After a tour of the south, three students at Webster Groves High School created an award-winning film called "Colorblind" that is now helping to promote discussion about race relations back home.
Seeing firsthand the places they’d read about in history class made the civil rights struggle come alive for three Webster Groves students. Now Hannah Davidson, Jamie Garland and Katie Ribant are helping spread the message to others back home. The three teens, now seniors at Webster Groves High School, made up the inaugural class of a new experiential learning program that sent them on a week-long tour of important Southern landmarks in the civil rights movement. See related story: Learning by Doing is Goal of Webster Groves High School's Chelsea Center The interviews, video and recordings they gathered during their trip to cities such as Memphis, Montgomery, Birmingham and Selma resulted in an award-winning documentary that is still …
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The center offers learning opportunities for students that take them out of the classroom and into the real world.
Three local teens who won a national award for a film they created for school credit are happy to be ambassadors for Webster Groves High School’s new experiential learning center. Hannah Davidson, Jamie Garland and Katie Ribant won the Princeton Prize in Race Relations, sponsored by Princeton University for high school students who have made a positive impact on race relations in their school or community. The trio produced their film, "Colorblind," after a week-long trip to important Southern landmarks in the civil rights movement during the summer of 2010. They were part of the pilot program of the new Chelsea Detrick Experiential Learning Center. See related story: Civil Rights Struggle Brought to Life Through Film by Webster Teens “…
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