Creaticon to showcase student talent and innovation
Creaticon to showcase student talent and innovation
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The Blind Brook High School Fab Lab has projects spread out on tables and tucked in bins just waiting to be put on display with more to come. These projects, and so many more, will be part of Creaticon 2025, an annual celebration of student ingenuity.
“Creaticon is a celebration of creativity,” said STEM teacher and Design, Innovation, Creativity and Expression (DICE) Coordinator Aida Rosenbaum. “It’s expressing yourself or showing content knowledge.”
Participants have an option of sharing a class specific project they worked on, or they can share something they have created on their own.
“It’s an opportunity to show the community what their interests are and what they are capable of,” Ms. Rosenbaum continued. “It’s joyful.”
Creaticon was established by the DICE Committee a number of years ago but was put on hiatus during the pandemic. Last year the committee brough the event back, which is open to K-12 students. Guests will not only be able to see students’ work, but in many instances have an opportunity to ask the creator about what they did.
Younger students, Ms. Rosenbaum said, have planned to share their art projects and elementary students at BMPRSS in the Young Engineers program have designs to showcase as well.
“I’m so happy Blind Brook includes the littles in this kind of learning,” Ms. Rosenbaum said.
There is a wide range projects from middle school students, including 3D designs, digital media presentations, animation and coding work.
From the high school, she said, students are sharing their photography, art and more.
In the past several weeks, Ms. Rosenbaum said Middle School students have taken advantage of their WIN time to work on creating things for the event.
“I want people to have fun,” Ms. Rosenbaum said of guests who attend as they peruse the displays.
Throughout the evening the high school robotics team, The Jellyfish, will do robotic demonstrations and the Junior Jellyfish, the elementary group that works with their older peers, will also be showcasing their work too. And in a not-to-be-missed display, AP Physics students will be conducting projectile launches in the gym. And Ms. Rosenbaum encourages those in attendance to keep an eye out for the 2,016 paper cranes, hand made by a middle school student, that will be hanging up as part of the showcase.
Guests can also take a turn creating with the Westchester Art Mobile who will have an interactive table in the Commons.
“The goal was to make sure there was a lot to do and not just observe,” Ms. Rosenbaum said. “And to bring more awareness to this type of learning. It’s joyful, but also very high level.”
Looking around the Fab Lab, Ms. Rosenbaum said she is continuously astonished at what students are producing.
“I am always blown away by the imagination and the goals,” she said. “Students ask, can we do this? Figuring that out is part of the learning. They are inspiring and pushing the boundaries.”
Creaticon will take place on May 15 at Blind Brook MS/HS, from 5 to 8 p.m.
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- Blind Brook Middle School
- Bruno M. Ponterio Ridge Street School
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“Start with Hello Week” helps students create positive atmosphere
Students at Blind Brook Middle/High School have begun the new school year with a special reminder about how to create a positive atmosphere at the school and it begins with “Start with Hello Week,” which runs from Sept. 16-20.
The concept began with the Sandy Hook Promise, which helps support students and staff become more connected with one another.
“The goal is for schools to foster a culture of inclusivity and empathy in order to reduce bullying and increase connections,” the Sandy Hook Promise website states.
The week-long activities begin with students learning how to recognize when others are lonely or socially isolated, finding ways to help others feel included and techniques to start up a conversation.
“For this year's SWH Week, we hosted lunchtime activities that are focused on creating an environment where students can form new connections as well as recognize the trusted adults within their school community,” said Ashley Schlemmer, BBMS/HS Student Assistance Counselor.
“Some of our activities include writing conversation starters onto paper links to create a chain of ways in which people can engage with one another; creating Hello-Grams, with positive messages for students to share with their peers; wearing green to demonstrate solidarity and unity with the Sandy Hook Promise; writing letters of gratitude to trusted adults or completing a treasure hunt to locate spaces where students can find trusted adults; and finally, ending the week with a pledge to keep the Start with Hello spirit going throughout the year,” she said.