KCOE News: Students at Work

You may not know it, but Chandler Oaks has some budding newscasters in 5th grade!  Each morning, a team of students reports to the broadcast studio to write, rehearse, and produce the daily news show that is delivered to all students.

  Students report to the broadcast room early each morning to update the script with current events, weather, lunch menu, pledges, art and other special segments.  Those same students also produce most of the special reports such as Wonder Box Wednesday, where student reporters research questions submitted by other COE students and report the findings.

Student broadcasters learn communication skills, how to work flexibly on a team and the ins and out of the technology tools used to produce the KCOE news show.  Students get to rotate through a variety of roles such as anchor, engineer, director and special reporter and learn more about some of the duties and skills needed in the broadcast industry.  They learn a lot, but it is also a lot of fun!