| The Vice-Principal of our pilot school, Ms. Rachael Corley-Maciel, went to a counselor, Ms. Kim Cooper, and the Principal, Ms. Sheryl Weaver, with the idea for this video to inspire the students to do well on their Standardized Tests this school year (2010-2011). They then went to the campus Video Production Academy, and with the skills of Mr. Mike Counts as director and video editor, they came up with the video you will see by clicking the link below. This is a spin on the latest J.Lo video, which they entitled "Put Your Pencils Up," created for the purpose of improving student standardized test scores. Credits, as they are due: Ms. Rachael Corley-Maciel (the "Concept Creator" and Vice-Principal) as Pitbull. Ms. Kim Cooper (the Counselor) as J.Lo. Ms. Sheryl Weaver (the Principal) as the silver haired "Damsel of Empowerment." Mr. Mike Counts (the teacher who leads the Video Production Academy): Director, Video Editor, and a gentleman of "Creative Mastery." This video demonstrates what the potential for improvement is when the channels of creativity are open and people are choosing to be the very best that they can be. Making Positive Choices was not involved in this in any way - these people are just plain "turned on." More of the same that is happening at this school. Bravo to this group of fine individuals! They have stated that this video should be seen by everyone who has anything to do with standardized testing. So please email the URL for this page (as an explanation) to your associates... It has already began the rise to viral status. Click here to see this amazing short video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c1RFc9pKq2Y Also, below, find links to the warm up exercise for the Standardized Testing given to all students immediately after the video was first shown at our pilot school. These are goal setting sheets, with rewards for improvement. These were created by Administration to coincide with the release of this video to the student population. |
| Please, forward our web site address to all other Administrators in your "circle." Tell them to watch this video! This is "out of the box" thinking at work... |