Spring Break
Students report on local school districts
Jenny McCoy
Issue date: 12/2/08 Section: Campus
"Issues, whether economical or educational will persist in any community, and these issues are not always negative," Stark said.
Union County has tried to overcome the economic conditions by continuing to work and help out their community to the best of their abilities, according to Stark.
Senior Alison Peters, another student in Sampson's class, has been reporting on both the Union County and Middletown school districts. She has written print stories about the No Child Left Behind act and comparing the Ohio and Indiana education systems.
In addition, Peters has been working on a slideshow presenting the past and present of Middletown narrated by Roger Miller, Middletown's historian.
"The class is great because we aren't just doing all of these projects, presenting them the day they are due and then forgetting about them," Peters said. "At the end of the semester, we are going into Union County and Middletown and sharing our reporting with their community members-hopefully giving them a fresh perspective."
Currently, the class is working on a Web site that has all of the projects the students have produced over the semester. The Web site includes print, broadcast and radio stories, along with research information, blogs and sound slides from the students.
"It is very important to share the reporting with the very people that are our partners," Sampson said.
Both school systems will feature multimedia forums along with community discussion that are free and open to the public. The Union County forum will be held from 6:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. Dec. 8 at the Union County Public Library Community Room.
The Middletown forum will be held from 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. Dec. 10 at Miami Middletown Downtown Center for Community Engagement.
Union County has tried to overcome the economic conditions by continuing to work and help out their community to the best of their abilities, according to Stark.
Senior Alison Peters, another student in Sampson's class, has been reporting on both the Union County and Middletown school districts. She has written print stories about the No Child Left Behind act and comparing the Ohio and Indiana education systems.
In addition, Peters has been working on a slideshow presenting the past and present of Middletown narrated by Roger Miller, Middletown's historian.
"The class is great because we aren't just doing all of these projects, presenting them the day they are due and then forgetting about them," Peters said. "At the end of the semester, we are going into Union County and Middletown and sharing our reporting with their community members-hopefully giving them a fresh perspective."
Currently, the class is working on a Web site that has all of the projects the students have produced over the semester. The Web site includes print, broadcast and radio stories, along with research information, blogs and sound slides from the students.
"It is very important to share the reporting with the very people that are our partners," Sampson said.
Both school systems will feature multimedia forums along with community discussion that are free and open to the public. The Union County forum will be held from 6:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. Dec. 8 at the Union County Public Library Community Room.
The Middletown forum will be held from 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. Dec. 10 at Miami Middletown Downtown Center for Community Engagement.
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