| dc.description.abstract | A learned motto of the American school system has been No Child Left Behind, yet so many are. We've noticed many students who have fallen through the cracks of the public school system have found a place in Fort Worth that is willing to meet them where they are and pick them right back up. We wanted to enter into this place, Cassata High School, and figure out what makes them different. How come students that have dropped out or failed out of other public or private schools are able to come to Cassata and succeed? We wanted to make a documentary that shows the audience that any student can be successful when put in the right environment, surrounded by people who believe in them. Our audience is ideally the naturally affluent who may have forgotten the value of being educated. These are students who know first hand that being educated is not a right or a given, but an opportunity worth fighting for. We find these students today at Cassata High School, where they are actively fighting for their education on a daily basis. The same students that were told they would never succeed, kicked out of school, or who once lost sight of the value of graduating high school, are now avid students of Cassata High School, on the track to earning their very own high school diploma. Through viewing this documentary, we hope our audience is reminded of the gift and value of simply having the opportunity to receive an education, an opportunity most take for granted. | |
