March 28, 2019
Video students shine light on problems
By Jerry W. Kram
The five Juniors from Mandaree High School look like typical students, but Bryce Fox, Azin Antonio, Miles Young Bear, Justin Garreau and Jasper Garreau have been making videos together since they were in eighth grade. They have been honored by North Dakota First Lady Kathryn Burgum with a $1,000 grant for a video public service announcement they made about bullying.
The Mandaree students were one of 17 grant winners across the entire state of North Dakota.
Young Bear said the group had been making videos together on their cell phones ever since eighth grade. This year they decided to start sharing their videos more widely, starting a YouTube channel and getting more serious about learning production values after a class project starting getting some attention.
“It started a class project and then that video blew up a little bit,” said Jasper Garreau. “We just kept going from there because the school asked us.”
“We thought the concept was a really good thing,” Young Bear said. “We thought we should do more of it. We had a lot of fun making it. People liked it too.”
The students have been mentored by math teacher Dan Sanford. Sanford saw an email about Burgum’s grant program and asked the students if they wanted to apply. He said the group did almost all of the work to apply for the grant and he just made a few suggestions to polish their application.
The Mandaree students were one of 17 grant winners across the entire state of North Dakota.
Young Bear said the group had been making videos together on their cell phones ever since eighth grade. This year they decided to start sharing their videos more widely, starting a YouTube channel and getting more serious about learning production values after a class project starting getting some attention.
“It started a class project and then that video blew up a little bit,” said Jasper Garreau. “We just kept going from there because the school asked us.”
“We thought the concept was a really good thing,” Young Bear said. “We thought we should do more of it. We had a lot of fun making it. People liked it too.”
The students have been mentored by math teacher Dan Sanford. Sanford saw an email about Burgum’s grant program and asked the students if they wanted to apply. He said the group did almost all of the work to apply for the grant and he just made a few suggestions to polish their application.
