On Monday, June 9th, 2025, Hillside Public Schools District held its Lumi @lumistoryai Showcase at Hillside High School! This exciting event highlighted the use of the Lumi AI platform to create comic books and graphic novels! Twenty-one (21) Hillside Public School, Middle School Student Illuminators showcased their work! Scholars from Walter O. Krumbiegel Middle School and Hillside Innovation Academy have been utilizing Lumi, which has provided them with access to digital storytelling tools. The Student Illuminators presented their projects to an auditorium of Hillside Public Schools 6th graders, Middle School students, Hillside Board of Education members, dignitaries, Hillside community members, Lumi CEO Colin Kaepernick @kaepernick7, Hillside Public Schools Directors, Principals, and more at the Hillside High School auditorium and media center! The Hillside Public Schools District and author, activist, athlete, entrepreneur, and founder of the AI platform Lumi, Colin Kaepernick, formed a partnership in February of 2025 to work with students of the Hillside Public School District. Thank you to all of the Hillside Public Schools District and Lumi AI staff, and students who made this incredible event possible, including Superintendent Glover, the Hillside Board of Education, Vice-Principal of W.O.K. Middle School Ms. Scott-Jackson, Principal of Hillside Innovation Academy Dr. Silva, Hillside Public Schools Literacy Supervisor Ms. Simon, Principal of Hillside High School Mr. Woolard, Executive Assistant to the Superintendent of Schools Ms. Harris, Maschio's @maschiofood, our student emcees, Weequahic High School @nps_weequahic, and more!
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