March 9, 2013
Melissa Day from MCS and Cedric Taylor, homeschool student from
Margaretville have both had their original plays about bullying
published on the American Alliance for Theatre in Education (AATE)
website in celebration of March as Theatre in our Schools month.
They participated in The Open Eye Theater's Youth Theater
Workshop "Read, Write, Play" last summer.
To read their plays click the link to the left and scroll down to their
names.
Congratulations Melissa and Cedric!
Melissa Day from MCS and Cedric Taylor, homeschool student from
Margaretville have both had their original plays about bullying
published on the American Alliance for Theatre in Education (AATE)
website in celebration of March as Theatre in our Schools month.
They participated in The Open Eye Theater's Youth Theater
Workshop "Read, Write, Play" last summer.
To read their plays click the link to the left and scroll down to their
names.
Congratulations Melissa and Cedric!
| This is a photo of a fourth grader from ACS playing the character of a science teacher, Mr. Seedplot, in the play The Magic Bus: Seeds and Plants. The teachers of the third and fourth grades expected their students to absorb a deeper understanding of the world of plants beyond memorizing their structures and functions. In collaboration with two Open Eye teaching artists, they devised a project using tools of theater performance for the students to explore the world of plants from a science perspective. The students presented what they learned from the project to the community. |
| This is a list of pros and cons that the high school for the Parenting class. They later used Hopkins for the this list to base their arguments in a mock custody hearing to decide who Gilly Hopkins should live with, her foster parent or grandmother. |
Education
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| EDUCATION ESP Project Director: Amie Brockway Andes Central School Partnership Coordinator: Elizabeth Sherr Margaretville Central School Partnership Coordinator: Richard Genaro Teaching Artists: Amie Brockway, Richard Genaro, Elizabeth Sherr, Sharone Stacy |
| 2010-2011 School Year Margaretville Central School/Andes Central School |
| Empire State Partnership and the Open Eye Theater (click image below for the ESP website) |
| Playwriting Elizabeth Sherr, teaching artist |
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students performing the finale song "Freedom" from the musical Shenandoah
| Andes Central School “The Civil War On Stage” Grade 6 Open Eye Teaching Artist: Richard Genaro Teacher: Linda Belmont Date: October 2010 |
| 7th Grade Project Arts-in-Education Partnership Margaretville Central School 7th Grade Art Class Classroom Teacher: Jen Wentland Open Eye Teaching Artist: Richard Genaro The students will discover where the lines of all creative arts may cross paths in this new partnership. The classroom teacher will offer an array of artists and paintings for the students to select "their" artist. The students will study specifics of the artist's life and work. A frame has been built for the students to form tableaus of their favorite paintings. The paintings will come alive with monologues, scenes and letters that they will write or improvise along with the teaching artist. The overall goals are to discover crossed pathways of visual and performing arts, study in depth famous artists throughout the ages, further develop their writing and performance arts skills. There will be a “works in progress” presentation upon completion. |
| Former Open Eye Board of Trustee Bill Piervincenzi builds a frame for upcoming Margaretville Central School 7th Grade Partnership. Thanks, Bill!! |
| The Empire State Partnerships (ESP) is dedicated to identifying, developing and nurturing promising practices in arts education through support of long-term collaborations between cultural organizations and schools. The project focuses on student achievement of the New York State Learning Standards and contributing to the improvement of teaching and learning in New York State schools. Click here for more information about ESP |
| In this photo, third graders from MCS are in the gym rehearsing One, a play about bullying. The actor being bullied is surrounded by other characters who are afraid to stand up to the bully. The actors are expressing their characters' personalities here. The Teaching Assistant is in the background prompting the students on their blocking and lines. |
4th grade ACS MAGIC Bus Plants and Seeds
| Here, third graders from MCS are siting in a circle reflecting on their performance of One, a play on bullying. After viewing the performance video, the teacher and teaching artist asked the students such questions as what their favorite part of the project is, what they as performers did best, and what they would do differently if they had a chance to act again. |
| This photo is of high school students from MCS learning to set a table for a Thanksgiving feast as they explore a scene from The elective class. In this project designed for the Parenting class, students are exploring different roles people play in the life of a foster child. In addition to reading and critically analyzing the play, the students held a mock custody hearing. |
| This program is made possible in part by public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts, a State Agency. |
| Parenting Class at MCS 2011 with Teaching Artist Elizabeth Sherr and Teacher Kathleen Curly: Gilly's mom, Courtney, on the witness stand at custody hearing - a theatrical exercise in analyzing different kinds of parenting skills. |
| Phase I: The Filming of "Promises, Passion & Pride: The Story of the Anti-Rent War of Andes" 7th Grade Project ~ Winter/Spring 2012 (8th Graders participating as extras and in supporting roles.) Andes Central School Classroom Teacher: Linda Belmont Teaching Artist: Richard "Mr. D" Genaro Screenplay written & directed by Richard Genaro In this time travel adventure, two modern day teenage girls, Becky and Jane, meet up with a young John Burroughs and Jay Gould to visit Andes, New York, 1845. The four watch the drama unfold, as the "Calico" Indians (disguised anti-renters) attempt to overcome the oppression they suffer from the unfair rents and lease agreements of land-owning patent holders. In the early 18th Century Queen Anne of England bestowed lands to several individuals, including most of Delaware County to Johannes Hardenburgh. His heirs continued to garner profit from local residents through the 19th Century, (and records indicate some collections continued until approximately 1920.) While the "Calicos" strived to use the law, they were eventually forced to take matters into their own hands. The Anti-Rent War movement began in Albany County; however, the accidental murder of Andes' Undersheriff Osman Steele on August 7, 1845, prompted the end of the feudal land systems in New York State. photo credits Simona David |
Mrs. Belmont & Mr. D review the opening scene with a student.
| Mrs. Belmont & Mr. D rehearse the Royal Governor Lord Cornbury & Hardenburgh Lawyer scene circa early 18th Century with students. |
| Mr. D rehearses students for the "Time Travel Meeting" of (from L to R) a young John Burroughs & Jay Gould, Becky & Jane. |
| Mr. D rehearses the "Pizza & Yoo-Hoo" scene set at Hogan's General Store with students playing John Burroughs, Jay Gould, Becky & Jane. |
| Pre-K & Kindergarten at ACS final performance |
| Read, Write, Play Youth Theater Workshop Presented on July 14, 21, 28, August 4, 11, 18 Ages 4-7 10am-noon Ages 8-16 12:30-3:30 |
| Lillian is showing her mother, Amy Taylor, her drawing of Frog's house from Sandra Asher's book Too Many Frogs. |
| Barbara Morrow, a participant of the Youth Theater Workshop on 7/21/12 doing a cold reading during Read Write Play. |