NEWS RELEASE

Raul Yzaguirre School For Success [Houston, TX], Eisenhower Middle School [Wyckoff, NJ] and Southmore Intermediate School [Pasadena, TX] photo collaboration as a FotoFest International Literacy Through Photography [LTP] pilot poject.

The project is ongoing as an online blog of student photo and writing posts at: https://houstonwyckoff.blogspot.com/

Literacy Through Photography [LTP], the educational component of FotoFest International [based in Houston, TX}, is a writing program designed to help classroom students achieve better communication skills through the use of digital or film-based photography:

https://literacythroughphotography.fotofest.org/

The first phase of the three-school project focuses on self-portraiture. Students are writing about their own images and commenting about their classmates' and other students' images. The project will then move towards family, community and dreams.

Contacts:

Holly Rayna Raub
Education Coordinator
FotoFest International LTP
Houston, TX
DGillespie@pasadenaisd.org

Tom R. Chambers
Teacher, Technology Applications
Advisor, Photo Projects
Raul Yzaguirre School For Success
Houston, TX
chambersdva@yahoo.com
chambers.t@tccc-ryss.org

Harold Olejarz
Teacher, Art and Technology
Eisenhower Middle School
Wyckoff, NJ
harold@olejarz.com

Dorian Gillespie
Teacher, Art and Photography
Southmore Intermediate School
Pasadena, TX
dgillespie@pasadenaisd.org