Great MN Schools 2020 annual report illustration of student surrounded by science-related icons.

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

Hands holding electronic tablet on yellow background. On screen is “We’re rewriting the future…now” graphic.
Introduction animation storyline artwork showing lines winding through the community schools, landmarks and neighborhoods.
Our progress section title line animation on white.
Scrolling annual report website pages.
Students raising hands in a classroom.
Animated Minneapolis School Finder outreach statistics.
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.
Dark gray colored dot pattern divider.
Thumbs up icon

“Thanks… Already it’s been our most-read annual report.”

— Nicholas Banovetz, Great MN Schools

Dark gray colored dot pattern divider.
 

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