G-Star School of the Arts Graduates Dig Through Florida Archaeological History During Florida Archaeology Month

2026-07-09 04:35:20 Education

1218

Sarasota, FL, 3/16/2016?G-Star School of the Arts (www.GStarSchool.org) graduates have joined the expedition during Florida Archaeology Month, celebrating the people and material history of the Sarasota-Manatee area. A group of New College of Florida students helped by Dr. Uzi Baram and Valerie Jackson Bell, set up an informative exhibit for March at the Jane Bancroft-Cook library.
A six-minute video showcasing significant archaeological sites around the Sarasota-Manatee area produced by G-Star School of the Arts graduates and New College Florida students, Kara DiComo and Michael Bychek, as well as fellow NCF student Hayley Trejo was on a loop. The exhibit also featured an interactive section with a logic puzzle, clay cuisine replicas, a video game, and an opportunity to connect with information spanning thousands of years!
Many experienced a personal and hands-on tour of the space and activities involved in the exhibit at the Jane B. Cook Library at New College of Florida in Sarasota, Florida and got a hands-on experience.
As the State of Florida?s legislatively-designated ?honors college for the liberal arts,? New College is the only public college or university in the state whose sole mission is to provide an undergraduate education of the highest caliber to leading students from around the country. Located on a 110-acre campus on Sarasota Bay, New College provides an ideal learning environment for intellectually curious, motivated students who thrive on active learning and are drawn to an intellectually rigorous curriculum.

Videos produced by G-Star School of the Arts graduates Kara DiComo, Michael Bychek and fellow New College student Hayley Trejo can be seen on YouTube; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ookz5-PFC4c&list=UUjZafdAICl_FOfTlM29h8iA&index=4

Professors and students working on exhibit tutorial can be seen here; https://www.facebook.com/NewCollegePublicArchaeologyLab/photos/a.391199697595229.81730.106013252780543/993213360727190/?type=3

About G-Star School of the Arts for Film, Animation and Performing Arts
G-Star School of the Arts for Film, Animation and Performing Arts (www.GStarSchool.org) is a public high school located in Palm Springs, Florida, founded in 2003 by the school's CEO Greg Hauptner.

G-Star students come from across Palm Beach County as well as from all over the world to attend this school. Students study in the fields of film production, 3-D animation, and acting. Students that attend must take art classes as well as their normal academic classes. G-Star offers a complete college preparatory education with honors classes, Advanced Placement classes, and the International Baccalaureate World School Programme. The school also trains students in Writing, Directing, Producing, Acting and all aspects of film and TV production in front of the camera and behind the camera.

Accolades: G-Star is an "A" rated school 6 years in a row. It is academically in the top 1.2% of all high schools in the nation according to the Washington Post. The U.S. News & World Report named G-Star one of "The Best High Schools in America". G-Star awarded "The Number One High School for Film in the World" in London by the Raindance Film Festival, Europe's largest independent film festival. G-Star graduates 99% of its students with 97% going on to college. G-Star students have been accepted into Juilliard, Oxford University (England), West Point, Naval Academy at Annapolis, NYU, USC, UF, FSU, UM and many more. Where are our graduates today? Here's a brief list: Sound Engineer for the Jimmy Fallon Show, Universal Studios, Warner Bros. Studios, Disney, reality star of Syfy Channel's FACE OFF, Jim Henson's Creature Shop (Muppets), Hulu, several own their own production companies, traveling the world doing documentaries, and much more. G-Star has partnered with the Palm Beach International Film Festival as their mission aligns with dedication to making a difference in the lives of future filmmakers.

# # #