Blog Post 9: What Schools Should Understand About “What’s the Story?”

I have never been a part of a class that functioned in the way “What’s the Story?” does. I have...

What I’ve Learned so Far…

The learning I’ve done so far at What’s the Story is so much different than anything I’ve ever done before....

#8 Informing schools

Whats the story is a great way to get students out of the typical classroom environment and still participate in...

Blog Post #6 – Seeking Common Ground

I was able to fit most topics into a main category, however most of the categories are very broad and...

Post #5 – Being Aware

I decided to dig deeper into the awareness aspect of mental health issues and depression. I explained how there are...

Final Post: Change Is Possible

Self-Direction I already knew my topic since I was continuing it and I used the same emotional and statistical points...

The Final Retreat

What’s the Story Vermont. This course has challenged me in ways I didn’t expect to encounter during my high school...

March Retreat: My Brain is a Delicate Ecosystem That’s on Fire.

What’s the Story isn’t just another thing you join and then forget about, skipping meetings and not doing the work....

March Retreat: You Decide the Change You Want to Make

Most people, until age 18, just go through the regular education system. They study, take tests, and forget what they’ve...

March Retreat: Why What’s the Story?

What’s the Story is a course I’m taking that allows me to create a documentary about a local issue that...

The Plan

On saturday, the WtS team got together to review film and think about starting to edit their documentaries. It was...

How to Create Change

I would like to start out by saying that this blog post is mostly for me. I’ve had a lot...

Day At Dealer

Yesterday, I spent most of my day with my mom at Dealer.Com. While I was there, I interviewed 7 different...

Update; Tying Together Different Perspectives

Leaving our day at Winooski and Burlington we had redefined the story we were looking to uncover. We turned our...

A Busy Week Ahead

Hi all! This week, being the last week of filming, is a busy one. My plan is to post short-ish...

ALL ARE WELCOME

On the 23rd of January our team pulled off a day of immense productivity that took weeks of coordinating...

Big Picture

Hi all! This Monday, I shadowed at the Big Picture school in South Burlington. While I was there, I interviewed...

Post Winooski/Burlington Day

Wow! That day went by very quickly,and my team and I learned so much about interviewing and Winooski’s ELL program...

Today is the Big Day- Winooski/Burlington Interviews

Today my group and I are going to Winooski and Burlington schools, to have a full day of interviewing! Our group...

Productive week

My group met at CVU last week, where Grace and I planned to film the first video of the web-series....

Say of The Students / Progress Report

This and last week have been very productive. This week, I am working on getting all of my student interviews...

Quick update

These past two weeks I’ve been focused on getting our website back up and running. The goal is for it...

Gears Are Grinding

Last week, I met with Emily and we devised a schedule from now until winter break, which begins on the...

December Retreat: Excited for the Future

I didn’t accomplish everything I would have liked to over the past four weeks, however I worked with Eva to...

December Retreat- Why You Should, Why You Could

I came into this retreat excited because I had finally figured out that instead of targeting 4 or 5 groups...

What's the Story? – The Young Filmmakers' Social Action Team

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