Josh Ehlinger, Matthew Dooley, and Joel Steiner, all members of Student Technology Services (STS), prepare the new HD equipment for a live morning broadcast.
Mr. Cord Ehrhart helps EYF students Houston Mansfield, Cole Seslar, Dalton Foreman, and Seth Rister put together flooring for the new broadcast set.
With the new set under construction behind them, senior Derek Reeb and sophomore Iris Sorrell broadcast the morning announcements to the entire school district.
Big changes are coming to the Antwerp Local School broadcasting program. Mr. Cord Ehrhart’s Engineering Your Future (EYF) class has been hard at work creating a real set for the broadcast studio. EYF students designed sets, presented them to a panel of administrators and teachers, and are now constructing the set as a final project for the school year.
The new set is one of several changes the broadcast program is undergoing. Earlier this school year, the broadcast crew integrated a major HD equipment upgrade and since have transitioned the live morning announcements to a YouTube channel (available from the school’s webpage). Mrs. Kayla Bagley, advisor and teacher of the broadcast program, says there will be several other significant changes through the end of next school year, including an official name and logo, also created by students.
Funds for many of these changes are possible thanks to a Martha Holden Jennings grant Bagley and district technology integrator Cathy Barnett wrote last spring.
