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Building Heights' Middle School Shorts program engages Cleveland Heights-University Heights students in grades six through eight to write and produce original short films. Now in its fourth year, founder Jen Holland says this program began as a natural fit.

"This is not just about learning about film or writing, it's more or less about public speaking, being able to get out of your shell," Holland explained. "We realized that the kids love being in front of the camera, and so they create these stories and we would film them and produce them, but we would teach them how to do it. We really want them to own their own story."

This ownership of the story is felt by each young person who participates. Most importantly, it speaks to their passions.

"It was the only program that actually offered what I wanted to do with my future. I want to be an actor," said Roxboro Middle School seventh-grader Ken'Naysia Green.

"I love writing and making scripts," Monticello Middle School sixth-grader Charlotte Walker added. "A lot of writing the story has been thinking about how it could have worked on the camera."

3News contributor Chris Webb reports: https://www.wkyc.com/article/news/edu... --

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