Open Meadow Videos

This short documentary about Open Meadow was produced in 2009, thanks to the kindness and generosity of True North films and countless volunteers, who gave their time, energy, and talent to create this fantastic film.  To learn more about Open Meadow from some of our staff and students, click play.

This song was created by OMMS students and staff members Greg Callaham and Carlos Lasuncet in honor of the 2009 8th grade graduates. The pictures were taken by OMMS students and were a part of the 2008-09 student yearbook. Congratulations Graduates! 

“Do U Know?” is a work about the effects of gentrification, created by the students of the 2009 Open Meadow Tech Crew. Read more about this project in our blog.

Open Meadow Executive Director Andrew Mason is interviewed by Ken Ackerman on the July 10, 2008 edition of Comcast News Makers.

The video below is by Scott Learn of the Oregonian and was a companion piece to the Oregonian’s July 2007 InPortland article on STEP UP.

Unseen (below) was created by Open Meadow students in conjunction with Connected by 25, under the guidance of Gyroscope Pictures.

For another great video on STEP UP, which ran on KGW-TV news on September 20, 2007, visit this page of the Connected by 25 site and scroll to the bottom. The video is called “Dropout Solution.” The Spokesman Review in Spokane, WA also features STEP UP in a video.