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We are plotzing from cuteness. Beyonce may have nabbed the awards for Single Ladies, but these kids at Milwaukee's HOPE Christian Schools receive our gold star for ingenuity, creativity and a darn good idea for getting an important message out there.
Especially heartwarming is seeing the admins and faculty joining in on the number.
It all started at the annual HOPE Idol video contest in the fall, which is a very big deal at the school.
"Actually, there's a lot of good-natured smack talk in the summer about the competition and what they're planning to do," says school spokesperson Wendy Greenfield.
And that's just from the teachers. Sixth-grade teacher Megan Huff, a dancer herself, was the one who wrote the smartypants lyrics ("I get no detentions. Did I mention? Hard work is my intention.") and choreography. A bow-tied Principal Patrick Hurley joined in by spontaneously mugging some nifty moves, "which is very typical of him," adds Greenfield. "He's a hilarious person. The kids love him."
Lead singer, sixth-grader Jada Rogers, and her girls Charmaine Taylor, left, and Yasmuir Higgins, right, knocked it out of the park with their Jsetting, a la Sasha Fierce. Even the school's director of operations, Paul Berger, and beloved food lady, Shirley Wood, got rhythmic cameos.
While the students had fun making the video, they have a bigger goal in mind. "They want to reach one million viewers," says Greenfield. "They want to show kids that it's cool to be smart and study."
Note to Mrs. Jay Z...if you can, please send them all gold rings.
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ReaderComments (Page 2 of 3)
2-11-2010 @ 9:17PM
Crystal said...Wow that was the cutest thing ever! OMG so Down with those Haters!! Go drink your Hateraid Diane!
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2-11-2010 @ 9:16PM
babs said...This video brings joy to my heart!!! I bet these bright students would love to know what Beyonce has to say about their hard work!
Climb that mountain to college kids!
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2-11-2010 @ 9:37PM
leabee said...Awesome video! I hope the students get to 1 million hits AND I really hope Ms. B can give Hope School a shout out!!!!
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2-11-2010 @ 10:03PM
Dee said...Love It! What a positive message for these young people to learn. I think that this is great and I am happy to see all the encouragement from the faculty. Keep all the good work!
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2-11-2010 @ 9:52PM
Richard Ott said...Either Beyonce is way overdue for a follow-up
to Single Ladies, or nobody knows how to parody
any of her other music videos besides "Single
Ladies". In fact, I challenge anyone on YouTube
to do a parody of every one of Beyonce &
Destiny's Child's greatest videos, in a 10-minute
Megamix. Ring the alarm, you've been doing
this too long!
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2-11-2010 @ 10:26PM
NaniKai5627 said...Actually they could maybe mention this video on Beyonce official website or her MySpace page and let her know about it so that she knows it's out there. That way she can view it and see what a great job they've done on it.
For anyone else worried about the grammar in the video, it doesn't need to be grammatically correct when they are trying to make it as close to the one that Beyonce made as they can. I think they did a splendid job on it as far as spreading the message about achieving good grades and completing school, (graduating). They mentioned the year 2016 so they obviously have a goal of graduation in mind when they made the video.
Great job to everyone involved!!!
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2-11-2010 @ 10:24PM
emily29388 said...Just what we all need. Kids imitating Beyonce and the school admiistrators aiding and abetting. No one else asked so I will. Were there no white students in that school? I don't recall seeing any in the video.
It was a bang up job though! Congratulations.
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2-12-2010 @ 2:58AM
angel said...kudos to you, emily. what a great multi-tasker you are-- building up and tearing down simultaneously. What in the world does the population of white students have to do with this video? Do you honestly think that if there were white students in attendance, that the WHITE administration prevented them from participating? How stupid, and completely irrelevant. Most likely this school is in, or near, a black neighborhood, which explains the entirely black population of the student body. Furthermore, my son has attended private schools in predominantly black neighborhoods, as well as charter schools in predominantly white neighborhoods. My experience is that if the majority of the student population is black, whites have no desire to send their kids there. Therefore, the only valid reference that your comment makes is that segregation is still alive.
2-11-2010 @ 11:02PM
Jess84 said...Oh my goodness!!! Does it always have to be about "race"? It shouldn't matter if these kids were purple, blue, green, red, black, white, yellow, or any other color out there. They are children, who did a GREAT JOB and are sending a positive message!!! We could all stand to learn from them!! I'm very impressed with the creativity and hard work that went into the project!! :)
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2-11-2010 @ 11:10PM
Michele said...As a future teacher, I absolutely love this video!!! What a fantastic and creative way to send a positive message to all the students at the school!!! Way to go Hope Christian ... I'd love to see a sequel!
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2-11-2010 @ 11:22PM
Helen said...Awesome!!! Great job kids. I love kids that are excited about doing well!! They get an A+ from me.
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2-11-2010 @ 11:37PM
neongrandma said...Very inventive. And Jada Rogers has an excellent voice for such a young girl. All of the students seemed very enthusiastic and appeared to have a good time doing this. Now this makes learning more fun.
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2-12-2010 @ 12:12AM
Lori said...This brought tears to my eyes, I'm so impressed by these kids and this school. My girls and I are singing this at home now and sending it to all our friends. Best of luck.
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2-12-2010 @ 1:37AM
sheesbad said...It was cute, smart and looks like the whole school enjoyed it as much as we did watching it.
Beyonce, hope you give the kids a thumbs up.
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2-12-2010 @ 12:55AM
Donna said...Very creative, good job!!
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2-12-2010 @ 1:01AM
Ramona said...I loved it too! To see what appears to be the entire school having so much fun making a video about how great it is to be smart is a feat in itself! Taking the time to make the video, and including everyone, shows how serious they are about putting the message out there for the public to see. I'd love to see more stories like this when I read the news - it actually made me feel good!
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2-12-2010 @ 2:34AM
Malaika said...Excellent! You all deserve an "A". I hope lots of young people will get to see this inspirational message. I am so proud this school.
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2-12-2010 @ 3:03AM
jev said...Now that was adorable.
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2-12-2010 @ 11:04AM
Cheryl said...OMG! This was so cute. It was so refreshing to see this in an educational way. To see the entire school involved including staff was so cool! And regarding your comment Diane, I guess you are referring to the teacher because she's the one who wrote the "smartypants" lyrics, so you're really insulting that woman in the video who has worked years towards her degree and helping students learn. I can't believe that someone would make such a negative comment like that when it's all about these kids being motivated to do well in school. You are the epitome of a "hater." BTW, do you have a Masters in Education...an English teacher...a teacher at all...do you write for a living? Just wondering....
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4-01-2010 @ 1:55AM
serhita1 said...oh u should just shut up because those kids were just havin fun.LOOSEN UP!!!!!! GOSH
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