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Portraits at Nativity Prep

March 17, 2013

In preparation for our visit from a professional photographer this week, Nativity Prep students spent our last class taking expressive portraits of each other. They came up with some really great shots! Take a look!

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Throwback Thursday: Picture It Healthy!

March 5, 2013

Happy Throwback Thursday! These are some samples from our Picture It Healthy program at Castle Park Elementary School back in 2011. Learn more about bringing our Picture It Healthy program to your school!

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Video Class…Brainstorming Session

March 2, 2013

Our students spent the afternoon talking about the stories of their lives as female students within engineering based high school program. You would be blown away with what they have to share!

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U-T San Diego visits Nativity Prep Academy’s OTL class

February 23, 2013

Outside The Lens has had a wonderful start at Nativity Prep Academy! For our third class, two photojournalists from U-T San Diego (Peggy Peattie and Nelvin Cepeda) came to talk to the students about life working for the newspaper.

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New Social Media Platform: Vine

February 14, 2013

If you ever thought about mashing up Twitter with Instagram and YouTube - look no further! Check out this review on Vine, a new social media platform that allows you to upload short video clips to share with followers.

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Movie Making at Muirlands!

February 12, 2013

Outside The Lens students at Muirlands Middle School are in the process of creating films for a few local film festivals; here's a sneak peak at one of the groups' idea!

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Photography Contest!

January 15, 2013

Calling all college and high school aged photographers! OTL is hosting a "Re-Imagining Borders" photography contest in collaboration with the Museum of Photographic Arts, Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting, Trans-Border Institute, and Worldlink.

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Help Portrait Event at Monarch School

December 17, 2012

Over fifty families came out to take part of the OTL Help portrait event at Monarch School. Help Portrait delivered a photograph to each family that came out this past Saturday.

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Come visit us at the La Jolla Open Aire Market on Sunday!

December 12, 2012

Come join us again this sunday at the La Jolla Open Aire Market, located at the corner of Girard St. and Genter Ave at the La Jolla Elementary School from 9am-1pm.

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How to Make a Video Bulletin!

September 17, 2012

Take a look at our first blog post of the school year from 8th grader Domas! This student put together a couple pictures to let everyone know how we record the weekly video bulletins.

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Nativity Prep Academy: A Night to Remember

May 29, 2012

From presentations about how hard the students worked to stop-motion videos and sharing poetry, our exhibit was a massive success for Nativity Prep and OTL!

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Community Partners: SOL market

March 12, 2012

Jerry Moore from the new SOL market in Liberty Station rocked a 20 minute guest lecture in two of our Outside The Lens classes today. He spoke about developing a logo and marketing pieces as part of our Picture it Healthy Program.

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