S-GI Middle School teams win video contest
Saturday May 5, 2012 | By:Linda Danahy |
SPEAK TRUTH WINNERS — Pictured, from left, seated: Caitlin Bruscia, Sarah Gorski, Jaycee Miller and Samantha Reese. Their moms are pictured standing behind them, from left: Elyse Bruscia, Terri Gorski, Kelly Schueler and Rachael Reese.
Springville-GI Middle School social studies students created 3 - 6-minute documentary videos for the “Speak Truth to Power” video contest sponsored by the Robert F. Kennedy Center and New York State United Teachers. Students chose a human rights defender about whom to make a video.A documentary by Caitlin Bruscia and Sarah Gorski, featuring human rights defender Asma Jahangir of Pakistan, was awarded first place in the middle school category. The girls received a $150 savings bond and an autographed copy of Kerry Kennedy’s book “Speak Truth to Power.”
Jaycee Miller and Samantha Reese were awarded third place in the middle school category for their video depicting Natasa Kandic of Serbia on the issues of human rights in times of war. They received a $50 savings bond and an autographed book.
Thirteen videos produced by 37 S-GI students also received honorable mentions in the contest.
The social studies classes led by Drew Beiter and Joseph Karb had gathered on March 27 for a videoconference with Robert F. Kennedy Center Director John Heffernan, who told the students, “The [video contest] brings greater awareness to this curriculum that is not mandated in our schools. We hope to expand the contest nationally and internationally and see human rights taught more broadly all over the world.”
To view the two winning student videos, visit www.speaktruthvideo.com/2012-winner.html.
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