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| Our first student-created club: Movies! |
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| Hey KCA students, what are you doing Thursdays after school? Do you like movies of any genre? Ninth-grade student Rainbow is creating a movie club to begin Thursday September 14th @ 4pm. “I really like movies, and at one point I heard about a high school movie club, and I thought about Kalmiopsis,” he reflected while eating a burrito last Sunday at the Pine Portal, where his artist mom, Forest, works. (As an aside: Forest is creating five dream catchers for KCA, thanks to a grant from Four Way Community Foundation). The movie club, which has yet to be named, will meet Thursdays after school to watch films and share snacks. Majority vote will decide which movies to watch, said Rainbow, who is looking for another student to co-coordinate the club. He’ll pitch the idea to his peers during a democratic meeting in Kalmiopsis Community Class, our schoolwide for-credit course that meets twice a week. Rainbow spent 3rd-5th grade at the Dome School, has most recently been homeschooled, and is ready for high school at KCA. “I like the idea of Kalmiopsis and how it’s art-related and not like a regular public school. I think I will be a good fit and it will be a fun school.” Aside from movies, he likes to go on adventures, spend time with friends, and is currently working on a horror short-film series with another KCA student. The movie club will be open to KCA, IVHS, homeschooled, unschooled, and otherly-schooled students. Rainbow’s movie club embodies one of KCA’s four guiding principles – Youth Leadership Grows Genuine Confidence. The three other guiding principles are addressed throughout this newsletter. |
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