Great MN Schools 2020 annual report illustration designed by This Is Folly

Great MN Schools / 2020 Annual Report

We’re Rewriting The Future Now.

In 2020, Great MN Schools stepped up to help the schools and communities struggling to meet the challenges of the global pandemic and address structural racism and the resulting disparities and unrest. To reflect a year of online teaching and collaborations, This Is Folly created an online, animated annual report for Great MN Schools. The optimistic theme ran through the report as an animated line, demonstrating how great schools help create great communities and better futures for all. 

Work & Credits

Our Work: Report theme, concept, design & layout

Animator: Andrew Tomten

Photography: Various GMS partners & friends

We’re rewriting the future…now graphic above a photo of the Annual Report introduction animation shown on a hand-held electronic tablet
Introduction animation storyline artwork showing lines winding through the community schools, landmarks and neighborhoods
Our progress section title line animation
Great MN Schools scrolling annual report website
Photo of students raising hands in a classroom
Animated Minneapolis School Finder outreach statistics
Great MN Schools website story pages. 1. Global Academy. 2. COVID-19. 3. Ensuring more kids have access to schools that work is a collaborative effort.
Online learning illustrations surrounding photo of student with electronic tablet
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“Thanks… Already it’s been our most-read annual report.”

— Nicholas Banovetz, Great MN Schools

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Related Work

 
Great MN Schools 2019 Annual Report

Empowering What Works.

Great MN Schools and Comeback 2018 Annual Report

Growing Better, Together.

 
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