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What on earth is SIP?
SIP is a School-wide Interdisciplinary Project where we will all delve into and explore one topic or area. This year we will be exploring storytelling from many perspectives, both as storytellers and story receivers. We will create our own stories, examine the stories we are told (and not told), and explore how storytelling cultivates communities, especially our community at the Institute for Collaborative Education.
Why are we doing SIP?
We are going through unprecedented times that cause a much stronger need for community and common focus. Not only will we be building our understanding of a topic all together, but we are doing so with a topic that naturally lends itself to sharing and receiving our experiences and those of the communities each of us belong to. In addition to community building, S.I.P. will engage you in academic routines, expectations, and skills that you will need to be successful during the school year.
Will I be graded?
SIP is graded on a pass/fail basis, but we hope you focus more on challenging yourself to learn and grow!
S.I.P. Pathways
S.I.P. Pathways
This path looks at how food can be a powerful vehicle for telling stories— from an individual to a community to a global level.
Where do stories come from? What stories are a part of the land we are on? In this path you will investigate the stories of Indigenous tribes of the New York area. Then you’ll tell a story connected to your discoveries.
Picture a world without Words: The creation of a narrative that places great emphasis on visual & auditory storytelling with the absence of text. In this path you will study historical and/or modern references in order to guide you through the process.
In this path, students will learn the fundamentals of storytelling through video games and design their own video game complete with storyboard and coding. They will do activities such as Dan Harmon’s story circle and designing a video game cutscene to gain a deeper understanding of storytelling.
In this pathway, you will be working with other students to retell well-known stories from history, literature, and film in your own, new way! Students will be collaborating with each other to decide how to make these stories unique, by changing the setting, characters or events. The new stories that are created can be told through different mediums of students’ choosing: written tales, podcasts, comics, art, poetry and more.
What are photos' real meaning? What stories do they tell? In this pathway students will explore storytelling through photography, both by exploring existing photographs and by creating their own.
The NY.I.C.E PlayFest team will create a show from scratch! By stepping into the role of playwright, actor, designer, director, researcher, and/or stage manager. Mornings will be spent honing theatrical skills, while the afternoons will be dedicated to improvisation and scene work to bring this saga to live.
We will bring to you the history of NY.ICE, by exploring the social, cultural, and physical landscape of NYC in the 1990s. We will go on to examine NY.ICE’s place within NYC. This will be done via research questions and gathering evidence, such as interviews of NY.ICE alumni and past staff members.
The museum curator team of NY.I.C.E, will be show casing and creating different exhibits within our virtual museum, each centering the history of individuals whose stories / achievements / identities have been erased from mainstream discourse. YOU ARE NOT FORGOTTEN......
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