Student Video Contest Winners Announced
In partnership with Amarillo Independent School District and Panhandle Twenty/20, KACV is pleased to announce the winners for the American Graduate Student Video Contest.
Individual
1st Dominik Marx, Tascosa High School
2nd Cole Holloway, Amarillo High School
3rd Amber Bray, North Heights Alternative School
Group
1st Ashley Willis and Tyler Traves, North Heights Alternative School, Mark Williams' class
2nd Signs, Palo Duro High School, Jensen Porter's class
3rd The Finishers, Tradewind Elementary School
Class
1st Claude High School, Malorie Homen's class
2nd North Heights, Mark Williams’ class
3rd Amarillo High School, Kelly Hudspeth's class
Special Salute
"2 Minute Warning", Palo Duro High School, Jensen Porter’s class
"Don't Lose your Voice in the Crowd", Skyla Taylor, North Heights Alternative School
"Stay in School", North Heights Alternative School, Mark Williams’ class
Students across the Panhandle were invited to create 60-second videos to encourage their friends and peers to stay in school and earn their high school diploma. Videos were available for online viewing and voting through December 31, 2011.
KACV congratulates all participants for their hard work, amazing creativity and powerful messages to help encourage their friends and fellow students to stay in school.
In addition to cash prizes for all winners, 1st place students will work with KACV production staff to prepare their messages for on air broadcast this spring.
American Graduate is a community engagement effort from KACV, in partnership with Amarillo Independent School District and Panhandle Twenty/20, to help Texas Panhandle youth stay in school. Targeting students and adult community stakeholders, the project has involved both on-air and online efforts to improve community awareness around the high school dropout issue and what we can do to improve high school completion rates. This project is funded by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting through the National Center for Media Engagement.
For more information, please contact Beau Waldrop, KACV, at bmwaldrop@actx.edu or 806-371-5478 or Cullen Lutz, KACV, at cullenlutz@gmail.com or 806-371-5222.