05. Back to School

"I was just wondering: for what reason do you send me to school?" - Ricardo, age 16 Grab your backpacks, we're going back to school! A Smart Partner conversation about going to college, and two short original pieces about high school. - - - - - The Kids: Kaitlin, Ricardo, Jasmine The Adults: Eliza Baldi, Rafe Terrizzi (Instagram: @randywaif), Ben Moss (Instagram & Twitter: @benkmoss), Flor de Liz Perez (web: flordelizperez.com), Avi Amon (web: aviamon.com; Instagram: @aviamon) The PROJcast theme song is written by Justin & Eric March (Twitter: @eriqmarch), and performed by Rebecca, Nicole, and Marinda Anderson (Instagram: @marindaanderson, Twitter: @marindanderson). - - - - - A production of The 52nd Street Project, a non-profit arts education organization working with the children (ages 9 - 18) in Hell's Kitchen in Manhattan. The Project brings kids together with adult artists to create original work for the theater. The PROJcast offers a behind-the-scenes view of the work of the Project as the kids create and explore theater as well as other art forms, such as song, dance, poetry, film and more. Long term-mentoring relationships form the basis of much of the Project's work, and these episodes will feature reporting, stories, performances and interviews with kids and adults. The 52nd Street Project is supported by The Altman Foundation, & The Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation. - - - - - Connect with us! Website: 52project.org Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/52ndStProject/ & https://www.facebook.com/PROJcast Twitter: @52streetproject Instagram: @52streetproject You can support our work by going to 52project.org/donate.