The Ferryway School held a movie premiere today, complete with red carpet, paparazzi, and even a few Oscars.  Grade four and five students from last year were honored by their teachers with class Oscars for best learning in a real life documentary.  This was the first time that students had the opportunity to watch Turning on Technology filmed by the George Lucas Educational Foundation (GLEF) earlier this spring.  The Lucas Foundation promotes excellence in teaching that demonstrates effective technology use on their public website, Edutopia.  A streaming version of the movie can be watched directly from the Edutopia website.

Principal Devito welcomed students and teachers to the premiere by emphasizing how unique it is that the Ferryway School had been recognized by the Lucas foundation.  Assistant Superintendent, Dr. Sullivan, congratulated students on their hard work, mentioning that she was very impressed with their knowledge during last year’s annual Ferryway School technology showcase.

The lights dimmed and students watched their learning projected onto the auditorium’s large screen.  Claps and cheers were heard throughout the premiere as students and their teachers appeared on screen.  After the movie, Mr. Simpson, showed a five minute photo slide show of pictures taken during the two day movie shoot.  Then, Mrs. Briatico stepped to the podium to award honorary Oscars to representatives of each of the classes.   Grade four teachers, Mrs. Urban and Ms. Shelton awarded fifth graders who completed the last year’s biome project as fourth graders, oscars for best wild life documentary.  Retired Malden teacher, Pat Fish, who was the guiding force for the Saugus Iron Works curriculum, was pleased to accept her Oscar for best web screen play for The Saugus Iron Works Great Adventure.

What movie premiere would be complete without media coverage?  A reporter from the Malden Evening News will write a feature story for next week’s paper.  Congratulations Ferryway!!!

To read more about the Lucas foundation movie, visit the Saugus Iron Works blog.