Soup2Nuts (sometimes referred to as Soup2Nuts Studios , and formerly part of Tom Snyder Productions ) was an American animation studio founded by Tom Snyder . The studio is known for its animated comedy series, its use of Squigglevision , a technique of animation that reuses frames to make the animation look more kinetic, and for its style of improvisation in voice acting . In the Tom Snyder Productions logo, it was depicted as a pirate ship in space. In the Soup2Nuts logo, it was depicted as a rattling soup can with the company name.
10-563: Tom Snyder, a teacher at Shady Hill School , began designing computer programs in the 1970s to enhance his 4th to 8th grade classes' learning environments. In 1980, Jere Dykema, the parent of one of Snyder's Shady Hill students, gave Snyder $ 30,000 to establish Computer Learning Connection (later renamed Tom Snyder Productions) for a 30% equity stake. Dykema also loaned CLC $ 100,000, which they paid back. Tom Snyder Productions created and produced its first TV show, Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist in 1995 for Comedy Central . On February 23, 1996,
20-638: A STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) building known as the "Hub" which includes a makerspace; an assembly hall; and a number of child-scaled classroom buildings. The Hub is connected to the gym. Shady Hill's athletic program includes "movement education" for Beginners through second grade and physical education for third grade through fifth, as well as a broad variety of intramural and interscholastic team sports for students in grades 6-8. A gymnasium that housed three full-sized basketball courts opened in February 2009; in 2016 Shady Hill took out one of
30-489: A superhero educational show for PBS Kids , in 2007. It had won numerous national awards including Best Direction for an Animated Children's Program and Outstanding Writing in Animation. On March 13, 2015, Scholastic announced they were closing the studio. According to Kyle Good, the senior vice president of corporate communications for Scholastic, the decision was made to shut down Soup2Nuts as part of an overall restructuring of
40-962: The Hockings' house on Quincy Street in Cambridge. The school enrollment quickly outgrew the Hocking home, and the Cooperative Open Air School (as it was originally known) moved to the Charles Eliot Norton estate at the corner of Scott and Holden Streets in Cambridge. The school took its current name from this location, Shady Hill Square, before moving to the school's current location on Coolidge Hill, also in Cambridge. The Shady Hill School campus features eleven acres of tree-lined paths, wetlands, and ample grassy areas for play and team sports. The campus includes nineteen buildings: an art, woodshop, and music center; library; gymnasium; science laboratories;
50-512: The basketball courts and replaced it with the Hub. Shady Hill offers a one-year teacher preparation and graduation program in which 16 to 18 apprentice teachers are mentored by certified master teachers in classrooms at the school. Apprentices have the opportunity through the Teacher Training Center (TTC) to spend the spring semester in local public schools. Many apprentices also participate in
60-414: The company announced it would be acquired by Torstar Corporation for more than $ 10 million. Torstar would provide Tom Snyder with additional cash to expand its education and television operations. Later, the company created and produced Home Movies which aired originally on UPN , but after cancellation, continued on Adult Swim . In 2001, Snyder's television division was renamed Soup2Nuts, named after
70-521: The company's FASTT Math product was acquired by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt . BET Shady Hill School Shady Hill School is an independent, co-educational day school in Cambridge, Massachusetts . Founded in 1915, Shady Hill serves students in pre-kindergarten (called 'Beginners' by the school) through 8th grade. The school has an enrollment of approximately 500 students. Mark Stanek became
80-408: The company's involvement in the production of programs from beginning to end. Soup2Nuts also produced shorts, book adaptations, commercials, and interactive online series. Tom Snyder Productions and Soup2Nuts were purchased by Scholastic Corporation on December 21, 2001. Tom Snyder Productions continued to develop educational products under Scholastic until 2015. Soup2Nuts began work on WordGirl ,
90-413: The parent company. Good commented, "We are restructuring that part of the business closer to our core businesses which are children's publishing and education. We have other options to continue television programming." Scholastic had cut the number of employees to just nine people earlier in 2015. Astroblast! was Soup2Nuts' final production. Scholastic closed Tom Snyder Productions on December 31, 2015;
100-508: The school's sixth director in 2010; he was a math teacher and a former Head of School at Ethical Culture Fieldston School in New York. Former director Bruce Shaw stepped down in June 2010. Shady Hill was founded in 1915 by a group of Cambridge families, including John Hubbard Sturgis Jr., Agnes Boyle O'Reilly , and her husband William Ernest Hocking . The school was first held on the "back porch" of
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