MAPS : Media Arts in the Public Schools

Congratulations to MAPS graduate, former teacher and now On-Air Promotions Editor for BYU Broadcasting, Luke McLean. He just won 3 (THREE) Emmy’s!!!

The demand for after school programs grew in the last five years from 31 percent to 38 percent of parents saying they would enroll if programs were available in the state, the survey said.

We "learn," and after this we "do." We go to school and then we go to work.

This approach does not map very well to personal and professional success in America today. Learning and doing have become inseparable in the face of conditions that invite us to discover.

While STEM employers search eagerly for qualified candidates, the pool of applicants continues to shrink. Just 16 percent of American high school seniors are proficient in mathematics and interested in a STEM career, and only half of those who do pursue a college major in the STEM fields choose to work in a related career.

The MAPS program in Hamilton now stands at a major crossroads for Montana. It has applied for a $4.5 MM I3 Grant with a 10% match requirement that comes from the Race to the Top program. If successful, it will be able to expand to 12 additional communities in Montana with each receiving not only the complete curriculum but also 3 years of funding to ensure success.

"I think [MAPS] is a great program and a terrific way for students who want to explore that side of their personality. If you want to be an actor or filmmaker, you can’t just sit in your room and act or pretend you’re making film – get out and work.

They said Peter Rosten’s MAPS program can help energize the industry with new, creative, young minds.

MAPS is applying for funding to expand to 12 locations throughout Montana over the next three years.

"This will provide great opportunities for kids to work in an environment other than a classroom – to let the creativity flow. It will get them into a different mind set – even the grounds outside the building lend themselves to filming. Also, it is close to the middle school so in bad weather Hamilton students could take the bus to the middle school and then just walk across the street."

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