Come and support the students of the G-Star Acting Department by attending Theater 101.

Wednesday April 29th & Thursday April 30th at 7:00 pm

in the G-Star BlackBox Theater. 

Theater 101 is an entirely student written, student directed, student acted production. The acting and tech students love seeing patorns, families, faculty and staff in the audience supporting their artistic endeavors, therefore I hope to see you all there. You can purchase tickets in advance in the H Building Theater Office or at the door.



Thank you,

Mr. Edgecomb

 

 

 

Tickets are only $5.00

Thanks,

Mr. Edgecomb

ANNOUNCEMENTS FOR THE WEEK OF APRIL 20, 2015

 

·         Algebra I EOC Clinic: On Saturday, April 25^th, G-Star will be having our clinic for tutoring to help students prepare for the Algebra I EOC. We will also be having a practice test for AP World and IB Bio. All clinics are from 9-12 in the J Building for Algebra I and IB Bio and in A building for AP World. Snacks and extra credits will be provided to all of those students who attend.

 

·         Senior T-Shirts: Attention seniors: If you have paid your senior dues, your senior t-shirts are in! T-shirts will be distributed the beginning of next week from 11:00 – 11:30. Please see Ms. Miller in the front office during this time only. If you have not paid your senior dues already, please see Mr. Gurevitz in room J-212.

 

·         Theatre 101: Theatre 101 is just around the corner. Come out and support your fellow Thespians in student written and directed monologues, scenes, and musicals. Tickets are only $5 and you can use it for your 4^th nine week play review. Buy your tickets in H-building before or after school or during the first half of lunch. We hope to see you there.

 

·         G-Star Prom 2015: This is a Prom announcement for 9^th and 10^th graders only. This is your chance to get the high school prom experience early. Come see Coach Teper in building I, at lunch for more detailed information.

 

·         Prom Dress Code:

            Girls: Full dress (no two piece dresses), no plunging necklines, no open sides       (no skin showing), back can be open to the top of the waist, must be at least to         the knee, strapless is o.k., spaghetti straps are o.k., slit on side up the knee.

            Boys: Suits, tuxes, dress shoes, ties, no sneakers, no jeans and no t-shirts.

 

·         Photoshop Club: Photoshop Club meets during the first half of lunch and after school until 4:00. Photoshop meets every Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. If you think you are ready for the certification test, please contact Mr. McClory in room K-104.

 

·         Course Selection Sheets: Attention all G-Star students 9^th through 11^th grade. Course selection sheets are available through your English teachers. Please review them carefully and discuss your selections with your teachers, counselors and family prior to submitting. The deadline for all course selection sheets is May 28^th to ensure that your selections can be honored.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

                                                                                                                                             

     

 

Massive High School in China Lauds G-Star School as “Greatest High School for Movies”

This past week G-Star School of the Arts entertained Mr. and Mrs. Beiming Meng, owners of the Harbin No. 26 Senior High School in the Xiangfang District Harbin of China.  Harbin High School is a private school with 11,000 students on four campuses.  The city of Harbin is the “Silicon Valley” of China.  Mr. Meng is the Principal of the schools which have graduated over 30,000 students into China’s major industries including the entertainment business.  China has now become the second largest movie market in the world and it is critically short on film industry professionals.  It is this explosion in movie making that sent Mr. Meng on a world-wide search to find the best film, animation and acting high school in the world to study and replicate in China.  He determined that G-Star School of the Arts is that school!  He is resolute that his next school will supply the Chinese movie industry with the professional writers, directors, editors, animators, camera persons, lighting, electrical, casts and crews of the highest quality.  Mr. Meng’s quest began when he and his wife flew directly to West Palm Beach, Florida to meet with Greg Hauptner, Founder and CEO of the G-Star School.  Speaking through an interpreter, Mr. Meng stated, “I believed G-Star to be the greatest high school for movies.  Now that I have seen it, it is as I believed.  It is even more than I thought it could be.”  The hours of touring the school and the discussion throughout the day reached a pinnacle when Mr. Meng proposed a program where his schools in China and the G-Star School could become international associates where his teachers would come to G-Star for training and G-Star’s teachers would travel to China to set up his film, animation and acting programs and train his staff.  “Mr. Meng’s schools are unlike anything I’ve ever seen.  His organizational skills and his educational programs reach far above the average school system,” says Hauptner.  His award winning school is one of the most well known in their country; and his teachers are routinely sent to study in Germany, France, Italy, Austria, Japan, Korea, and Hong Kong – and now, perhaps, the USA at G-Star.  The Harbin High School brochure is filled with photos of its students in the company of many of China’s most famous actors, entertainers and corporate leaders such as Alibaba Group Chairman and CEO Ma Yun whose company just bought China’s largest film company, ChinaVision, that is valued at $8.7 billion.  It is now named Alibaba Picture Group.  “We are looking forward to continuing our dialogue with Mr. Meng and the Harbin High School,” states Hauptner.  “If the stars align properly, it could be a most rewarding experience!”

G-Star Alumni Emily Serpico goes to grand finale on Syfy's FACE OFF!!!

Emily Serpico has truly become a star in the Hollywood circle of Special Effects Makeup (SFX) artists.  He life is now a travelogue of flying to film industry locations to meet and work with famous Hollywood studios' SFX artists.  Emily has excelled on every level in the eighth season of the Syfy Channel’s hit series FACE OFF.  Outlasting 13 of the original 16 contestants on the show, she has now moved on to the final episode that takes place next Tuesday night at 9 PM.  She has won several of the episodic challenges as best makeup artist including the “Tim Burton Challenge” award and having her work lauded in episode 11 as “...the best make up I have ever seen on this show…” by three time Academy Award (Oscar) winner and FACE OFF show judge Ve Neill (Mrs. Doubtfire, Beetlejuice, Ed Wood; and nominated for the Oscar for Pirates of the Caribbean 1&2, Batman Returns, Edward Scissorhands).  This is quite an accomplishment for the youngest contestant in the history of the show at age 18. 

So this is it!  The final episode and a chance to win $100,000 and a new car.  Don't miss G-Star School of the Arts' alumni Emily Serpico go for it all at 9 PM on Tuesday, April 14 on Syfy Channel's FACE OFF!

Emily's concept and application of her Undertaker was imaginative and exciting, as usual. She earns the first spot in the finale!

The penultimate episode of Season 8 had the artists recreating a Wild West archetype as a steam punk cyborg. Emily's undertaker won the challenge.

ANNOUNCEMENTS FOR THE WEEK OF APRIL 6, 2015

 

·         Saturday Clinic: The following dates have been set for Saturday Clinics from 9-12 in J building:

                                        Algebra II          April 11th

                                        AP Human Geo April 11th

       Geometry           April 18th

                                                             AP Lang/AP Lit, April 18th

                                         Algebra I, April 25th

                                         AP Bio/IB Bio, April 25th

                                         Bio, May 2^nd

                                        IB English May 2nd

                                         U.S. History, May 9th

                                         AP Stats, May 9^th

·         Prom Information: Prom Tickets go on sale starting next Monday, April 13^th.  Ticket prices: 
                                                

                                                1^st Week 04/13 thru 04/17                           $75.00

                                                2^nd Week 04/20 thr 04/24                             $85.00

                                                3^rd Week 02/27 thru 05/01                           $95.00

 

                Your 2015 prom theme is; “Yesterday is History, tomorrow is a mystery.”

                Prom will be held at the Harriet Himmel in CityPlace from 8:00 P.M. to 12:00 A.M.
 

·         Grad Bash Permission Slips: Grad Bash permission slips are due by Tuesday, April 14^th. Please give your permission slips to Ms. Miller

·         Fashion Club: Want a fashion filled night with live music and food? On April 24^th, we are going to have G-Star’s Fashion Show! Make sure you run down the runway to buy your tickets outside the commissary during lunch! Tickets start at $3 dollars and prices will go up at the door.

·         EOC Testing: EOC testing will begin on May 4^th. Algebra 1, Algebra 2, Geometry, Biology, and U.S. History will be the tests given.

·         FSA English for Reading will begin on April 15^th for 9^th grade and April 20^th for 10^th  grade.

 

 

 

                                     Announcements 4/8/15

• Thursday 4/9/15 is NOT an LTM day. Students will have a  full day of school. (7:30 - 2:40)

• If you did not attend the Grad Bash meeting today during lunch, please meet in the I building during the first half of lunch tomorrow 4/9/15. You must attend the meeting to receive the required paperwork.

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G-STAR STUDENTS PARTICIPATE IN URBAN SEARCH AND RESCUE EXERCISE

Rescue vehicles dotted the landscape of Palm Beach County Fire Rescue Headquarters on March 26^th and 27^th as agencies from throughout South Florida began a large scale Urban Search and Rescue Drill set in a flood disaster scenario. Fire Rescue units, marine vehicles and heavy equipment all came into play as victims were rescued from submerged structures, sinking boats and collapsed buildings. Playing the part of the victims were 10 members of G-Star School of the Arts “X-Scream Team”. Donning life vests and special effects makeup, students aided in the training of emergency response personnel.

The inter-agency exercise allows Fire Rescue, Law Enforcement and other governmental agencies to train under the most realistic disaster conditions possible and relies on the student “actors” to make it that way. The students simulated panic, injury and trauma on a level the participants had not seen before, making the exercise a complete success.

Contact:

George Colavecchio
Public Relations
G-Star School of the Arts
Production Designer
G-Star Studios Productions