Category: Camp Update

  • Gather Well Podcast Features Building Heights!

    Don’t miss the latest podcast from Gather Well Cleveland Heights featuring our own Jen and Lance! In this episode, we discuss exciting upcoming events with HMSS, our efforts to become more sustainable, how we’re working to serve all Cleveland Heights students, and more. Listen here!

  • Big News: Heights Middle School Shorts Teams Up with the Cleveland International Film Festival!

    We’re absolutely buzzing with excitement to share that Heights Middle School Shorts (HMSS) has forged an incredible new partnership with the prestigious Cleveland International Film Festival (CIFF)! 🎬✨ An Unstoppable Collaboration This groundbreaking collaboration is set to unlock a treasure trove of opportunities for our budding filmmakers. Picture this: our…

  • Heights Alum Returns to His Roots

    It’s no surprise that Tyler Maxey is a composer/arranger who specializes in film music, concert music, and the creation of custom-arranged scores for marching and pep bands. He’s a Heights grad. We are thrilled Tyler has joined our music program, HMSS Film Scores as the music instructor to teach CHUH…

  • He’s Baaaaacccckkkk!!! Antonio Harper (Writer/Director)

    After a two-year hiatus, Antonio Harper – one of our original HMSS Film Instructors and a Heights High School alum – has returned! Antonio is a bright young filmmaker who left Cleveland Heights in 2022 with his partner Abby to pursue his dream in Los Angeles, California. But he always…

  • Join the Campers of Heights Middle School Shorts Campers 2023 for an Afternoon of Creativity, Fun, and Outstanding Short Films

    The Campers of Heights Middle School Shorts 2023, Cleveland Heights’ own summer film camp, are excited to invite the public to the main auditorium at Heights High on Wednesday, June 28, 2023 at 2:00 to join them for the screening of their films: HMSS co-founder Jen Holland shares their excitement:…

  • It Truly Does Take a Village…

    When we started Heights Middle School Shorts nearly three years ago, we had a single objective: give middle school students in Cleveland Heights and University Heights the opportunity to make movies. We’d seen the creativity of Heights kids in our theater camp. We knew they could write thought-provoking stories, play…

  • Will We See You At GCUFF?

    Are you going to the Greater Cleveland Urban Film Foundation festival, running September 15-23? We are! We’re looking forward to the screening of six Heights Middle School Shorts films at this year’s GCUFF festival on Saturday, September 17. The films will be followed by a panel discussion featuring their filmmakers…

  • HMSS Partners with 2022 Greater Cleveland Urban Film Festival to Feature 6 HMSS Films

    Heights Middle School Shorts is thrilled to announce that they have formed a partnership with the Greater Cleveland Urban Film Foundation to feature six HMSS films and their directors at this year’s GCUFF film festival! The Greater Cleveland Urban Film Foundation was established in 2012 to celebrate, preserve, promote and…

  • This Is What Creativity Looks Like

    Hard at work on their scripts.

  • HMSS 2022: And We’re Off!

    The second season of HMSS has begun with more than 15 campers excited to make some magic! On the first day of our writing workshops, two-time Emmy award-winning journalist and digital media teacher Cynthia Booker dropped in to give the campers a hands-on filming experience. Thank you, Cynthia!