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CAL high school students participate in Humanities Day 2011
Wednesday, February 23, 2011 By Nicole Shaw
Joel Johnson works to find a picture depicting freedom. He then overlaid the question "Why is freedom never free?" - Nicole Shaw
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On Wednesday, February 16, Ms. Shaw, Mrs. Reed, and Mr Waddle took CAL's 10th and 11th grade English students, as well as some select art students travelled to Ellsworth Community College in Iowa Falls to participate in Humanities Day 2011. Students participated in two workshop sessions based upon their interests. Available workshops included music composition, multi-modal creations, hint-fiction writing, acting, advertising/marketing/ expressive color, digital photography, and musical emotions. Other participating schools included Hampton-Dumont, Iowa Falls, South Hamilton, and AGWSR.
Professional actor and playwright Duffy Hudson kicked off the morning's activities with a motivational speech about The Wizard of Oz, explaining how the fine arts are one way for a person to develop completely. He talked of Dorothy's journey and how each person she encountered was really just one more piece of herself she needed to have the confidence, the will, and the determination to be comfortable with herself and her place in the world.
The students then took part in their selected workshops, creating different pieces of art using different media in the various areas of the fine arts. Each workshop lasted a little over an hour; the workshops were led by ECC professors, with the exception of the acting workshop (Hudson shared his expertise with the participants). 
Students were then treated to lunch at the ECC cafeteria before being ushered to the auditorium for an afternoon production of Hudson's one-act drama "In the Shadow of the Raven", which depicted the life and works of Edgar Allan Poe.

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  • Christine Flores created a clay sculpture, a drawing, and a short writing for her multi-modal demonstration. Other students intermixed poetry and drawings, clay and writing, sculpture and writing, and more.
    Christine Flores created a clay sculpture, a drawing, and a short writing for her multi-modal demonstration. Other students intermixed poetry and drawings, clay and writing, sculpture and writing, and more.
    By Nicole Shaw
  • Seniors Miguel Gomez and Luis Schlagel take a break from writing a short story based upon one of their classmates" hint fiction cards. Students who participated in "Zombies Ate My Paper" received an anthology of all hint fiction created that day as well as the stories that were generated from them.
    Seniors Miguel Gomez and Luis Schlagel take a break from writing a short story based upon one of their classmates' hint fiction cards. Students who participated in "Zombies Ate My Paper" received an anthology of all hint fiction created that day as well as the stories that were generated from them.
    By Nicole Shaw

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3/10/2011 3:47:16 PM by Kathleen A. Ryan    
As one of the contributors of HINT FICTION: AN ANTHOLOGY OF STORIES IN 25 WORDS OR FEWER, ed. by Robert Swartwood, I am very proud to hear the students are writing Hint Fiction. It's a challenging exercise, but fun.
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