Light House partners with schools
We are dedicated to giving award-winning workshops to Charlottesville classrooms. Let’s give all students the power of storytelling skills!
Why partner?
Project-based learning is at the core of what we do! We guide students on how to mix their school subjects with collaborative filmmaking. Expand your student’s mind with new tools so they can learn new perspectives about the world they live in.
Students learn skills for life at Light House! The profile of a High School graduate is success in critical thinking, creative thinking, communication, collaboration, and citizenship skills. Let’s give Charlottesville students the tools they need to feel confident in all that they do.
Project-Based Learning
Through our hands-on projects, students are enriched by the fun, versatile activity of filmmaking. We empower young people to transform themselves from passive consumers to active creators of media.
For one project, Light House Studio film educators created a virtual “Cell Phone Cinema” course that engaged students in learning key filmmaking skills. The films spotlighted the action projects conducted by the schools which focused on issues such as reducing waste, starting recycling initiatives, adding native vegetation, and creating community awareness.
Watch the student’s short films here!
A 7-part lesson plan created for Watershed Project students. This is Episode 1 of 7 informative videos.
Expand your perspective
While using storytelling tools, students have to think outside the box on how to mix their education with the art of filmmaking. You get to see how well they’ve retained their education through their films!
Take a look at what Albemarle High School’s ESOL Class created in their Spring 2023 workshop. This film was part of our partnership with the Community Climate Collaborative (C3) and was featured in our inaugural Climate Film Challenge. Students created a short film that shares stories about the trees and nature they remember from their home countries.
Let’s collaborate!
Contact Program Director Rachel Lane for more information. The possibilities are endless.
Join our community of partners
Albemarle High School
Baker Butler Elementary
Belle Meade Montessori
Broadus WoodBrookland Middle School
Brownsville Elementary
Buckley School BufordMiddle School
Burley Middle School
Burnley Moran
Charlottesville Catholic School
Charlottesville High School
Clark Middle School
Community Lab School
Covenant School
Monroe Middle School
Monticello High School
Moody Middle School
Moss-Nuckols Elementary
Murray Elementary
North Branch School
Peabody School
Pocahontas Middle School
Princeton Unified Middle School
Radnor High School
Red HillSaint Anne's Belfield (STAB)
Seven Rivers Country Day School
Staunton High School
Stone Robinson
Stuart Hall
Free Union Country School
Greenbrier Elementary
Greer Elementary
Hollymead Elementary
Holman Middle School
Hunter High School
Ivy Elementary
Jackson-Via Elementary School
Journey Middle School
Johnson Elementary
JT Henley Middle School
Louisa County Middle School
Matthew Henson Middle School
Sutherland Middle School
Tandem Friends School
The Field School
The Project School
Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology
UVA
VA School for the Deaf and the Blind
VCU
Venable Elementary School
Village School
Virginia Tech
W&L
Walker Upper Elementary
Walton
