6th-grade students describe how they will survive in the wilderness after the sudden collapse of society until they can get a village up and running.
Fall, 2019
The 8th-grade class recorded reflections on their time in Journey and gave advice to the incoming students.
May, 2019
6th-grade students created videos to explain how to solve simple algebraic equations using algebra tiles.
May 2019
February 2021
February 2022
Throughout 8th grade, Marisa and Julia created a sequel to their 7th-grade creation, King Stupid, that picks up at the cliff-hanger ending where the audience learned that the king was not truly dead. Scheduling filming sessions between the various projects and competitions in which many of their actors were involved was a challenge, but one they overcame.
2018-19
(Note: This may be the most historically inaccurate film ever created.)
In 8th grade, Grayson made a documentary of Elon Musk. It is done in a classic voice-over-images documentary style but includes live-action scenes interspersed highlighting key moments in Musk's life. Grayson recruited actors and filmed many of the scenes in tightly-scheduled sessions during lunch. All of the documentary information is accurate and each of the live-action scenes depict factual events, although some creative license was taken in scripting the details (sometimes a lot).
2018-19
In 7th grade, Aydin created an epic Lego stop-motion animation. The story spans across various sets, uses a variety of techniques, and the sound effects are all original sounds recorded by Aydin.
2018-19
In 8th grade, Victor used simple Lego arrangements to mimic the blocky classic Mario characters in a stream of humorous interactions with references to many of the Mario titles.
Spring, 2019
In 8th and 6th grade, respectively, Dominick and Lilia created a documentary for the National History Day competition which advanced to the national finals in Washington D.C.
2018-19
For the What's So Cool About Manufacturing contest, 8th-graders Fiora, Julia, Kayley, and Marisa worked with WORLD electronics. Their creation earned one of the top spots in the Berks competition and advanced to the state-level.
Fall 2018 - Winter 2019
Three students competed in the Optimists' Club's Oratorical Contest in 2019.
In Drama club after school, students created a shot-for-shot recreation of a Kutztown Middle School version of The Office opening sequence.
The actor they found to play Jim really made the whole thing work.
January 2019
In 7th grade, Emily, Elise, Abby, Jordan, Karis, Brady, Katie, Otis, and Jesse created two movies based on the first to books is a series by Caroline B. Cooney after one based on a Gary D. Schmidt book. The projects were done as an enrichment to their Reading class curriculum to further challenge these students. The movies are supposed to create interest in peers and encourage others to read the books.
Winter and Spring of 2019