The District of Choice
Tami Marler, Director
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TPS News Item: Friday, February 20, 2009
Webster Studio Ribbon Cutting
2/24/2009, 10 a.m.
Location
Webster High School
1919 W. 40 St.
(918) 746-8000
Justin Hanson is only fifteen and in ninth-grade and he’s already getting regular experience working with live television, and you can ask any news director at any TV station in town—they wish every new hire came in with that type of track record.
Justin gets his airtime by manning the camera during the TPS Board of Education’s bi-monthly meetings. For his part, Justin offers a sober assessment of working without a net.
“If you mess up it’s your fault,” he said.
Hanson is an example of a student wisely taking advantage of Webster High School’s Broadcasting and Digital Media Magnet. On Tuesday, February 24, administrators are hosting a ribbon-cutting ceremony to introduce the public to the school’s brand-spanking-new Broadcast Center.
It’s the latest addition to an incredibly exciting magnet strand where students receive classroom and on-the-job experience through a curriculum that’s been developed by leaders in professional associations, institutions of higher education and career technology.
Justin says he enrolled because, “I wanted to work with new, digital cameras. They have great tech programs like Adobe InDesign and Photoshop.”
The ribbon-cutting begins at 10 a.m. It will be followed by a tour of the studio and a reception. A host of TPS officials with be in attendance including TPS Superintendent Dr. Keith Ballard and Webster Principal Phil Garland.