach Manager
Dear Supporters,
Over the past few months students taking part in Walking the Path immersed themselves in writing and video-producing to create digital autobiographies. I can not recount every story here, but wanted to share that of one particular student, a 15 year old female ninth-grade student in Brooklyn. Through Walking the Path, she found an eloquent way to express her feelings about her behavior and desire to turn her life around. Below is a short excerpt from her story:
"My life is like a roller coaster but I have learned to accept all obstacles I face. I have problems in school, like every teenager. For me though, its deeper than just acting out. I bring all my anger about my parents' separation with me to school and take it out on my peers and teachers. My mom and I were both angry at my dad for leaving us so unexpectedly. We started fighting a lot because we were both so angry. Instead of yelling at my mom, I came to school and got into fights and got suspended a lot. I am trying to change now. When I feel angry, I write about how I feel. I don't want to get myself in any more trouble. I want to change and be successful."
Thank you all for your continued support!
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Feb 24, 2010
Capturing Life in Images and Words
By Liz Roy | Communications Manager
We're happy to report that the frigid winter temperatures did not scare away our students from venturing into their neighborhoods to take photos and video of their home surroundings as part of our Walking the Path program! The surroundings are the backdrop to the students' personal stories about the events that have shaped their lives thus far.
Luckily the writing component of Walking the Path involves indoor work however, so students were able to warm up as they honed their writing and editing skills. A crucial aspect of Walking the Path is building students literacy skills. This entails not just their ability to write about their lives eloquently, but also to edit their peers' work.
A deeply personal experience, the process of creating their autobiographical digital stories in Walking the Path is both self-exploratory and a means for building real-life skills in computer digital editing programs and literacy.
We'll have photos to post soon!
Thank you for your continuing support of Walking the Path.
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