How many of you have had to start a broadcast program from scratch?For seasoned broadcast industry veterans, it can be a daunting task - getting multiple equipment quotes, dealing with school bureaucracy, developing 12 and 24 month plans, space restrictions, class size.For teachers new to the broadcasting field it can be a nightmare.
While other students are dragging their books into homeroom at 7:45 am, Parkland High School's TV studio is counting down the seconds until it's time to go on-air. Parkland High School is fortunate enough to have a state of the art studio from which Parkland Morning News broadcasts a daily morning show to over 3,000 students and faculty.
The Frederick County Career and Technology Center is one of the top programs in Maryland.Since this article was crafted, Frederick County won 1st in at the Maryland State SkillsUSA competition in TV Production and Broadcast News Production. In the TV Production contest, they took 1, 2, and 3. They will go to Kansas City to represent Maryland.(see article on SkilllsUSA also in this issue)
Communications High School, a small, personalized academy with a career focus, located in Wall, NJ provides a theme-based integrated curriculum in conjunction with community and industry partnerships. Monmouth County students interested in the field of communications acquire knowledge, skills and ethics in a unique and challenging educational environment.
The School Video News Broadcast Center crew keep running into Trent Jones and his students from Springdale Har-Ber High School at almost every event we attend in the Midwest. We finally pinned down Trent and had a chance to talk to him about his excellent program.
