Screening of Film by Collington Square Students at The Charles

From Liz Bowie's InsideEd Blog:
http://weblogs.baltimoresun.com/news/education/blog/2009/09/baltimore_city_schools_and_fil.html

Last year, Collington Square Elementary/Middle School teacher Koli Tengella worked with students to make a 30-minute film that portrayed students participating in an academic contest they didn't think their school could win. The film explores the social stigmas many students face in schools, he said.

On Thursday, the Charles is allowing third- through eight-graders from Collington Square to view the first showing of the film. It won't be open to the public, but we will try to have it online here in the coming days. And Tengella said the the film will be shown again at the central branch of the Enoch Pratt Free Library on Sunday, Nov. 1 at 2 p.m.

"I personally want these children to understand their world is much bigger than they think it is," Tengella said.

Tengella, Collington Square's theater arts teacher, said he was able to get the help of a filmmaker to work with the children. About 50 children act in the drama and only three adults.

Hampstead Hill Opens Early Learning Wing

WJZ-TV covers the ribbon-cutting ceremony for Hampstead Hill Academy's new Early Learning Wing on August 28, 2009.

http://wjz.com/local/kipp.new.school.2.1149820.html

City Paper Features Hampstead Hill Academy

A June 3rd article in the Baltimore City Paper features the Food for Life program at Hampstead Hill Academy.

http://www.citypaper.com/news/story.asp?id=18167

Video of Hampstead Hill Food for Life Program

The Plant-Based Nutrition website features a video about the Food for Life program at Hampstead Hill Academy.

http://www.plantbasednutrition.org/plant-based-nutrition/interviews/food-studies/

The Food for Life program uses the Food Studies Institute's Food is Elementary curriculum. The Food Studies Institute (FSI) is devoted to changing the health destinies of children through proper nutrition and education. This has been the life-long work of Dr. Antonia Demas whose groundbreaking curriculum, Food is Elementary, educates children about nutrition by providing a positive experience of food and food preparation that is fun, hands-on and sensory-based.

BCP Spring 2009 Newsletter

Read the BCP Spring 2009 Newsletter at
www.baltimorecp.org/newsletter/BCPnews_spring09.htm

Hampstead Hill Lit Mag Featured on BCPS Website

The Baltimore City Public Schools website features an article about Hampstead Hill Academy's Literary Magazine.

Read the BCPS article...

Download the Hampstead Hill Academy Literary Magazine.

Milt Thompson Selected As New Beloit Superintendent

BCP Board Member Milt Thompson has been selected to become the new Schools Superintendent for Beloit, Wisconsin. Mr. Thompson will take over the 7,130-student district on July 1, leaving his post as the Kenosha Unified School District's director of Title I, English as a Second Language and summer school programs.

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Unified veteran to run Beloit district (Kenosha News)

School chief ready to start job (Beloit Daily News)