Month: October 2020

AHS Anti-racism Murals In the Works

Ms. McCulloch and a group of students worked over the summer to develop murals to promote anti-racism.
The mural is underway and will take place over the next three Wednesdays. Students have the opportunity to contribute to creating a piece of artwork that seeks to create a space for conversation as well as to create an artful response to the racial inequities they see present in our community. This mural, the first of a hopeful series highlights students and stories from the AHS community through a visual art response. Students are hoping this artwork makes others feel welcome, included, safe and represented within our community.
Students are seeking to make our school a place where silenced voices are uplifted and create space for empathy and understanding. they hope to create new discourse around what it means to be an anti-racist student in AHS as well as create space for our black and brown students to feel acknowledged, accepted, seen, and supported for who they are.

Flags for Heroes

Each November, you may have noticed an installation of flags around the AHS flag pole. Every year, in honor of Veterans Day, our Workplace Students work with the Rotary of Arlington to support Flags for Heroes. Here is their announcement:

“Flags for Heroes is a fund-raising activity sponsored by the Rotary Club of Arlington. People have purchased flags in memory of the men and women who are serving or have served as members of the military, first responders, parents, teachers, coaches, mentors, community leaders, and other heroes.

Rows of US Flags will be flown for several weeks at the Park Circle Water Tower, on Park Avenue, from October 22nd through November 12th. The dedication ceremony will take place on Sunday, November 8th, at 1:00 pm.

For some visitors, it is a place of contemplation. For others, it is a place to run with their children through a sea of red, white and blue. For everyone, it becomes a place of reflection and remembrances for the people who have been heroes in our lives.”

AHS Art Show on the Fence

If you are driving by the high school you’ll see  the four large murals that were recently installed on the construction fence along Mass Ave in front of the high school.  The visual art murals consist of numerous artworks created recently by AHS art students.
Thanks to all of the students artists, to the AHS visual art teachers and especially Nate Muehleisen who designed the layout and coordinated the printing of the murals.

ARLINGTON AND CONCORD STUDENTS WIN PRIZES IN C-SPAN’S VIDEO DOCUMENTARY COMPETITION

WASHINGTON (March 11, 2020) – C-SPAN announced today that students in Concord and Arlington, Massachusetts, are winners in C-SPAN’s national 2020 StudentCam competition.

Ben Austen, Eliot Martin and Sabrina Blasik, students at Arlington High School in Arlington, will receive $250 as honorable mention winners for the documentary, “Climate Change and the Green New Deal.”

Addison Boger, Tessa Renyi and Meredith Kenney, students at Nashoba Brooks School in Concord, will receive $750 as third prize winners for the documentary, “Climate Change: What Will Our Future Be?”

Each year since 2006, C-SPAN partners with local cable television providers in communities nationwide to invite middle and high school students to produce short documentaries about a subject of national importance. This year students addressed the theme, “What’s Your Vision in 2020? Explore the issue you most want presidential candidates to address during the campaign.”

In response, nearly 5,400 students from 44 states and Washington, D.C., participated. C-SPAN received over 2,500 submissions on a variety of topics. The most popular topics addressed were:

  • Environment (18%) – Climate Change, Green New Deal, Pollution and Plastics
  • Equality/Discrimination (15%) – Prison Rights, Affirmative Action, Veterans’ Rights, Human Rights
  • Guns (13%) – Gun Control, Mass Shootings, Second Amendment, Gun Safety
  • Health Care (12%) – Universal Health Care, Mental Health, Addictions, Vaping
  • Immigration (9%) – Border Security, Undocumented Immigration, Separation of Families, DACA

“StudentCam provides a platform for young people to have their voices heard on the issues they are clearly passionate about,” said C-SPAN’s Director of Education Relations Craig McAndrew. “This year’s entries reflect remarkable research and production values and feature a wide range of interviews with elected officials and experts. The life skills students learn from this experience will carry them forward in their academic, personal and professional lives.”

C-SPAN is funded by America’s cable television companies, who also support StudentCam. In Concord and Arlington, C-SPAN is available locally through Comcast.

 

“Congratulations to our local winners on their hard work, creativity and well-deserved recognition,” said Tim Kelly, VP of Government and Regulatory Affairs. “Comcast is committed to strengthening our communities through educational programs and we are proud to partner with C-SPAN in its mission to encourage students to think critically about issues that affect our country.”

These winners are among the 330 students from across the country winning a total of $100,000. C-SPAN is awarding one grand prize, 4 first prizes, 16 second prizes, 32 third prize winners and 97 honorable mention prizes. The winning videos will receive cash awards of $5,000, $3,000, $1,500, $750 and $250, respectively. This year marks the 16th year of the StudentCam competition, which has awarded over $1,000,000 in prizes.

 

High school students competed on a regional level, with the United States divided into three regions: West, Central and East. Middle school students were judged on a national basis. The grand prize winner was selected nationally among all regions and grade levels.

 

The 150 winning videos can be viewed at http://www.studentcam.org and may be used in a broadcast with attribution to C-SPAN.