Claxton students present Spanish and English news
A group of students from Claxton Elementary School presented a video of their morning Cougar Corner news program to the Anderson County Board of Education. Pictured in front are Jonathan Avila, news anchor; Bo Metcalf, news anchor; Eralynn Yarbrough, news anchor Allen Crowe, audio engineer; Autumn O’Gorman, camera operator; Emmaus Masters, Teleprompter operator; and Katherine Cabrera, news anchor. Teachers pictured in the back are, from left, Courtney Aspen and Nikki Kirk. - Ben Pounds
The students shared this segment called “Cougar Corner” with the Anderson County Board of Education recently.
Using a grant and help from Anderson County Television’s Ryan Sutton, the school put together a morning news-style broadcast including the Pledge of Allegiance and announcements.
CES academic coach Jennifer Rodabaugh spoke about the program recently to the Anderson County Board of Education.
“We put together some of the things we wanted to showcase during the morning’s news, and then we realized there were some other things missing,” she said. “We have quite a few students on the Claxton campus who are Spanish-speaking students,” she said, adding that Spanish-speaking staff were able to help with translations, allowing for a bilingual program.
The example of Cougar Corner that the Board of Education watched at its September meeting began with the song “Everywhere you Look” by Jesse Frederick, famous as the theme from “Full House.”
