A Non-Profit Vocational Center & Animation Studio

Featuring Young Adults On The Autism Spectrum

Exceptional Minds Newsletter
September 24, 2012 - Vol. 6
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Greetings!

Wow, what a year! We are so proud of what our students have accomplished. They have finished everything from games to web series and websites. Each project looks better than the last. All projects, including work created by our summer and part-time students, are featured on our website.

 

Our school year is off to a great start.  We have expanded to 15 full-time students. We have officially partnered with Adobe to offer students learning resources and testing right in our own facility.  On August 29th, the motion picture "Lawless" was released featuring end credits by Exceptional Minds! 

 

Our newly refined curriculum takes us through the year 2015. Adobe certification will continue to be the cornerstone. We are proud to announce that three of our teachers have just completed Adobe-certification and our students are studying diligently for their tests.

 

If you think this sounds great......wait until you see what exceptional ideas will be designed, animated and produced this semester!

 

Sincerely,
Yudi Bennett & Ernie Merlan
EM Students had a blast in Visual Effects Workshop this Summer 

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Through the use of green screen and computer magic, our summer workshop students were able to create their own visual effect reels.    


Check out their work by clicking the lightsaber below.
 
    
CHRISTOPHER & ELI CELEBRATE BIRTHDAYS AT EM!

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EM celebrated the September birthdays of Christopher Chapman and Eli Katz.    Additional birthday wishes go out to Jeremy Pollock who will be celebrating his birthday at the end of this month.

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Video Games Workshop Rocked!

Instructor, Ian Anderson,  
led our summer workshop students through a Video Game experience like none other.  Together they worked to design the next great Video Game! Click here to play the students' games. 
Strategic Planning Meeting  
Was Huge Success
Board member Ivan Rosenberg, led a Strategic Planning Workshop this summer to brainstorm with parents, staff, board members and friends about the direction of Exceptional Minds over the next 12 years.  We had an amazing time working together to create an exciting vision for the future.  A very special "thank you" to all the participants for making this workshop such a success!
EM Students Are Well-Prepared
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In connection with the 11th anniversary of the 9/11 disaster, students and staff took a moment to discuss where they were and how they felt on the day of the attack. A moment of silence followed and then we practiced our own safety and evacuation plan.  Our most important priority at EM is to keep our students safe.
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WHAT'S NEW...
 
"Lawless" came out  
on August 29th!   
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Click the movie poster below to check out the credit roll our students completed. 
       
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OUR 2012 FALL SEMESTER IS COMPLETELY FULL!
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If you would like more information regarding private tutoring or are interested in 2013-14 school placement, please email us using the link below.

 
 
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Exceptional Minds
13400 Riverside Drive
Suite #211
Sherman Oaks, CA 91423
(818) 387-8811
 
 
 


Exceptional Minds 
 is a non-profit, 501 (c)(3) corporation.  
 Federal Tax ID: 80-0392843
All donations are tax-deductable.
 
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