We are proud to have two unique closed-circuit television channels seen by any classroom TV set within the school. This idea was developed in 1995 by former teacher David Brown and myself. Our television facility also works in cooperation with local cable community access television.Our video studios are complete with multiple cameras and teleprompters, on-air control room, and video production room. Our learning objective is to teach video literacy.
https://youtu.be/MQfSYoXiVoo
Mount Pleasant High School monthly e-newsletter and vidcast. This was a featured project on the CCTV school announcements.During school referendums, we have not only aired informative announcements on our radio station but created promotional video ads too.
https://youtu.be/yTc75bhJZt0
Promotional video for the April 24, 2007 Brandywine School District referendum.
Film
In addition to television, we have an after school Film Club.Students learn the techniques of filmmaking then collaborate to create their own short films.
Recording
Our audio recording club also meets after school. Our school music lab teaches audio recording and editing within our Communications Technology curriculum during the day.We have recorded and edited school concerts, live performances, and even student bands.
Puppets
Our Broadcast Learning Center began a creative and entertaining division called Puppets in Education.Our student write scripts, record dialogue, then mix in sound effects and background music to the final audio recording.After rehearsing, the puppet team can perform for the elementary schools.In this picture, our puppet team performs at Maple Lane Elementary School.The Puppets in Education program is an effective and entertaining teaching tool.
Web Sites, Public Information, and Alumni Liaison
I am also the creator and webmaster of the school site: MPHS KNIGHTS dot com. In 2009, brandywineschools.org/mphs became the new official school site. Mphsknights.com was then designated as our historical society, hall of fame, and alumni association site.Any parent, teacher, student, or alumnus can go to the site and always find up-to-date information. I also sent a weekly informative email update to all teachers and faculty.MOUNT PLEASANT SCHOOLS MOUNT PLEASANT ALUMNI NOTESThis is the original site used until 2009. As the webmaster, I have also become a type of public information officer for the school……and alumni liaison. Alumni from all class years contact me for reunion information. On the web site, I created an individual page for each graduating class complete with information and pictures from their yearbook. I have sent a monthly e-mail newsletter to our alumni. We also provide social networking opportunities.As the coordinator for the school alumni association, I frequently give tours to alumni classes. Pictured is the Class of 1959 at their 50th reunion in October 2009. This was the first class to graduate from our present school building on Washington Street Extension.This is an image of the new mphsknights.com site I developed in 2009. Now a web portal for all things ‘Mount Pleasant’, it is primarily used for the historical society, hall of fame, and alumni association site.Within the mphsknights.com site, a series of pages are devoted to our Broadcast Learning Center of the Brandywine School District.In addition to the high school website, we have the radio station site at WMPH dot org.
I also created social networking pages for Mount Pleasant High School including MySpace, Facebook, and Twitter.During my work with the school, I had been the school newspaper adviser for a couple years. I still work closely with the newspaper students encouraging their role in broadcast journalism for our radio station.
PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICER: Aside from the newspaper, I sent a weekly staff newsletter by email to the faculty. It contained relevant information for the school and teaching profession, upcoming events, recent highlights, faculty birthdays, and other morale-boosting tidbits.
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PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICER: Aside from the newspaper, I sent a weekly staff newsletter by email to the faculty. It contained relevant information for the school and teaching profession, upcoming events, recent highlights, faculty birthdays, and other morale-boosting tidbits.
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