Filmmaking challenges young people to tell a story with moving images. In this 5 week workshop for students grades 6-8, youth will partner and create up to three minutes of film on a topic of their choice. Students begin on day one working with digital cameras and learning the fundamentals of directing films. Hands-on classes in editing and production cover a portion of the creative and technical demands of storytelling with moving images.
In the five-week program each student will write, direct and edit his or her own short films which will be uploaded to the HK Foundations Center’s site for all to see.
For further information on this program, please contact Stephanie Jelley at 973.762.4062 or email programs@mwsohkfc.org
We See The World Global Peer Mentoring Project is a collaboration between Communities in Schools of New Jersey Mentoring Success Center and YouthWorks CIC in Belfast, Ireland. Students grades 9-12 who reside in Maplewood South Orange are eligible to participate in this wonderful program which will bring together youth from across the globe. This initiative will allow and encourage students to share experiences and learn through video conferencing, social media video and other technology.
Thomas Owens of Communities in Schools of New Jersey and Stephen Hughes of Belfast, Ireland met nearly 2 years ago when Stephen’s YouthWorks team visited Newark. Finding common ground, both were committed to creating an innovative and engaging youth project using the powerful tools of technology. Together they launched “We See The World” and, through HK Community Fund (a community based charity located in Maplewood), have invited the youth of Maplewood and South Orange to join the project which launched on September 21, 2010 joining youth from Belfast, Ireland; Newark, New Jersey; Phoenix, Arizona and Dayton, Ohio. more »
Mindfulness Without Borders is a non-progit organization that offers effective strategies and tools to enhance social-emotional intelligence and mindful awareness by seeding conversations on social and emotional competencies that are vital for coping with the stresses of an increasingly complex world. The Center is fortunate to identify itself with Mindfulness Without Borders as we share a commitment to developing a shared language of compassion and peace in our neighborhood, particularly among our youth, where people of all cultures can support one another and live together mindful of our shared humanity.
The program objectives reinforce character qualities that enhance ethical and engaged citizenship through a practice of values and virtues that promote healthy relationships and a successful, happy and meaningful life. Members will meet for twelve council lessons that connect inborn intelligence to social, emotional and leadership skills as they learn simple steps to bring mindfulness into their day-to-day lives.
The Center’s pilot ambassador council will begin Monday October 10th from 3:30 to 5:00 pm. Registration opens Monday August 15th and is open to students residing in Maplewood/South Orange grades 9-12. To reserve your child’s seat, please contact programs@mwsohkfc.org or call 973.762.4062.
Let your child use his/her wildest imagination to create a virtual world of his own using Photoshop CS5. The first in a series of courses that provide instruction on how to use Photoshop CS5 to create professional-looking images for both print and the Web. In this course, students will learn about image copyright, identify the components of the Photoshop environment, learn about the differences between rater and vector graphics, and learn how to use Adobe Bridge.
Students will learn to select specific image areas and will learn how to modify and manipulate selections. In addition, students will learn how to work with text, layers and layer effects; how to adjust, retouch, and resize images; and how to prepare images for printing and the Web.
This workshop will allow young and aspiring filmmakers to talk about the issues they care about the most and then make a documentary. The documentary will be filmed over the course of two days, and an edited version of the film will be screened locally for everyone to see.
In a series of workshops Tuesday July 5th through August 9th, this program covers under-discussed topic areas, including advocacy filmmaking, producing the NGO or political documentary, and documentary shorts for the web. There are even workshops on funding and distributing your documentary work worldwide.
The course encourages students to develop a voice through a wide range of formats and styles, where students work in teams proposing short, do-able documentary projects which they shoot and edit for screening and review by the group and public. Subject matter can come from local issues and events, artists and a host of interesting local characters. All work is reviewed and critiqued, and in the end, students take away at least one, possibly more, collaborative documentary pieces.
This workshop has been designed to engage local youth interested in film grades 9-12 and is limited to 10 seats. The workshop is held 6 consecutive Tuesdays, 10:00 to noon, with open workshops on Thursday July 21st and August 4th 10:00 am to noon for those who require additional time to edit their work. The fee for the 6 week workshop including materials is $40. Please email programs@mwsohkfc.org for further information and registration or you may call 973.762.4062.
Let your child use his/her wildest imagination to create a virtual world of his own using Photoshop CS5. The first in a series of courses that provide instruction on how to use Photoshop CS5 to create professional-looking images for both print and the Web. In this course, students will learn about image copyright, identify the components of the Photoshop environment, learn about the differences between rater and vector graphics, and learn how to use Adobe Bridge.
Students will learn to select specific image areas and will learn how to modify and manipulate selections. In addition, students will learn how to work with text, layers and layer effects; how to adjust, retouch, and resize images; and how to prepare images for printing and the Web.
An intensive writing workshop where both professional and aspiring writers come together in a creative and supportive environment to individually write screenplays for film or stage.
Activities include learning key screenwriting concepts, reading and discussing existing scripts, viewing scenes from films for analysis from a writer’s perspective, and writing and revising drafts of students’ own scripts.
Your instructor will work along side you to provide detailed suggestions for improvement of story, structure, plot, characters, dialog, mechanics, and grammar. Writers learn standard screenwriting formatting using Final Draft, a leading word processing program for scriptwriting.
Final scripts are read aloud to the class so students can hear their work and visualize the final production.
This 5 week workshop will be lead by Michele Jelley, instructor of English Rutgers University and screenplay writer.
Option 1: Tuesdays 3:30-7:30 May 24, 31, June 7, 14 and 21st
Option 2: Monday and Wednesdays 10 am to noon May 23-June 23rd.
Workshop attendees welcome to work on their scripts independently in Final Draft during The Center’s open workshop hours. Pre-registration required.
Workshop fee of $75.00 includes workbook and is due at time of registration. Seating limited to 8.
For further information and registration please contact programs@mwsohkfc.org or contact The Center at 973.762.4062
Lego Animation Grades 6-7
Lego animation is a type of stop motion animation created by moving an object in very small amounts and taking a picture between each movement – think the California Raisins or Wallace and Gromit. You then run all of the pictures together at a fast pace to create the illusion that the object(s) are really moving.
Your child will learn digital technology while creating their own lego animation movie with a computer, digital camera, tripod, and batch of colorful legos.
Students will be encouraged to link this media project to their community or as a tool to bring a book report or other writing project to life.
Your child will also be introduced to iPhoto and Aperture to enhance and modify their photos in an environment that encourages collaboration among peers and senior peer mentors.
Workshop offered Tuesdays April 5 through May 3rd with registration beginning March 28th. Student fee $25.00.
For further information on this workshop a, please email programs@mwsohkfc.org or call 973.762.4062 Please note The Center follows the Maplewood & South Orange School District calendar. Accordingly classes will not be held the week of April 18th.
The Foundations Center of Maplewood & South Orange Adult Registration is now open and offering series of workshops that focus on “Learning the Language of Social Media and Web Development”. These workshops are specifically designed for small business owners who are new to social networking.
Are you using social media to build an audience or market your services? If you haven’t you’re probably missing out on connecting with new audiences. These workshops will take an advanced look at social media optimization. You will learn best practices for engagement and digital marketing to steer traffic to your website.
Stephanie Jelley, Director of Business Development & Programming and social media enthusiast with more than 10 years of communication experience with Contour Marketing & Media, will lead the series.
Workshop topics are:
- March 15– “Introduction to Social Media” Learn the basics of social media. Blogs, YouTube and social networks like Facebook and Twitter are just some of the new tools allowing people to share knowledge and organize into groups online. This session will cover basic information about how social media tools such as blogs, wikis, YouTube, Facebook and Twitter are being used. You will also gain pointers and tips to consider about using social media in your business/organization’s communications. In addition you will review how social media tools have changed and continues to change the landscape of communications.
- March 22 – “Facebook and LinkedIn for Beginners” will focus on setting up a Facebook account and pages for your small business as well as the importance of a LinkedIn presence creating a profile and network that will enhance your reach.
- March 29-”Twitter Know-How” will cover setting up an account, creating a custom background, tweetiquette, tweeting and getting targeted followers to compliment your business services.
- April 5-”Building your Business through Better Blogging-An Introduction to WordPress” There are many uses for blogs. Blogging is one of the most sought after techniques for driving traffic, increasing revenue, network marketing, advertising, personal uses, branding and much more.
The cost for the workshop is $99 and registration is required as seating is limited. Additional guided assistance available during open workshops Fridays 3-5;15 pm.
Workshops will be held from 6:30-8:15 p.m. Tuesday evenings, March 15-April 5th at the HK Foundations Center which is conveniently located at 515 Valley Street, Suite 130, Maplewood.
For further information or to request reasonable accommodations for disabilities, call 973.762.4062 or email programs@mwsohkfc.org.
Claymation is a type of stop motion animation created by moving an object in very small amounts and taking a picture between each movement – think the California Raisins or Wallace and Gromit. You then run all of the pictures together at a fast pace to create the illusion that the object(s) are really moving.
Your child will learn digital technology while creating their own claymation movie with a computer, digital camera, tripod, and clay.
Students will be encouraged to link this media project to their community or as a tool to bring a book report or other writing project to life.
Your child will also be introduced to iPhoto and Aperture to enhance and modify their photos in an environment that encourages collaboration among peers and senior peer mentors. For further information on this workshop a, please email programs@mwsohkfc.org or call 973.762.4062
Workshop offered Tuesdays 3:30-4:45 Workshop is limited to 10 children and will run from February 15th through March 15th. Registration February 4th through 11th. Student fee for supplies $10.00.
