Young Producers Project Creates Music Video at BCAM 
This month,
Young Producers Project worked with BCAM students to create a powerful 2 minute music video at BCAM, using one of the songs created in last year's Bang On A Can audio music elective. The song
was created using entirely sounds from inside the classroom and samples
audio of students playing the game rock paper scissors which it uses as
a hook. On Saturday in collaboration with director Jon Vitagliano, YPP and students filmed the visuals to the song. The video features the following9th and 11th grade students:
Yusuf McGaney, Mylana DeLeon, Brittany Smith, Warren Francois, Aaron Holmes, Raekwon (aka Noodles) Haynes, Rebecca Webb, Omare, James Gripper, and Ernest Lewis.
For the video shoot the students choreographed a
dance using elements of the rock paper scissors game and staged various
improvised dance battles, using the game, in and outside the school.
To hear the song:
http://nopiano.com/YPP/?page_id=5
BCAM Artists Exhibit at Bedford-Stuyvesant YMCA
With the generous support of the
MoCADA Museum and the
Bedford-Stuyvesant YMCA, BCAM held the
2010 Student Art opening/reception featuring student photography, sculptural paintings, and graphic designs. The exhibit will take place from Feb 25- Mar 25th so please support our BCAM community and stop by the YMCA to check out the artwork.
The reception took place on
Thursday, Feb 25th from 6:30 to 8:30 at the
Bedford-Stuyvesant YMCA. Despite a blizzard warning, the event had a great attendance with students, families, staff, and community members supporting the event. Check out the slideshow below to watch the event in action!
College & Post-High School Career Resources
A friendly reminder to all graduating Seniors and families that
deadlines are fast approaching for
Financial Aid applications. Please make sure to visit our BCAM College/ Resource Pages found in the far left navigation link located at the top of this section.
Click
HERE for the BCAM webpage for information about Financial Aid Deadlines and Facts.
Congratulations to our 2010 Graduating Seniors for College Acceptances!
Click
HERE to see the list of students and their early college acceptances. The BCAM community congratulates you for your hard work and determination to succeed academically and professionally!
Seniors, please contact Guidance Counselor Brenda Lyons at
blyons@bcamhs.org to add your information to the list.
BCAM Students & Staff Raise Funds for Haiti Relief
Congratulations to BCAM students, staff, and families who together raised $3500 in funds to benefit families devastated by the Haiti earthquake.
Through this competition, grades of students compete for points (pennies are positive points, everything else is negative points). They strategically place coins in different grades jars to alter points--check out the
graph of student progress! All grades of students were incredibly involved in this fundraiser making campaign posters and collection envelopes to raise funds for this cause. We congratulate both the
11th grade for winning the contest and all our students and staff for their efforts to raise money for this important cause.
See the latest videos by and about BCAM students!
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BCAM Artists Featured in MoCADA Show on Gentrification
BCAM invites you to join us for the show “The Gentrification of Brooklyn: The Pink Elephant Speaks,” curated by Dexter Wimberly, that will be opening
February 4 at The Museum of Contemporary African Diasporan Arts (MoCADA) in downtown Brooklyn. The museum will be open free to the public from 6-9 pm on that day.
The show explores Brooklyn’s gentrification through the work of over 20 artists of diverse ethnicities and ages and equally diverse in their medium, with paintings, photography, illustrations, mixed-media, videos, sculpture, poetry, music and theatrical performances used to talk about issues of race, class and discrimination. Included in this show are pieces produced by 9th and 10th BCAM Photography students and Senior Portfolio students who have explored this issue during class using the mediums of Photography, Drawing, and Graphic Design.
Click
HERE to learn more about the show and the MoCADA museum.
Click
HERE to read press about the show featured in over 10 Brooklyn magazines and newspapers.
Please join us in supporting the work of local artists and students featured in this exciting show!
New Plans for Track/ Field at JH117
Click
HERE to see the blueprint plans for BCAM's new track and field located in the back area of JH117.
Chainless Voices Performs 1st Open Mic in 2010!
CHAINLESS VOICES' first open-mic of the year is coming up.... Come support our BCAM authors and poets this Friday, January 15, 6:30pm - 9:00pm at Second Calvary Baptist Church! The evening will be full of rhymes, poetry, music, dance, skits, comedy, and more.
Come through to share, get on the mic, or just enjoy the show! Click
HERE for flyer and directions.
BCAM Artists Showcase Artwork at Pratt Institute and ICP
Congratulations to BCAM art students for having work featured at Pratt Institute of Art and the International Center of Photography in early December. Students received scholarships to these competitive teen programs, attended weekly classes, and then presented their work to peers and community members during the official opening receptions. Students who exhibited at Pratt include J
anene Wardley(11),
Tamara Mouzon (10), and
Daniel Radcliffe (10).
Lameek Russell (left) and Charnika Webster (right) present work at the ICP show.Students who exhibited at ICP include Sharon
Vega (10),
Charnika Webster (11), and
Lameek Russell (12). We congratulate you all!
BCAM High School chosen as a Design Revolution Roadshow Site
The Design Revolution Road Show is a traveling exhibition and lecture series bringing “product design that empowers” to 20-something design universities and high schools across the nation in the Spring of 2010. A Project H Design initiative, the road show will feature a biodiesel-powered truck and Airstream trailer exhibition of 40 humanitarian design solutions that have been showcased in the book Design Revolution: 100 Products that Empower People.
Click HERE to see the calendar when Project H Design will visit BCAM.
BCAM Community Circle
Reminder
Students, Staff, and Parents:
Don't Forget to Check
The Weekly Community Circle
Announcements HERE!
Community Handbook 2009
Click HERE to download a printable version of our BCAM Community Handbook 2009!
BCAM Teachers fund projects through DonorsChoose!Congratulations to BCAM teachers
Bethany Weisberger (9th grade Science )
Elise Pelletier (9th grade Art),
Jessica VanScoy (Student Support),
Zak Foster (11th Grade Spanish)for raising thousands of dollars for BCAM equipment and educational supplies through Donorschoose.org!
Click on the name of the teacher to see the project for which he or she received funding.
Congratulations to Ms. Weisberger for an additional 9th Grade Earth Science Project that she just got funded! Learn more about it HERE.Find out more HERE about how you can help raise money for educational supplies through online donations at DonorsChoose.
Around BCAM ...
Wear your BCAM!!
Students--Remember to wear your BCAM shirt everyday to school with the exceptions of Fridays. If you are in need of a BCAM shirt, please see any one of the ladies in room 322, the main office.
BCAM Policies
If you have any questions about our uniform policy or any other BCAM policy, please speak with one of our Deans, Mr. Hunter or Ms. Greene in room 335B.
ID Cards
BCAM ID card pics were taken on Friday 9/11. If you are in need of an ID, see Ms. Flynn, our Business Manager. All newly enrolled students will receive an ID free of charge. If you would like a replacement ID card, there will be a $5 charge. If you would like a replacement ID card with a new picture, there will be a $7 charge.
Parent Involvement
Parents--Feel free to contact our Parent Coordinator, Ms. Mayard, room 322 (ext 541) if you need any information regarding any of our school-wide activities. We want to encourage you to join our Parent Association and let your voice be heard.
Principal O'Brien Accepted as Poptech Fellow
Congratulations to Principal James O'Brien for his nomination and acceptance as a Poptech 2009 Fellow.
PopTech , the renowned annual ideas summit and social innovation network unveiled its 2009 class of Social Innovation Fellows: a corps of visionary change agents incubating high-impact approaches to some of the world’s most pressing social, economic and environmental challenges. Click
HERE to learn more about Poptech and download the 2009 Press Release.
BCAM Partners With Adobe Youth Voices
BCAM Receives Excellent Review on InsideSchools.org Website
Click HERE to read the review from Insideschools.org, the independent guide to NYC public schools.