MY HERO Student Examples and Links to Resources

When Emmy was in 4th grade, her class participated in the MY HERO Project. She wrote a story about her father, Jeremy Glick, who died on September 11, 2001. After sharing her story, her class decided they wanted to do something to honor Jeremy. The students decided they wanted to raise money for the Japanese relief effort after the tsunami in 2011. They partnered with an after school program in Harlem run by Jeremy's Heroes, a charity started by Jeremy's family. Students in both locations became filmmakers documenting their efforts. 

Jackie’s film "The Buddy Club" won first place in the Middle School film contest category. It examines an after-school program started by Jackie’s sister Katie when she was in middle school, which pairs students with disabilities with other students whom they normally would not have class. 

The film Sultana Call to Action is about a 6th grade Science class in California and a Call to Action project inspired by a field trip to a local water source. They held an Earth Fair and documented their efforts in this film. 

Started by a small group of students, find out how GO GREEN is catching on with the ECO Club at Thurston Middle School in Laguna Beach, California.

The PDF includes many more links to resources on the MY HERO website, as well as step by step tutorials for students as they use our Create Program to publish their projects.