Community Update
March 8, 2024
Spotlight on Instruction 🔦
The world of journalism is evolving rapidly, so we’ve launched a new Broadcast Journalism course – teaching students to create content through real world applications. The experiential learning course is designed to give students an authentic introduction to the wide-ranging broadcasting industry including TV, radio, podcasting, and other webcasting platforms. The course began in September with an overview of sound journalistic principles and technical training. Students then developed the show concept and even branded a name for the production team: SYO Vision. After a few pilot episodes, the SYO Central morning show was launched in October! Students cover a wide range of stories from news, features and entertainment, to sports and beyond. Every student has a role in producing the weekly news show, from running cameras, editing video, field reporting, and anchoring. The class is a real news team!
This week’s broadcast will keep you up to date on things in the works – students have been writing a new female empowerment newsletter that comes out tomorrow and Prom tickets are on sale beginning Monday. Watch the episode below – and follow their YouTube channel to stay up to date.
Junior Johnny Xu has been named one of Long Island’s Best Artists by the Heckscher Museum. The museum’s annual Young Artists competition is the only one on Long Island that offers High School students the chance to display their work in a museum. Of the 456 works of art submitted, only 87 were selected to show. Johnny’s piece, titled “Awakening,” was created out of cut construction paper and will be on display in the museum beginning March 23rd. Congratulations, Johnny, on this accomplishment!
Village fifth grader Tyler Wang wowed an audience at Carnegie Hall with his skills on the piano. Tyler won first prize in the Concert Festival International Competition for his Piano Solo – and was selected to perform at Carnegie Hall this past weekend. He played Mozart’s Sonata #6. The organization, which offers unique opportunities for young musicians, was so impressed by his talent – they offered him a scholarship award for their Summer Europe tour, where he will be performing in Portugal and Austria. He also plays the violin and the flute in the Village orchestra and band. Wow! Congratulations, Tyler, on this amazing accomplishment!
South Woods eighth grader Ben Rosenzweig took a trip to Capital Hill with the Tourette Association of America. He joined over 300 children and adults to advocate for funding and important healthcare initiatives that directly support the Tourette community. Alongside 60 other kids from 39 states, Ben also trained to become one of the organization's youth ambassadors. He is now eligible to lead peer-to-peer workshops in schools to give students a deeper understanding of Tourette Syndrome. Amazing! Way to go, Ben!
