{"id":2207,"date":"2022-05-30T15:17:26","date_gmt":"2022-05-30T15:17:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.acpsk12.org\/theogony\/2021-2022\/?p=2207"},"modified":"2022-06-01T15:17:10","modified_gmt":"2022-06-01T15:17:10","slug":"five-achs-students-honored","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.acpsk12.org\/theogony\/2021-2022\/2022\/05\/30\/five-achs-students-honored\/","title":{"rendered":"Five ACHS Students Honored"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Nora Malone<\/p>

<\/p>Editor<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

On Wednesday, May 4, five Alexandria City High School students were honored by the C-SPAN Student Cam Documentary Competition presented by Comcast.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

ACHS got honorable mention in both 2022 and 2021 and due to the pandemic, the 2021 honorees did not receive their certificates. So the celebration, hosted by Gryphon Magnus, celebrated both groups<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The 2021 group consisted of Helen Russell, Alison Avelar, and Elena Gutierrez, their documentary \u2018Dear Mr. President\u2019 discussed the removal of statues and monuments to racist people and things in the format of directly addressing incoming president Joe Biden. It included an interview with Mayor Justin Wilson and information about the name change of both Alexandria City High School and Mathew Maury elementary school.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cA lot of the previous winners connected the topics back to their hometown,\u201d said Russell, \u201cAnd since our school was being renamed it was kind of a perfect kismet opportunity to connect our hometown to the presidential administration that was coming in.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This year’s honorees were Mia Mervis and Lucy Savarie whose documentary \u2018One Stamp at a Time\u2019 discussed food stamps and how they changed during COVID-19. They referenced ACHS\u2019s own free breakfast and lunch program and its effect on our community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe began in the library researching different topics\u2026 And saw how food assistance has become a necessity in our country and our local community,\u201d said Savarie \u201cThere are a ton of students in our school that use food assistance..which really showed us how important it is.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The competition is countrywide and hopes to inspire students to learn more about topics and how they directly affect their community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It’s about the students themselves learning\u2026 and exploring all sides of an issue,\u201d said Craig McAndrew, director of education relations at C-SPAN.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The competition gets thousands of submissions each year from all over the country, its goal is to highlight the skills of students, as well as teachers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe [comcast] partner with C-SPAN to inspire younger generations to be civic-minded, to be engaged in their communities, and to think about issues that are going to impact them and their communities,\u201d said Kevin Broadhurst, Vice President of Government Affairs for Comcast. \u201cI\u2019d like for these documentaries to be seen by a broader audience \u2026 make sure that the incredible work that these students are doing is shared.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Photo by Nora Malone<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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