New Book Club Dates For The New Year!!!!

New Book Club Dates For The New Year!!!!

January 13                             January 20                January 27 (No Book Club)

February 3                             February 10              February 17

February 24                          March 3                     March 10                  

March 17 (No Book Club)                                     March 24

March31                                April 7                     April 14

April 21                                 April 28                   May 5

May 12                                  May 19                    May 26

June 2

Times: 4:30pm-6:30pm

Location:

Blazers Youth Organization

1517 West 48th Street, 

Los Angeles, CA 90062

Congrads to Junior Diana Walker, Film Camp Participant 2014, who had a special exhibit of her Senior Project this week. Thanks to the film camp, Diana has decided to become a Scriptwriter!!!! You are Amazing, and we wish you the best of luck!!!​

Winter Book Club, Join the fun today!

Filmmakers Workshop December 6th! Register Now!

The Barbara Seniors Harkins Foundation, Notre Dame High School Television Production Department and the Blazers Youth Organization present:

WE ARE BACK!!!

Back with our special Filmmakers Workshop for the serious youth filmmaker!!!

WHAT:      A special workshop on "Script Writing." Also, a special guest industry panel of screenwriters.

WHEN:      Saturday, December 6, 2014, 10:00 am - 12:00 pm

WHERE:    Notre Dame High School - Room 51

          13645 Riverside Drive

          Sherman Oaks, CA 91423

WHY:         To encourage young filmmakers in the community to pursue a career in the Entertainment Industry.

PRICE:      FREE

WHO:         All young people interested in Filmmaking, ages 12-17.

For more information or to RSVP your space, contact:

Mrs. E. Harkins-James

Notre Dame High School

(818) 933-3654

harkins@ndhs.org

Space is limited, so register quickly!       

    

We Are Back! Special Filmmakers Workshop for the Serious Youth Filmmaker!!

Filmmakers Workshop Scheduled for Saturday, December 6, 2014 from 10:00 am - 12:00 pm

The foundation is host to the Filmmakers Workshop, which is led by local high school film production students. This opportunity identifies gifted young people from traditionally underrepresented groups in the industry and provides them with an intensive once-a-month training program during which all aspects of filmmaking are taught FREE to participants. This month we will be discussing Scriptwriting!

Please contact the foundation for more information (info@barbaraseniorsharkinsfoundation.org).

Celebrate Reading This Fall with the Organization’s Book Club!

Our foundation has teamed up with The Blazers of Los Angeles to provide students with a setting in which they can have lively discussions about the same books and complete fun-filled activities related to each book. Club members will enjoy activities and snacks during each club meeting. The Book Club will feature the beloved classics: "The Lighting Thief" by Rick Riordan, "The Young Landlords" by Walter Dean Myers and "The House on Mango Street" by Sandra Cisneros. The Book Club is $25.00 to join, call the foundation for more information (305.258.1629).

Filmmakers Workshop Scheduled for Saturday, September 27 from 10:00 am - 12:00 pm

The foundation is host to the Filmmakers Workshop, which is led by local high school film production students. This opportunity identifies gifted young people from traditionally underrepresented groups in the industry and provides them with an intensive once-a-month training program during which all aspects of filmmaking are taught FREE to participants, and held on Saturdays from September through May. Participants are Middle/High School students from the greater Los Angeles area.

The Workshop provides exposure to the profession through:

• Hands-on experience in movie-making techniques
• Screenings and discussions of important professional works
• Discussions with filmmakers and industry professionals

Space is limited, and the next event takes place on Saturday, September 27, from 10:00 am - 12:00 pm.  Please contact the foundation for more information (info@barbaraseniorsharkinsfoundation.org).

School Naming Update

As most of you know, we have been working on getting a school named after Dr. Barbara Seniors Harkins for several years and we are almost there. If you would like to sign the petition, please download it here, sign it and send it back to us.

Help the Foundation's Back to School Campaign!

The Dr. Barbara Seniors Harkins Foundation WANTS TO GIVE BACK!

Through the Adopt-A-Teacher Program, we are collecting funds to help six teachers at the Arthur And Polly Mays Conservatory Of The Arts to go back to school in style. These teachers are in need of several items for their classroom:

• Calculators
• AA Batteries for Graphing Calculators 
• Pencils
• Erasers
• Graph Paper 
• Dry Erase Markers 
• Algebra Tiles 
• Gram Weights 
• Protractors 
• Classroom Supplies
• Rulers
• Reading Books for class  
• ... just to name a few! 

For more information, read the flyer.  You can donate through our website, by going to our donation page. Thank you for the support!!!!!! We need your help!