BCAM Congratulates 2012 January Regents Testers
BCAM Staff and students would like to congratulate all of our 10th -12th grade students for their great focus and concentration during the January Regents last week.
Click HERE for this year's list of students who passed Math & English.
Click HERE for this year's list of students who passed History & Science.
9th Grade Teacher Ms Hoyle Achieves New Funding for Literacy Project
BCAM would like to congratulate 9th grade History Teacher Ms Hoyle fo
r recently earning support at DonorsChoose.org for "The Hunger Games: Food For Thought." Like many teachers at BCAM who work hard to achieve resources and funding for our students, Hoyle worked with DonorsChoose.org to purchase 40 copies of the Hunger Games for a BCAM book club. The books will encourage students to try out the literacy strategies worked on in academic classes and allow them to take risks (reading aloud, participating in Reader's Theater) in a small, supportive group.
Read about Ms Hoyle's Funded Proposal HERE and all other BCAM funded proposals HERE.
BCAM BACKTALK Newspaper Hot Off the Press!
We are excited to announce that BCAM BACKTALK, our student produced newspaper, is now available online! Check out our first exciting issue
HERE.
To download and print a PDF of BACKTALK Issue 1, click
HERE.
BCAM Own Your Future 12th Grade Students Showcase Media Work Online
BCAM invites you to view the impressive media projects completed by students in our
Own Your Future program, a year-long media arts program that focuses on community accountability, media arts, professional experience and internships, and how design can better our local community.
Student Work (shown below) from the academic year as well as the intensive 2 week summer program held at Pratt Institute of Art is now available
HERE.
See posters designed by students HERE.
Meet the student participants and hear more about the project at: http://www.ownyourfuture-bcam.org.
BCAM Art Students Visit SUNY Purchase College
Over 50 BCAM Junior and Senior Art students learned more about college preparation and campus life this week when they traveled to upstate New York to visit SUNY Purchase college in Purchase, NY. Known for its outstanding Fine Art, Performing, and Media Art Programs, Purchase offers students a both a creative and rigorous academic environment that prepares them for careers in all areas of Commercial and Fine Art. Students learned about the college and its academic and creative offerings and then toured the Fine Art, Performing, and Campus Life buildings.
Click HERE to see a slideshow of BCAM students and their informative and fun trip.
BCAM Chosen as an Exploring The Arts (ETA) Partner School
We are proud to announce that BCAM has been chosen as a partner to and grant recipient from the Tony Bennett
Exploring the Arts Partnership (ETA). In addition to receiving the $10,000 Principal's Grant to fund arts integration into our curriculum, BCAM also received two $2500 Teacher Challenge grants written by classroom teachers to incorporate media and arts resources and training into the classroom. Click the links below to read the winning Challenge Grant proposals.
Rebranding and Revealing Truth: Creating Video Parodies in 11th Grade Media Arts
Cooperating Teachers: Christy Herbes (11th grade Media and Art), Jessica Valoris (Curriculum Support Specialist)
BCAM Chosen as Question Bridge Pilot School
Along with one other NYC high school and 6 schools from Oakland and Atlanta, BCAM has been chosen as a pilot location for the 2011-12 Question Bridge project. BCAM educators will be leading a group of BCAM young men through the project throughout the course of the year.
Question Bridge: Black Males is a transmedia art project that includes an installation, high school curriculum, community events, a robust interactive website, and a mobile app. It facilitates a healing dialogue among black men in America and offers them a platform to represent and redefine their identity. The team is composed of accomplished artists, thought leaders, and producers including Chris Johnson, Hank Willis Thomas, Bayete Ross-Smith, Kamal Sinclair, and their new transmedia partner, Innovent.
Community Handbook 2011-12
Click HERE to read the handbook online.
Click HERE to download a printable version.
BCAM Congratulates the Graduating Class of 2011!
Click HERE to view the photo slideshow from this year's BCAM Graduation at the Brooklyn Museum of Art.
BCAM students, staff, families, and friends attended the moving Graduation Ceremony at The Brooklyn Museum of Art on Monday, June 27. Highlights included vocal performances by BCAM graduates and speeches by this year's Valedictorian Victoria Steward and Salutatorian Samantha Isaac, a moving speech by BCAM staff presenter Ebony Jones, and a performance by Keynote Speaker, the famous Brooklyn poet and musician, John Forte. Thanks to all who made this event special and to BCAM Graduates of 2011-we salute you!
Community Circle Announcements
Don't forget to stay updated on BCAM's Weekly Community Circle Announcements for all the latest in BCAM academics, athletics, and school culture. Visit our online page
HERE.
New Track/ Field at JH117 Fully Funded
BCAM is happy to announce that the proposal for a new Track and Field at our JH117 home site has been fully funded! We want to give special thanks to Borough President Marty Markowitz and Councilwoman Letitia James for their funding support and ongoing commitment.
Click HERE to see the project blueprint.
Click HERE for the official project design update (including details about the new site).