Steve Jobs' 2005 Stanford Commencement Address

I love how Steve Jobs 'dropped into' College for a year and a half. Taking the courses he wanted to take instead of the courses he HAD to take!

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Amity HS Fall Play- Dec 10th- Free

From: "Kennedy, Robert" <Robert.Kennedy@reg5.k12.ct.us>
Date: December 1, 2010 7:48:26 AM EST

The Amity Creative Theater presents its fall production BANG YOU'RE DEAD by William Mastrosimone  on December 10th, 2010 at 8pm at the Amity High School Auditorium.  

Presented to the student body as part of Amity High Schools advisory program; Bang Bang You're Dead is a one act play written by William Mastrosimone in 1999 to raise awareness of bullying, school violence and its causes. According to Mastrosimone, it “is a drama to be performed by kids, for kids” for free. The plot focuses on Josh, a high school student who murders his parents and five classmates. It is strongly based on the events surrounding Kip Kinkel's shootings of his parents on May 20, 1998 and 27 of his classmates at Thurston High School in Springfield, Oregon on May 21, 1998. The first production of this play took place at Thurston High School and many of the student actors in the play had been victims in the shooting.  As of October 2009, the play had been performed over 25,000 times.   While the play deals with the subject of school violence there is no strong language in the play and no guns or weapons appear on stage at anytime.  If there were a parental rating on the show it would be "PG".  Following the play there will be a question and answer session with the director, cast and crew.

This play is made possible by a generous grant from the Jamie Hulley Arts Foundation.  www.jamiehulleyartsfund.org

There is no admission charge but donations will be accepted for the Pettite Family Foundation. The PETIT FAMILY FOUNDATION honors the memories of JENNIFER HAWKE-PETIT, HAYLEY ELIZABETH PETIT and MICHAELA ROSE PETIT by continuing the kindness, idealism and activism that defined their lives. The Foundation's funds are given to foster the education of young people, especially women in the sciences; to improve the lives of those affected by chronic illnesses; and to support efforts to protect and help those affected by violence.

For more information go to our website at www.amityperformingarts.com   

Rob Kennedy- Theater Arts Teacher

www.amityperformingarts.com
Amity High School
25 Newton Road
Woodbridge, CT 06525
robert.kennedy@reg5.k12.ct.us

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Fun Thanksgiving Day Weekend!

We had an action packed long weekend with activities from Wednesday night straight through to Sunday night!

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History Bye - The Foresters

Exciting news! The Foresters have started recording their new songs. Here is a demo of their song History Bye

  
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Education and Creativity

Sir Ken Robinson talks about creativity and the challenges of changing education to value creativity as much as literacy.

If you're not prepared to be wrong you'll Never come up with anything Original - Sir Ken Robinson

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The Grove - Story.Lab Week 4

Here are the slides from the fourth and final week of Story.Lab presented by Ken Janke from The Grove. There are two fantastic video clips from this week from Sir Ken Robinson that are focused on the themes of creativity, collaboration and education. Several of the story.labbers shared their stories with us inluding Aldon, Lydia, Rachel, Jeff and Mason. I can tell that people spent a lot of time thinking about defining their story and many are well on their way to living it out. Hopefully some of those folks will be willing to share their story as Aldon did.

I want to give a huge thanks out to Ken Janke for guiding our journey over the past four weeks.

Story lab presentation4

Week 1
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Week 3

Mother and son jam

Look out Jackson 5. It's the Nork 4! :-P

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Titles - Lug Me

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Sunday Home With The Boys

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I got to spend quite a bit of time with my boys this weekend. What gorgeous weather!

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Memorial for Lorren

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I took the boys to Lorren's Memorial at The Connecticut Dance Conservatory tonight. What an amazing night! Her husband Carl set out tons of photos & memorabilia that filled each room of the studio. Lorren was always such a gracious host and hosted our food coop potluck dinners for many years. We had some fantastic food, drink & conversation. Really very special times. Lorren & her family were also so accepting of our kids even when they wert the best behaved. We will carry fond memories of those times always.

What a great life. I'm sad she had to go so soon, but she defiantly lived it to the fullest.

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The Grove - Story.Lab Week 3

Here are the slides from week three of Story.lab presented by Ken Janke from The Grove. There were some new folks who joined us this week so they may be interested in reviewing week one and week two slides first.  How are people finding the material? I really enjoy the thought provoking nature of the content and discussion, but really think it will take quite a bit more time to define my own story. As Ken says, it took him almost six years to define his!  Story lab presentation 3

The Adventures of Pete & Pete - "Hard Day's Pete" (Part 1 of 3)

Mayor John DeStefano's announcement tomorrow will change New Haven & the region @ 9:30 streaming live http://ournewhaven.org #nhv #swc

Update for Mac Users: Be sure to install the free plug-in tonight so you can see the live streaming tomorrow!

John DeStefano, Jr.

City Of New Haven
Mayor

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:        
November 8, 2010

-MEDIA ADVISORY-
THE COUNTDOWN BEGINS FOR AN ANNOUNCEMENT THAT WILL DRAMATICALLY CHANGE
NEW HAVEN AND THE REGION – THIS WILL BE THE MOST SIGNIFICANT
ANNOUNCEMENT EVER MADE IN NEW HAVEN

WHO:         Mayor John DeStefano, Jr.
Dr. Reginald Mayo, Superintendent of Schools
Special guests including national and state elected officials, CEOs,
Presidents of institutions, New Haven Residents, Educators, More than
200 students and other very recognizable leaders representing national,
regional and local communities
WHAT:  At this event, a groundbreaking announcement will be made that
will answer the questions: “What makes a city great? What does it take
to help move an entire city forward into a new generation?” This will
be an announcement of national interest that will change New Haven and
the region forever. The details of the announcement are being kept
confidential until the Tuesday morning event. This event will be shown
live on several City-operated websites and will be viewed by every
student at every New Haven Public School because the subject of this
event will completely change their lives, their families and their
neighborhoods.
WHERE:  Live streaming on http://www.ournewhaven.org
WHEN:  Tuesday, November 9, 2010 at 9:30 a.m.

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WHERE GOOD IDEAS COME FROM by Steven Johnson

I love the idea of new collaborative workspaces like the Grove could be the birth of the next intellectual revolution :)

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The Grove Story.Lab - Week 2

Ken Janke continued to be our guide in helping each of us to determine the story of our life in the second installment of Story.Lab. He will be posting his slides online to help all the participants think through the questions raised and even more importantly broaden the discussion to a wider circle of people.

Here are this week's slides:

Story Lab - Week 2

Ken showed the trailer to a documentary called Darius Goes West. Take a look. It's a wonderful example of a person not only writing their story, but LIVING their story!



Looking forward to continuing the conversation!