The McCracken County High School Media classes attended several media workshops this past week at Murray State University. They had sessions about media production, photography, content creation/personal branding, yearbooks, advertising sales, media resources, and media careers. Students also entered pieces into the Murray State Regional Journalism Contest.
Below are our MEDIA WINNERS:
Broadcast
News/Feature Story
1st: Atleigh Stanley/Denver Abell; MCHS
Mustang TV Staff; MCHS
Nora Brown/Alex Gilmore; MCHS
News/Feature Program
2nd: McCracken County
Sports Package
1st: Makenzie Wilcher; MCHS
2nd: Sofia Rinella/Makenzie Wilcher; MCHS
3rd: Grace Samples/Jenna Moss; MCHS
Sports Program
1st: Gage Lawrence; MCHS
2nd: Mustang TV Staff; MCHS
3rd: Mustang TV Staff; MCHS
Digital Short
1st: Sam Tucker; MCHS
3rd: Jaci Swain, Sam Tucker; MCHS
#McCrackenProud
Congratulations to the MCHS students who worked on the 2023 McCracken Mane Tale Yearbook.
At the Murray State Regional Journalism Contest, the Mane Tale Yearbook won:
Best Overall Yearbook
Best Cover
Best Sports Section
Best Student Life Section
They swept the Best Sports Feature category
1st place Lydia Vaughn
2nd place Sydney Powers & Sydney Clevidence
3rd place Ava Minor
Feature Story
1st place Emmy Seaton
2nd place Meah Nesler
#McCrackenProud
Students in Mrs. Soltys’ 4th-grade math class at Heath Elementary have been working in double-digit multiplication. For extra practice, they used board games to help them practice. The board games had double-digit numbers throughout them that students would multiply together and then check each other's work! #McCrackenProud
McCracken Regional Juvenile Detention teacher Crystal Culp has been chosen as one of 21 teachers state-wide to participate in the University of Kentucky – Jewish Heritage Fund Holocaust Education Initiative.
The program creates a network of teachers across Kentucky who feel confident and capable of including curriculum about the Holocaust in their classrooms.
The goal is to enhance K-12 Holocaust education and provide professional learning and teaching tools around the subject.
https://www.mccracken.kyschools.us/protected/ArticleView.aspx?iid=6GG0GBY&dasi=3AU0
Congratulations Mustangs Men's Soccer - 2023 KHSAA State Semifinalist! #McCrackenProud
On Tuesday, 3rd-grade students in Ms. Woodruff's class at Reidland Elementary participated in a text feature surgery to show off their text feature skills. #McCrackenProud
McCracken County Bands Presents- Music for a Darkened Theatre at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday, October 26.
Buy Tickets Here:https://www.showtix4u.com/event-details/77887?fbclid=IwAR3mIXIQQylZCYKmWDabl_zWMdIW-mzvrPv3oudJM256rQ6JuFov2KY-jos
The McCracken County High School Orchestra traveled to Concord Elementary yesterday to hold an Instrument Petting Zoo activity. Concord fifth graders were treated to a concert of Halloween-themed music and then they went to stations located throughout the gym where they could interact with each string orchestra instrument with assistance and instruction from the high school students. #McCrackenProud
Check this out... AMRO Music produced an article highlighting the new keyboard lab at Lone Oak Elementary funded from the Carson Myre Foundation and the LOES PTO. https://issuu.com/amromusic/docs/steinway_chronicles_2023-24 #McCrackenProud
