Exploring opportunities in S.T.E.A.M through Aviation

May 25 — Ewing, NJ Beyond Expectations Summer Young Entrepreneurs & Careers Academy is rapidly approaching!

As we seek to expand our S.T.E.A.M initiatives, students from SproutU School of the Arts received a preview into what’s to come with an early introduction to careers in UAS, commercial and corporate aviation.

Memorial Day holiday provided an ideal opportunity to discuss service to community with fixed wing pilots from the Civil Air Patrol. The day wrapped with an exciting private tour inside the airport hangar courtesy of Signature Flight.

Special thanks to @Barry Zhang for his leadership and assistance with organizing such a memorable day. Thankful as well for Capt. Shelley Ewalt, Lt. Jim O'Connor, and 1st Lt. Commander Rob McClellan for their time and long standing commitment to youth.

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The Final PSA is in….!!

Check out the final version of the Public Service Announcement completed with students and the TCNJ Bonner Scholars during our Community Engaged Learning project.

Thanks to the kind support of the Investors Foundation, Beyond Expectations has partnered with The Center for Community Engaged Learning and Research at The College of New Jersey (TCNJ) on activities that integrate experential learning with community service, student development, and civic participation.

This year, we brought along middle and high school students primarily from the Trenton area to join with the TCNJ Bonner Scholars for an early start to the college campus experience.

The group worked collaboratively to produce a Public Service Announcement on an environmental topic - this year the focus was on Recycling. The hands-on activities allowed the students to leverage Mobile Media, a visit to the TV Studio, Campus Dining Hall, and wrapped in the Editing Lab to pull together the footage gathered from the day.

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We’re Gearing Up for our 2019 Family Film Screening!

It’s that exciting time of year when we get to showcase completed film, video, and television projects produced by our amazingly talented students from across the region.

Stay tuned for details!

Another Phenomenal Television Production!

Feb 27 — Twenty middle school students (grades 6-8) recently completed our Introduction to Television Studio Production workshop facilitated by Executive Producer Leontyne Anglin. Following weeks of instruction on media terminology, conducting guest research, reading production schedules and hands-on simulation of varied roles of a production crew, they had the exciting opportunity to see their hard work come to life.

Students hosted and produced 4 episodes for Beyond Expectations TV in front of a live studio audience!

They did a phenomenal job working collaboratively on set as hosts, camera operators, floor managers, and in the control room as CG operators, audio, graphics and technical directors.

Special thanks to our longtime partner Riverview Studios CEO Jim Parker for his dedication to youth and continuing to make the state-of-the art broadcast facility accessible to BE for students to hone invaluable skills.

Our sincere thanks to the prestigious business owners and business leaders who served as featured guests for the student interviews:

Barry Zhang, CEO, Princetel
Multimedia Artist Chee Bravo
International Sculptor Autin Wright
Dianne Ciccone and Carol Hill, Trenton Museum Society
Chental Song Bembry, Author, Entrepreneur and former Beyond Expectations student returned after recently graduating from Hampton University as a Broadcast Journalist and completing an internship at ABC World News Tonight with David Muir. (Recent coverage in Buzzfeed)

The feedback from the day was overwhelmingly positive and will provide memories that the students won’t soon forget…