DECATUR—
Students in Decatur are getting the chance to learn from the The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts without ever leaving the classroom.'On Location Spotlight On Your Community' is an elite film project by the Kennedy Center that goes around the country.
This year, Cedar Ridge Middle School is one of ten schools chosen to be a part of the program.
The middle schoolers are working on a documentary based on a local Decatur artist.
"Once we give them those jobs they understand that this is not a classroom anymore. This is a crew. This is a workplace," said Brandon Kramer, a Media Teaching Artist with the Kennedy Center. "We have 13 days to create a documentary. From that point on it's a train that just keeps going and moving. It really doesn't feel like class time."
Once the documentary is finished, it will be posted on the Kennedy Center's web site.
