The Newport News Public Schools Youth Development Department held its annual recognition for students and student organizations that exemplify the characteristics of student leadership and volunteerism. The STAR - Students Taking Action and Responsibility - Awards are given each year.
\r\nDuring the Secondary STAR Awards Banquet on April 18, 120 middle and high school students representing 41 clubs and organizations were honored for their leadership and volunteerism.
\r\nTeniyah Corprew, a senior at Achievable Dream High School and the Boys & Girls Clubs Youth of the Year for the Virginia Peninsula, served as mistress of ceremonies. School Board member Rebecca Aman gave opening remarks and provided the introduction.
\r\n\"Our honorees, representing various clubs, represents thousands of students in our schools who are sharpening their leadership skills and making a positive difference,\" Aman said. \"Thank you, our honorees, for your initiative, service and heart for others. Your character and dedication have certainly distinguished you and your club or organization as leaders.\"
\r\nAttendees included Delegate Shelly Simonds, Newport News City Council member Tina Vick, Acting Assistant City Manager David Freeman, School Board member Gary Hunter and Rob Coleman, Chief Operating Officer of the Boys & Girls Clubs of the Virginia Peninsula.
\r\nFeatured students who presented the awards were Marlie Kane, an eighth grader at Gildersleeve Middle School; Malechi Whitaker, an eighth grader at Passage Middle School; and Marlena Krizmencic, a junior at Warwick High School.
\r\nMusic was provided by the Menchville High School and Crittenden Middle School choirs.
\r\n\"Honorees, I do want to thank you for what you do; you truly do serve as role models,\" Superintendent Dr. Michele Mitchell said in her closing remarks. \"It really is a pleasure to acknowledge all that you have each individually achieved and collectively achieved this year through your service to our schools and our community. You make every one of us in this room proud.\"
","body2":"","publish_date":"Apr 19, 2024","image_1_path":"","image_1_caption":"","image_2_path":"240419082127427_starmiddle.jpg","image_2_caption":"","image_3_path":"240419082127427_starhigh.jpg","image_3_caption":"","image_4_path":"240419082127427_Star.jpg","image_4_caption":"","image_5_path":"240419082127427_Star-2.jpg","image_5_caption":"","no_link":"","url":"https://sbo.nn.k12.va.us/news/archive/2024-04-19_NNPS-Secondary-STAR-awards-honor-students--organizations.html","news_id":"4074"},{"headline":"STUDENT SPOTLIGHT: Woodside senior Ethan Clinkenbeard","blurb":"Works on TV and video productions","description":"Watching School Board meetings or football games on TV, viewers may not be aware that Newport News Public Schools students are integral to the broadcasts.","body":"Watching School Board meetings or football games on TV, viewers may not be aware that Newport News Public Schools students are integral to the broadcasts.
\r\nOne of those currently working behind the scenes is Ethan Clinkenbeard, a senior in the Center for the Arts & Communications magnet program at Woodside High School. Students taking elective courses in the NNPS Telecommunications program learn all facets of TV broadcast production while working on live and taped shows that air on local cable channel NNPS-TV.
\r\n\"I really like live events,\" Clinkenbeard said. \"I like the flow of that. I feel like there's always something to do more exciting, and especially on the technical aspect.\"
\r\nClinkenbeard's particular twist is that he came to TV production from the theater side of lighting and sound production work. After taking Stagecraft I as a sophomore in the International Baccalaureate program at Warwick High School, he started really getting into the technical aspect of theater.
\r\nWhile studying theater as a junior and senior in Woodside's magnet program, and specifically the backstage aspects, Clinkenbeard pursued elective courses in Telecommunications. He spends two hours each morning taking classes and completing projects in the program's facility, with some evenings and weekends working events in its production truck.
\r\n\"I've always found this type of camera editing, recording, all of this type of stuff interesting,\" Clinkenbeard said. \"I thought it sounded really interesting. I picked it up; got into it. I've gotten really involved, really enjoy all the things that we do, all the productions, opportunities.\"
\r\nHe and the team televised many football games at Todd Stadium last fall, two basketball games this season, monthly School Board meetings and filmed the Virginia School Boards Association Annual Convention in November in Williamsburg.
\r\nClinkenbeard does numerous backstage technical duties in editing, filming and all aspects of theatre at Woodside both during and outside of school.
\r\n\"I'm really involved with all of that and all of the productions we do as well,\" he said. \"I normally focus on lighting and sound.\"
\r\nAs many students who have trained in the Telecommunications program through the years have done, Clinkenbeard wants a career in the industry. He plans to attend Virginia Peninsula Community College and transfer to Virginia Commonwealth University to study digital film and photography, and technical theater.
\r\n\"With lights and sound, I like being able to stay busy and constantly have things to do and follow,\" Clinkenbeard said. \"It's what I love doing and there's always going to be something.\"
","body2":"Visit Student Spotlights on the Newport News Public Schools website.
","publish_date":"Apr 15, 2024","image_1_path":"240415024914414_ethan.jpg","image_1_caption":"","image_2_path":"240415024914414_ClinkenbeardEthan.jpg","image_2_caption":"Visit Student Spotlights on the Newport News Public Schools website.","image_3_path":"","image_3_caption":"","image_4_path":"","image_4_caption":"","image_5_path":"","image_5_caption":"","no_link":"","url":"https://sbo.nn.k12.va.us/news/archive/2024-04-15_STUDENT-SPOTLIGHT--Woodside-senior-Ethan-Clinkenbeard.html","news_id":"4072"},{"headline":"Woodside High School presents Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, May 2-4, 7:00 pm.","blurb":"","description":"Woodside High School presents Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, May 2-4, 7:00 pm.","body":"","body2":"","publish_date":"Apr 09, 2024","image_1_path":"","image_1_caption":"","image_2_path":"","image_2_caption":"","image_3_path":"","image_3_caption":"","image_4_path":"","image_4_caption":"","image_5_path":"","image_5_caption":"","no_link":"","url":"https://woodside.nn.k12.va.us/doc/musical_poster.pdf","news_id":"4067"},{"headline":"Vaccination Notice for Rising Seniors","blurb":"","description":"Vaccination Notice for Rising Seniors","body":"","body2":"","publish_date":"Mar 13, 2024","image_1_path":"","image_1_caption":"","image_2_path":"","image_2_caption":"","image_3_path":"","image_3_caption":"","image_4_path":"","image_4_caption":"","image_5_path":"","image_5_caption":"","no_link":"","url":"https://woodside.nn.k12.va.us/doc/vaccine_notice.pdf","news_id":"4055"},{"headline":"NNPS Magnet and Specialty Programs","blurb":"","description":"NNPS Magnet and Specialty Programs","body":"null","body2":"","publish_date":"Feb 01, 2023","image_1_path":"","image_1_caption":"","image_2_path":"","image_2_caption":"","image_3_path":"","image_3_caption":"","image_4_path":"","image_4_caption":"","image_5_path":"","image_5_caption":"","no_link":"","url":"https://sbo.nn.k12.va.us/magnet/","news_id":"3961"},{"headline":"High School at NNPS","blurb":"","description":"High School at NNPS","body":"","body2":"","publish_date":"Jan 02, 2023","image_1_path":"","image_1_caption":"","image_2_path":"","image_2_caption":"","image_3_path":"","image_3_caption":"","image_4_path":"","image_4_caption":"","image_5_path":"","image_5_caption":"","no_link":"","url":"https://sbo.nn.k12.va.us/highschool/","news_id":"3963"},]);