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  • Monhagen Middle School
  • Middletown, NY
  • More than half of students from low‑income households Data about students' economic need comes from the National Center for Education Statistics, via our partners at MDR Education. Learn more

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In the Digital Age, yearbooks have become even more important because of their tangible nature. We take for granted the millions of photos we observe throughout the day, whether it is through social media or advertising. The speed of a click is all the attention given to most photos, yet, there is still that lovely, sweet, and sentimental experience of flipping through a yearbook. Slowly, soooo slowly, looking at each photo to find yourself, your friends, your teachers. Simultaneously sharing stories, memories, and connections with whomever is sitting next to you. The excitement of not only receiving your yearbook at the end of a long school year, but finding photos of yourself in a book is simply an extraordinary experience. But maybe the best part is when you open that same yearbook years and years later to share it all again with the new people you meet in life. Yearbooks are valuable and show us how far we have come in life. They capture the essence of our youth and that is their true power. In order to create yearbooks, we need cameras. Students will learn the social and technical aspects of photography. Socially, they will learn how to ask for permission to take a photo (this is a serious skill in the digital world where everyone seems to have a camera on their phone and use it to photograph whenever/wherever). Communicating the purpose of the photo, the pose of the photo, and the destination of the photo. Technically, students will learn the functions of a camera. They will practice adjusting background, lighting, postures, etc. There is so much to learn... and all we need are cameras - with your help!

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In the Digital Age, yearbooks have become even more important because of their tangible nature. We take for granted the millions of photos we observe throughout the day, whether it is through social media or advertising. The speed of a click is all the attention given to most photos, yet, there is still that lovely, sweet, and sentimental experience of flipping through a yearbook. Slowly, soooo slowly, looking at each photo to find yourself, your friends, your teachers. Simultaneously sharing stories, memories, and connections with whomever is sitting next to you. The excitement of not only receiving your yearbook at the end of a long school year, but finding photos of yourself in a book is simply an extraordinary experience. But maybe the best part is when you open that same yearbook years and years later to share it all again with the new people you meet in life. Yearbooks are valuable and show us how far we have come in life. They capture the essence of our youth and that is their true power. In order to create yearbooks, we need cameras. Students will learn the social and technical aspects of photography. Socially, they will learn how to ask for permission to take a photo (this is a serious skill in the digital world where everyone seems to have a camera on their phone and use it to photograph whenever/wherever). Communicating the purpose of the photo, the pose of the photo, and the destination of the photo. Technically, students will learn the functions of a camera. They will practice adjusting background, lighting, postures, etc. There is so much to learn... and all we need are cameras - with your help!

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